This fully formed collection of elegant sounds has been created for Producers looking for the Perfect Impacts, Bleeps, Rises, Drones, Echoes, Gated Sonics, Transitional Tones and Uplifters; which together creates what we think will soon be considered the "Ultimate Dance FX Collection"for all modern music genres.

This 1.4GB collection of 24Bit FX samples includes no less than 600 expertly processed samples from the studio of Marc Adamo, and also includes 28 ready to play patches for Reason NNXt, Halion, EXS, SFZ and Kontakt compatible samplers. In detail Designer Dance FX includes 22 Bleeps, 6 Chord Gates, 43 Cymbal FX, 38 Downshifters, 45 Drones and Tones, 40 Echo FX, 24 Gate FX, 29 Hits and Stabs, 56 Impacts, 40 Noise FX, 16 Reversals, 65 Supertight Risers, 8 Essential Sirens, 11 Sub Drops, 93 Transition Spot FX, 41 Uplifters, and 6 Unique Vox Builders.

This new version includes:
- Jupiter 8 template
- New play modes:
- POLY UNISON
- UNISON parameter for MONO programs
- Sequencer switch automation
- Compressor module
- Sample & Hold module
- User Interface enhancements
- The user can now define a set of favorite presets and navigate thru them with the Preset Browser.
- Portamento glide time: Adding of a second way to manage the portamento glide time: whole glide, or a constant time per semitone.
- Switch pedal: It is now possible to configure the switch pedal action in the "Performance" page.

TC Group – parent company of leading audio manufacturing brands TC Electronic, Tannoy, Lab.gruppen, Lake and TC Helicon – announced on Tuesday at the opening of Integrated Systems Europe 2011 that it is to become part of the AVnu Alliance, the industry forum dedicated to the establishment and promotion of the IEEE 802.1 Audio/Video Bridging (AVB) open network standard.

As TC Group is a major player in key sectors of the pro audio market, the move adds further momentum and specific market and technological expertise to the efforts in establishing AVB as the preferred Ethernet-based audio and video networking environment for next generation products.

Audio Damage has released Phosphor, a software instrument plug-in modeled on the alphaSyntauri, a vintage digital additive synth.

Featuring two sixteen-partial additive oscillators, each with its own amp envelope, Phosphor's topology closely follows the alphaSyntauri, while adding many modern features such as full velocity control, a much more extensive modulation routing system, tempo synced LFOs, a pair of delays, and two monophonic modes.

The brand-new Torq® 2.0 DJ software takes you beyond basic beat matching and into the future of DJ performance and production. Don't just spin tracks—reinvent them. Take advantage of all four decks to create complex, dynamic mixes. Use the new Traq Morph feature to go beyond crossfading and transition between tracks in exciting new ways. Develop your own sound using high-quality,

New Features in Torq 2.0:
- 4 virtual decks, each with EQ, level control, headphone cueing, and crossfade
- compatible with select third-party audio interfaces and DJ control hardware including Numark NS7, Vestax VCI-300, and many others
- standalone functionality—no hardware required
- new built-in effects
- Traq Morph feature transforms sound with unique filter, cut, duck, and morph effects as you crossfade between tracks
- up to four simultaneous effect inserts per deck
- updated user interface design

The Limited Edition WAVEDRUM ORIENTAL boasts a massive infusion of popular, unique, and accurate Arabic percussion sounds, all eminently playable from the dynamic rim and real drum head surface.
the new WAVEDRUM ORIENTAL adds a full range of algorithms and PCM samples dedicated to Arabic percussion. All of these sounds faithfully simulate the distinctive ways in which the tone is affected by subtle nuances in playing technique and the position of the strike on these acoustic instruments

the Darbuka with its thin single skin, the Riq with its single skin and jingles, and the dual-skinned Bendir. The number of preset programs has been increased from the previous 100 and now stands at 150 preset programs. Together with the 150 user programs, you can now choose from a total of 300 variations.