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The original Progression redefined the capabilities of guitar tab software, and now Progression 2.0 leads the industry with an even more intuitive interface, compatibility between desktop and iPad, and great playback featuring real guitar samples performed by guitarist Neil Zaza, bass samples by Victor Wooten, and drum samples by Roy "Futureman" Wooten.

Progression 2.0 allows users to work on multiple platforms, with compatibility between Progression for iPad and desktop computers. Musicians can begin a composition on their desktop, make on-the-go edits via iPad, and then bring the project back to the desktop for final editing. With Progression 2.0, musicians have the freedom to work where and when they want.

AudioThing has released Environments - Temple of Mercury for Kontakt 4.

Environments "Temple of Mercury" features sound gestures from a corrugated plastic pipe and the impulse response of the Temple of Mercury, a wide caldera situated in the west of Naples (Italy).

Details:
- 24 Kontakt Instruments (.nki)
- 5 Kontakt Multis (.nkm)
- 3 Round Robin samples
- Up to 3 velocity layers
- 87 Samples (44.1kHz / 24Bit)
- 1 Impulse Response
- Formats: Kontakt and WAV
- Native Instruments Kontakt 4.2.4+ full version required

Introductory Price: $12 (goes $15 on November 24th).

Propellerhead released today Radical Keys, a new Rack Extension instrument for Reason that faithfully recreates three classic electromechanical keyboards—Rhodes, Pianet and Wurlitzer. Based on the same 'Radical' technology as Propellerhead's highly praised Radical Piano, Radical Keys goes beyond flawless emulation, by enabling users to sculpt their own instruments from the originals.

Using Grammy-award winning audio engineer Niklas Flyckt, Propellerhead captured the original instruments in full detail at Sveriges Radio (SR) in Stockholm. Nothing was left to chance, from the careful selection of the amplifier to the separate recording of key and pedal noises.

Native Instruments today introduced a new generation of TRAKTOR Remix Sets set up for immediate use with the latest TRAKTOR software with Remix Deck technology.

These exclusive premium-grade loops and one-shot sample packs provide DJs of different musical genres with complete tracks by renowned artists for enhancing sets, jamming and live remixing. Released in cooperation with leading online music retailers, the series kicks off in style with M.A.N.D.Y., who are celebrating 10 years of Get Physical with their track 'Twisted Sister', out now exclusively on Beatport.

Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH announced today the upcoming release of Nuendo 6.

Among the new features presented in Nuendo 6 is the entirely new mixing console with full-screen mode and scalability, including Insert View for displaying activated insert slots, plug-in and channel search and integrated Control Room. Also on board is the brand-new channel strip boasting high-pass and low-pass filters, a noise gate that supports sidechaining, various compressors and a brickwall limiter. Nuendo 6 comes with the newly designed Channel Settings window providing immediate access to channel parameters, MixConvert v6 for individual downmixing in unprecedented quality and Voxengo's 64-band CurveEQ.

It's time for a trance overhaul of the Sylenth synth and this bank of 100 trance presets from Zenhiser is absolutely outstanding. Ranging from massive leads to plucky synths, with rolling bass sounds and everything between this is a Sylenth preset pack that will be in every trance producers collection.

The attention to detail in the programming is second to none which lifts these trance presets sounds to a whole new level. Designed to encompass not only what is happening in the trance arena today but also to deliver some new exciting trance sounds that simply have not been heard before, this is what makes these sylenth trance presets stand out from the rest.