PC and Music News

From March 26-28, McDSP offers 50% off the entire Classic Pack bundle!

Classic Pack Native is available for just $195, and Classic Pack HD is available for just $345. Classic Pack includes Analog Channel, CompressorBank, FilterBank and MC2000.

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 re-designed 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. KOMPLETE 9 and KOMPLETE 9 ULTIMATE are available in stores and via the NI Online Shop.

From saturday to sunday, CrossDJ for iPad will cost $0.99/0.89 € / £ 0.69 (regular price is $9.99 / 8.99 € / £ 6.99).

CrossDJ for iPad has the best audio engine of the market, and proves it again with its new keylock function.
No matter how much you pitch your track, the key of the track will remain perfectly unchanged, the music will not be distorted.
This functionnality allows you to feel completely free and mix various music !
At the end of the day, you are more focused on your mix, and less on the technology.

Computer Noises is based on a wide palette of noises that computers emit when booting, reading from their CD-ROM drives or accessing a hard disk.
The library splits into 2 main categories - mono files and dual-channel files where those presets have a dedicated crossfade macro that blends from left to right passing the stereo stage.
Oddities like hum, buzz and all kinds of crosstalks where used for the creation of some spacey sound effects.

Specifications (Live Pack)
- Instruments: 69 (69 Samples)
- Disk space: 105 MB
specifications (WAV Pack)
- Samples: 104, 24Bit/44.1kHz
- Length: 10 to 100 seconds
- Disk space: 1.1 GB.

This week is the last chance to Buy One, Get One Free in our Alchemy / Alchemy Player Sound Libraries sale!

Our libraries start at just 35 USD / 29 EUR / 25 GBP so this is a perfect time to fill in the gaps in your collection. Simply add two or more libraries to your cart and the discount will automatically be applied.

The sale ends March 31st so visit us to take advantage of this great sale before time runs out!

Arturia releases Version 1.6.1 of SPARK, the latest software update to its SPARK Creative Drum Machine and SparkLE Creative Drum Machine hybrid hardware/software beat production centres, on March 25...

SparkLE Creative Drum Machine owners benefit from an added accent button in the GUI and an added latch mode for the instrument FX Pad, which, when activated, assigns the P1 and P2 knobs to the instrument parameters (Volume/Pan, Cutoff Resonance, Aux1/Aux2), while pressing any of the three XY Instrument buttons turns off latch mode (returning the P1 and P2 knobs to their previous assignations).
Joint benefits also abound for SPARK Creative Drum Machine and SparkLE Creative Drum Machine users, including improving the MIDI Clock output, together with several bug fixes.

Now, thanks to Version 1.6.1 of that already super-smart SPARK software engine, Arturia has improved the functionality of both SPARK Creative Drum Machine and SparkLE Creative Drum Machine as follows.