PC and Music News

Soundsonline.com is offering customers 30% off all Zero-G titles until December 31, 2011.

Zero-G is totally dedicated to sampling, sound FX and music production, make sounds for people who are equally dedicated to music making. The users of Zero-G products include many of the world's foremost recording artists, producers, session players, remixers, multi-media developers and film composers. Zero-G samples are regularly featured in radio and television programs, major motion pictures, adverts and Internet audio, and of course major artists' record releases.

SM Pro Audio announces special, limited time pricing of only $299.99 for its desktop V-Machine 2.0 VSTi plugin player.

Regularly selling for $599.99 (street), the compact V-Machine is ideal for musicians, DJs, engineers, and producers on-the-go.

The special sale pricing is available only in North America and exclusively at www.vmachineusa.com. Featured is version 2.0 of the V-Machine, which boasts a host of new enhancements, including optimized plugin performance, expanded install wizards, faster plugin load times, and the most powerful VFX programming / configuration software to date (Mac/Win).

FXpansion is running a series of mouth-watering price reductions across a wide range of its award-winning software instruments until 31st December 2011.

DCAM: Synth Squad on sale for $99 - save $150
BFD Eco on sale for $29 - save $120
Geist on sale for $149 - save $100

Additionally, a large selection of expansions for BFD products, Geist and DCAM: Synth Squad are currently at half-price.

Symphonic Series Vol 2: Arabian Adventures 1 presents five breathtaking musical compositions featuring the exotic and sensual sounds of Arabia combined, composed and produced by soundtrack composer Gregor Theelen.

4.3 GB per format.
SSV2AA Includes audio and MIDI loops as well as full arrangements in both MIDI and OMF formats.

Audio export, iPad full-screen support, and many more new features

- Audio Export records and saves performance,
- iPad native support
- "SoundCloud" allows users to share and remix loops with other users worldwide
- "AudioCopy" provides an easy way to copy audio data between musical instrument apps
- Flex Play makes it easy to generate fills and breaks.

This loop library contains soloistic played organ licks, many funky rhythm grooves and various chord- and bass grooves. Even unusual and mad played styles found their place in this soundbank.

The whole spectrum of Hammond playing techniques is available:
From single lines to shearing styles, from drawbar changing loops to varied Leslie speaker's speed and much more.
19 Tonewheel-kits offer you a great opportunity to get inspired by lots of phrases, licks and harmonies.

For this recording, a Hammond Organ C3 and its Leslie 147 was microphoned with 3 Neumann Mics (Treble Rotator 2 Mics , Woofer Rotator 1 Mic) using RME Micstasy Hi End A/D converter.

The sound library comes along with the brand new Elastik 2 loop player for realtime timestretching and pitchshifting.