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MixVibes presents its PRODUCER Sampler Contest, a contest to elect the best 1 minute video performance on MixVibes PRODUCER. Contestants will be given 2 exclusive breakbeats from DJ Troubl's latest Dub a Breaks in high quality mp3 and a pack of royalty free scratch samples to perform with MixVibes PRODUCER. The participation is free and open to DJs and Producers of all levels of experience.

1st place: 1 DVS PRODUCER + 1 U46MK2 sound interface + 1 Korg PadKontrol
2nd place: 1 DVS PRODUCER
3rd place: 1 DVS PACK MK2

To enter the contest, follow the link below :

SPL software / Sound Performance Lab from Germany is happy to announce the EQ Ranger Series Vol.1 to be the first Analog Code plugins released in TDM format (Mac & PC).

They will be on sale very very soon, but you can already load your iLoks and try the public betas now.

Please follow this link to get the 14 days TDM trials :

Today we are glad to publish an article about Spectrasonics' Omnisphere. This epic 'Power Synth' breaks completely new sonic ground by combining a wide variety of hybrid realtime synthesis techniques, an epic library of remarkable 'Psychoacoustic' sounds, and many innovative features that have never been seen before in any hardware or software synthesizer.

Groovebox Music is giving Ableton users free access to a collection of high-quality Ableton Live tutorials running over three hours in length via the Ableton Web Pass.

This collection of tutorials covers topics such as how to record and edit, virtual instrument basics, warping, designing electronic drums and much more. The videos are hand-picked from the extensive Ableton Live tutorial collection available at grooveboxmusic.com.

This offer provides seven days of access from the day you sign up and enter your access code. Offer valid until December 31, 2008.

Another great deal at DontCrac[k] : until January 5th, 2009, buy the AAS Modeling Collection for only $319 ! (over 75% reduction on the separately purchased price of $1 235)

The AAS Modeling Collection includes five great instruments from Applied Acoustics Systems : Tassman 4, Lounge Lizard EP-3, Ultra Analog VA-1, String Studio VS-1, and Strum Acoustic GS-1.

Learn more about this crazy offer from :

Here's a picture found on the web... it seems like McDSP is about to release new plug-ins called Retro Plug-ins. In the bottom of this advert we can read :

"The Retro plug-in line from McDSP is new class of plug-ins with vintage style and completely original design backed by McDSP's reputation for superior reliability and customer support.

See McDSP's Retro Plug-ins at the Winter NAMM 2009 show (...) and find out how a software plug-in is better than hardware"

Better than hardware... wait and see !