Product News

Ableton released Orchestral Ensemble Essentials, a new partner instrument by ProjectSAM featuring multisampled string, brass, and woodwind ensemble sounds created especially for Ableton Live.  

YnK Audio's Dubstep Radio sample library, now available from Loopmasters, delivers a slew of -- you guessed it -- dubstep and dub loops and samples in handy construction kit formats. The library packs it all in: bass, drums, FX, synths, you name it.  

Get natural-sounding, sweet piano tones from Bluenoise Plugins The Upright, a new virtual piano instrument with a tweakable interface, lots of FX, and more.  

Ueberschall added Tech House Vol. 1 to its growing line of Elastik sound banks. This new sound library is packed to the brim with 10 construction kits full of drums, basslines, vocals, synths, pads, and SFX. As a nice bonus, Elastik Player comes included.  

One matched pair, coming up -- Mojave Audio introduced the MA-101SP, a matched pair of MA-101fet cardioid condenser microphones for stereo recording and live sound reinforcement applications. According to Mojave, each David Royer-designed MA-101fet in the pair provides warm, full-bodied reproductions of instruments without the shrillness and high-frequency artifacts so often encountered with modern condenser microphones.  

Say hello to the Hip Hop Producers Kit, the latest and totally hip-hop-devoted release to emerge from the Diginoiz sound vault. This hip-hop specific sound pack features 24-bit, multi-format loops, one-shots, and more.  

Like playing Baroque music? Then check out the AT-900 Platinum Edition Organ, Roland's modern take on classic organ sounds. The fancy-looking organ instrument boasts SuperNatural sounds, Roland's arranger technology, more voices, a pretty walnut cabinet, and more.  

Hal Leonard is making its MusicPro Guides DVD series available in a more mobile, accessible version with the release of two new apps: Delay Genie and MyRecord Deal. The first genie of an app, created by Bobby Owsinksi, calculates delay, while the MyRecord Deal app calculates how much money you can expect to make by signing with a label.  

Get full-frequency vocal reproduction in a small-size mic with the Hosa Technology Mogan Elite Omni Elite Earset Microphone. Now available, the little earset microphone delivers the natural, resonant sound quality that is required for on-air applications and critical, live sound reinforcement tasks, including vocal reproduction in a theatrical environment, according to Hosa Technology.  

It's official, Prime Loops has released Official Dubstep Basslines. This new sound pack features pulsating, frenzied basslines and one-shots that truly capture the sound of dubstep.  

Loopmasters let loose 5Pin Media's new sound pack, MIDI Focus – Techno Bank #1. Created by Re-Zone for 5Pin Media, this collection delivers a number of synth presets, MIDI files, loops, and more for producers of techno, dubstep, drum 'n' bass, UK bass, tech house, deep house, tribal house, and minimal.  

If you or your kid could use a quiet, compact drum kit, check out the Roland HD-3 V-Drums Lite -- an entry-level electronic drum kit with V-Drums technology, a new and improved sound module, a beater-less kick pedal, cushioned tom pads, and mesh-head snare.  

What can you do with Fishman Triple Play Wireless Guitar Controller Technology? Lots. You can seamlessly integrate a guitar with a DAW and wirelessly compose, perform, and record; access a host of instruments and sounds on your guitar; build entire arrangements; and much more.  

Get ready to chop, drop, slice, and dice a ready-made, royalty-free song, with Prime Loops Vocal Allstars Series: Mirrors. This new sound library joins the Vocal Allstars Series, presenting a massive vocal hook broken down into all of its remixable parts such as vocal harmonies, drum beats, basslines, synth melodies, and much more.  

Have you seen the Roland FR-1x? This new V-Accordion instrument features LED displays, an MP3 / WAV player, USB ports, twice as many accordion sets, and orchestral sounds for beginners, professionals, and accordionists of all ages.  

Loopbased released Dutch House Bombs 2, Rotor Audio's second collection featuring loops inspired by Afrojack, DJ Chuckie, LMFAO, Hardwell, Sidney Samson, and Steve Aoki.  

Soon you will be able to expand your Expert Sleepers modular setup with the new Expert Sleepers ES-5. This expansion module for the Expert Sleepers ES-3 Lightpipe / CV Interface allows you to get eight sample accurate, jitter-free gate / clock / sync / MIDI outputs on the ES-5 itself, plus further expansion headers to connect up to five ES-4 Gate Expanders.  

Packing five sample libraries into one big collection, Producer Pack released #UKG Bundle. This bundled set combines the best of UKG producer Jeremy Sylvester's work, delivering one-shots, drum loops, construction kits, effects, stems, vocals, basslines, synths, and more from the following packs: Back to 95 Vol 1, Club Ayslum Essentials, Club Asylum Pressure, Producer Sound Library, and Bumpy 4x4 House Loops.  

Bluezone Corporation released Dubstep FX, an all-new sample library of dubstep and drum 'n' bass-ready sound effects suitable for a range of genres and sound design projects.  

Sounds To Sample released Progressive House Melodics 2, a fair-sized sound collection of basslines, synth loops, MIDI files, and more, all created by Stedd.  

Loopmasters released Push Button Bang Label Sampler, one big roundup of loops and samples from top Push Button Bang sample packs: Dark Dub 2, Dark House, House Builds and Breakdowns, Tribal Tech, and Twist.  

For the Ultrabeat drum synthesizer within Apple Logic Pro, 9 Soundware released Drum Key Version 2. This new preset collection packs in a one-two punch when it comes to abstract timbres, dynamic patches, and atypical sounds.  

If you already have Altiverb 7, head on over to Audio Ease's Web site to release the two free impulse responses, Great Pyramid and Wembley Stadium. Both kick off the 2012 Audio Ease lineup of monthly impulse response releases.  

Virtuoso solo violin sounds are at your fingertips with EastWest / Quantum Leap Solo Violin, a new sample library recorded at Remote Control Productions, a film score facility in Santa Monica, California -- the same one run by Hans Zimmer.  

Journey into new sonic territory with The Tiger as your guide. Released by HG Fortune, The Tiger software synthesizer boasts all the goods to create complex multilayered sounds, typical synth sounds, and some unexpected extras.  

Origin Guitars made its formal debut as a force to be reckoned with by launching its 6-string and 7-string Convergence guitars. The new guitars speak to the convergence of the company's founders to create their idea of the perfect metal guitar.  

Equinox Sounds released Minimal FX Vol 1, an all-new sound library focusing specifically on minimal and tech FX loops.  

Rife with disturbing and creepy atmospheres, drones, soundscapes, and FX, the Dark Scapes ReFill library has all you need to heighten the suspense of any drum 'n' bass, dubstep, or cinematic production.  

For just this month and next, Native Instruments will be providing all users with a significant discount on the Traktor Kontrol S2 two-deck controller. New customers can get the controller for $449, while existing users can get an e-voucher worth $120 toward any product at the NI Online Shop.  

Learn how to produce pro-level music with Ableton Live, from the ground up, with the latest Hal Leonard Books release, Producing Music With Ableton Live.