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Propellerhead announced today a new major version of its award-winning Reason music software.

With over 90 third party Rack Extensions expanding Reason's rack of instruments and effects already available, Propellerhead has focused its attention on new creative and inspirational improvements for the mixer, the rack and the sequencer.

The Drums Toolbox EZmix Pack features a wide variety of one-click settings specifically tailored to enhance drum recordings of any type, all designed by a dream team of engineers: Randy Staub (Metallica, Alice in Chains), Neil Dorfsman (Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan), Pelle Henricsson (Refused) and the sound design team at Toontrack.

Be it straight out of your favorite sampler, a studio multitrack recording or right off an on-stage live performance, the Drums Toolbox EZmix Pack will offer complex chains and various amounts of EQ, compression, transient shaping and tape simulation to take your drum audio to the next level.

Buy any Alchemy Sound Library and get another absolutely free till
March 31! What's more, Taste of Camel is included with all new orders.

Camel Audio libraries already offer great value starting at just 35 USD
/ 29 EUR / 25 GBP, but for the next three weeks you can choose any two libraries and you'll get the equal or lower value one free.

An evolution of the piano keyboard, the Seaboard has a soft three-dimensional surface that enables unprecedented real-time, intuitive control of the fundamental characteristics of sound: pitch, volume, and timbre.

Piano and keyboard players can instantly transfer their skills to the Seaboard and begin exploring its new capacities.

Native Instruments today announced the latest generation of its two industry-standard KOMPLETE software bundles.

KOMPLETE 9 includes 33 instruments and effects with six new additions, including the brand-new MONARK monosynth, plus the completely redesigned BATTERY 4 drum sampler. KOMPLETE 9 ULTIMATE includes all 65 current KOMPLETE Instruments and Effects at the time of release and over 370 GB of content. Each bundle now also features essential studio effects, delivering complete production solutions from initial idea to finished composition. Notably, KOMPLETE 9 and KOMPLETE 9 ULTIMATE are available for the same prices as their predecessors.

Underground Trance Vol 1' brings you a staggering 2.5GB of uncompressed content designed to take your productions to the next level and blow the roof clean off with five superbly produced Construction Kits. You'll find quirky synths, edgy FX, powerful rises and huge drops in this feature rich product.

Across these five kits you'll find a range of infectious phrases, suspenseful filters, rock solid bass and drums and a shimmering spatially expansive top end, all designed to give your next Trance or electronic
production commercial quality with an underground edge.