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The Vienna Symphonic Library team is pleased to announce a one-time special offer for new customers, long-time users, and even sample library veterans who want to find a great opportunity to replace or complement their "legacy" First Edition and Pro Edition libraries.

Users who will have registered five Standard Libraries of Vienna Instruments DVD Collections before September 15, 2009, will receive one free Extended Library of their choice for any additional Standard Library of a DVD Collection they buy and register between August 10 and September 15, 2009.

Details, more offers for users of Vienna's sample libraries as well as savings examples can be found here:

The Waves Signature Series is an exclusive line of Application-Specific Audio Processors, created in collaboration with the world's top producers, engineers, and mixing engineers. Each and every Signature Series plug-in has been precision-crafted to capture the artist's distinct sound and production style, using custom multi-effect processing chains designed by the artists themselves.

When The Beatles recorded "All You Need Is Love", the man behind the board was Eddie Kramer. When Jimi Hendrix recorded "Purple Haze", the man behind the board was Eddie Kramer. When Led Zeppelin recorded "Whole Lotta Love", the man behind the board was Eddie Kramer.

The Eddie Kramer Collection features :

• Eddie Kramer Guitar Channel
• Eddie Kramer Drum Channel
• Eddie Kramer Effects Channel
• Eddie Kramer Bass Channel
• Eddie Kramer Vocal Channel

Available now for both Mac OS X and Windows in VST, AU, RTAS and AudioSuite formats at a price of $800.

XLN Audio has announced the release of Modern Jazz - Sticks, a brand new ADpak for Addictive Drums.

Modern Jazz — Sticks features a beautiful Premier Gen-X kit with a Ludwig Acrolite snare along with cymbals and percussion from Sabian, Meinl and Paiste. The drums have been tuned up slightly for a modern jazz sound.

Get instant access to production styles typical for modern jazz. Tune the kit up or down, go fat or thin, stay really close or spread out with lots of ambience. Control each mic separately and combine them for your perfect sound.

Over 300 live recorded grooves and fills are included in a large range of tempos, styles and different lengths for natural variation. Use them for inspiration or to build complete tracks in minutes.

* 12 Piece Jazz Kit, Played With Sticks
* 300 Live Recorded Rhythms
* 30 Crisp Production Presets

Modern Jazz — Sticks is available in music stores worldwide and in XLN Audio's webshop. The price is set at €59/$59.

Vir2 Instruments has announced the release of Mojo, a new virtual horn section powered by the popular Kontakt engine.

According to Vir2 instruments, Mojo offers the most flexible and innovative approach to pop, funk, jazz, and big band horns ever created in a virtual instrument. Inspired by legendary groups like Tower of Power and the big bands of decades past, Mojo is capable of emulating everything from a sultry sax solo to a screaming full big band playing at the top of their lungs.

Pushing the boundaries of sampling and scripting technology far beyond traditional sample libraries, Mojo offers a simple but feature-packed interface. No need to decide in advance which articulation you want to play. Simply load the instrument, turn the Ensemble knob to specify how many players you ...

After four years of intensive development and extensive real-world gig beta testing, Devine Machine is proud to announce his revolutionary looper: Cycler.

Cycler is a totally new approach to looping on computers, designed to simplify creating music, with or without your screen!

Cycler is a radical departure from hardware emulation software and contains powerful and truly unique functions, such as multiple loop length capabilities, a comprehensive battery of effects and infinite undos for each of the 16 loopers, among many other truly unique features.

It aims to ease and simplify the relationship between musician and computer.

Release date is set for early 2010, price is not yet fixed. Versions for all platforms will be included with purchase. An extensive feature list will be communicated by October 2009.

A commented video demonstrating Cycler in a live gig can be found here :

For the first time since the start of the company Toontrack Music have agreed to allow a 3rd party producer to independently produce and sell an audio expansion for a Toontrack software platform.

Platinum Samples are one of the worlds leading producers of sampled drums, and quoting Toontrack Music CEO Andreas Sundgren, "Their products are cutting edge recordings. We are excited about and are looking forward to a long term collaboration with Platinum Samples"

Platinum Samples owner, Shivaun OʼBrien says "The symbiotic relationship of our samples with Toontracksʼ drum software is very exciting and weʼre honored.

This collaboration is a natural extension of both Toontrack Music and Platinum Samplesʼ product lines, and we look forward to a long and rewarding relationship."

The first joint release, planned for Q4 2009, is the well-known title "Joe Barresi Evil Drums" as an SDX expansion pack for Superior Drummer 2.0.