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Serato announces the upgrade for Serato DJ 1.1.1, their newest DJ software for professional DJs at the top of their game.

This software delivers the best feature set for all-in-one controllers and is the much-anticipated upgrade option for Reloop Terminal Mix 2 (TM2) and Terminal Mix 4 (TM4) controllers. Serato DJ delivers all the features and performance to meet the demands of DJs at the top of their game and sets the new standard for controller DJs. Serato DJ is availabe now from 129USD. Users also have the option to purchase a Serato DJ + Serato Video bundle for 199USD.

FabFilter is running a Holiday Sale in the online FabFilter web shop, offering 25% discount on all plug-in bundles.

In addition, if you already own one or more FabFilter plug-ins, your online FabFilter account* also offers an extra discount during the Holiday Sale.

Musicrow updates Golden Ensembles for Reaktor to v3.09. The update includes a new Reaktor ensemble: SuperPan.

SuperPan is a special panning effect that enables users to place sounds out of the speakers. Based on sophisticated psychoacoustic methods, SuperPan can be used for the creation of unnaturally wide mixes, for special 'pop out' effects, and for adding unusual motion effects within regular and distorted spaces. Many surprising pre-made 'spacey' presets are included.

Main Features:
- Pan out of the speakers
- Create super wide stereo mixes
- Extreme 3D effects
- Add unusual motion
- Modulators: Two Sequencers and an LFO
- Many surprising 'spacey' presets.

Audio Mind Project has released FM8 Experience vol. 2: Cinema Cafe soundset containing 64 sounds.

The set is a collection of soothing chillout sounds, gentle leads, fragile keys, deep and dramatic pads, as well as beautiful and inspiring atmospheric and cinematic synths.

Vol. 2: Cinema Cafe will be available at a discounted price of $7.99 (instead of regular $9.99) until January 6, 2012.

Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH today announced the release of their latest iOS app, Cubasis, a multitouch sequencer streamlined for the iPad that offers discerning musicians a reliable, portable music production solution in the proven Steinberg quality.

Cubasis features unlimited audio and MIDI tracks. Recorded tracks can be mixed with the integrated mixer, processed with more than ten audio effects the likes of compressor, equalizer and delay, and edited within the easy-to-use Sample Editor.

Sounds And Effects announces that The Resonant Drop has been released for Native Instruments' Kontakt 5 and above.

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It contains over one gigabyte of pristine 24 bit samples.