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AcousticsampleS releases DrumTaste Brush, a Brushed drum kit.

The DrumTaste Brush is a Brush Kit featuring a 22 bassdrum, a 12 hi tom, a 14 low tom, a 14' piccolo snare, two 22' rides and a 13' hihat.

Features :

• 3382 samples, 1.42 Go of samples recorded at 24 bits, 96khz downsampled to 44.1khz, no loops.
• 3 mic positions for each drum that you can mix and/or disable from the interface.
• about 20 velocity layers X 4 round robins (so about 80 samples per drums per position) and only 6 vel layers for the two ride cymbals.
• Custom mapping, you can assign every element to any key simply by pressing a key and assigning a sample.
• Mappings presets : GM, V-DRUMS, IMAP, NSKIT (NDK) or default one.
• Separated compression module for each element.
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AdrenaLinn Sync is a new software plug-in from Roger Linn Design that provides the same unique beat-synced filter modulation and sequencing effects of their AdrenaLinn III guitar pedal.

However, it goes even further, adding:

• More Control -- More parameters to fine-tune your filter modulation and filter sequencing effects.
• More Randomness -- Random sequence generation, random LFO amplitude, plus variable probability of randomly-generated notes or envelope firing.
• More Swing -- In additional to half or full swing timing for sequenced notes, you also get on randomly-generated notes.
• Noise source for Self-Generated Noise Beats -- Use noise with the sequencer to create synthesized drumbeats, or to excite resonant filters into self-oscillation.
• 2 Simu ...

Garritan has announced the release of a 4th Edition of Garritan Personal Orchestra that now contains the Garritan ARIA sample engine and adds new features, new instrument sounds, updated programming and a lower price.

Garritan Personal Orchestra 4th Edition includes all the major instruments of the orchestra - strings, brass, woodwinds, percussion and keyboards plus quality instruments such as a Steinway grand piano, Stradivari violin (with new controllable vibrato), select Project SAM solo and section brass samples (new for this version), concert harps, celesta, concert pipe organ, and many other fine instruments. Personal Orchestra allows you to make ensembles of any size from the individual instruments, ranging from groups of a few instruments to a full symphony orchestra.

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Audio Damage's first instrument, Tattoo, is a drum synthesizer where everything old is new again. Featuring 12 independent "voice-tuned" synthesizer topologies loosely based on the X0X series, and an incredibly sophisticated step/mod sequencer, Tattoo is at home in all forms of electronic music production.

Tattoo Features :

• 12 Drum Synths: Tattoo comes equipped with twelve different voices, instead of the one general catch-all voice you find in most drum synth plug-ins.

• Sophisticated Step Sequencer: Tattoo's internal sequencer comes correct, taking grid programming to the next level.

• Randomization For Days: There are multiple routes to randomizing your beats, from subtle ghost notes to full on haywire.

• Parameter Sequencing: Every synth parameter ...

Following the Nomad Factory "Producer Pack II" promotion last month, DontCrack received huge user feedback that asked if another hot promotion could be organized but this time, on ALL 47 Nomad Factory plug-ins...

And so DontCrack is pleased to announce that the folks from Nomad Factory followed-up with this request and they created a new full pack called "The Integral Studio Pack" which MSRP is $4613.00 USD.

Now from today through Sunday, November 8, 2009, you can buy this incredible bundle for ONLY...$398.00 ! You heard right, ONLY $398.00 !!!

This bundle contains everything you might ever need to get the best out of your audio sequencer host application in a professional studio environment.

From the warm analog sound of the new Blue Tubes Bundle V3 to the professional p ...

Voxengo has launched its "Global Group Buy 2009". By placing an order during this group buy period you increase the chance for you and every participant to get a higher discount bonus.

This group buy being "Global" covers all Voxengo software titles - you may purchase any Voxengo software product to add its point value to the "total points" of this group buy (upgrades are counted as full purchases). No special registration beside web site log in is required - simply place an order and perform a payment. The "point value" of each purchased product is predefined. The higher the "total points" level is reached the higher discount bonus will be awarded to all customers who participated.

At the end of the group buy period each customer will receive a discount bonus which equals to the f ...