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A full-featured version of SampleTank 2.5, with a 500MB specially selected sound library. Musicians may now experience for FREE the sound sample playback engine and build their compositions to perfection.

SampleTank FREE features:
- 500 MB of FREE studio-quality sounds
- 16 part multi-timbral sound module with layerable/mixable parts
- 3 synth engines:
- STRETCH (formant preserving pitch-shift/time-stretch)
- Polyphonic Pitch-Shift/Time-Stretch (PS/TS)
- Resampling
- Multi-Effects section with:
- 5 insert effects per Part
- 5 Send effects
- 5 Master effects

The new Skull Crusher preamp distortion pedal features a six stage analog preamp with 10dB boost, true bypass switching with optical mute, volume, gain and tone controls and an external DC jack that can run off of standard 9v supplies. The preamp portion of the pedal can drive a power amplifier or be plugged directly into a home recording system, mixing board, powered speakers or a PA system. The pedal is available in either polished stainless steel or plated in 24k gold for a special deal with Guitar Center USA.

MSRP $399 for stainless steel and $499 for Gold.

Version 3.3 of PreMaster CD now includes a four topology form of Sonic EQ , complete updates to the Mark Info window, and extended handling of Broadcast WAV files. It also includes support for all common audio sample rates, allowing higher rate source files to create standard 44.1 kHz DDP file sets.

Amarra VINYL draws on the functionality of soundBlade and the ease of use of PreMaster CD and FixIt to provide a complete, vinyl to tracks workflow. It combines stereo recording, up to 192 kHz, with four full bands of Sonic EQ , and a select set of easy to use tools from the award winning NoNOISE II restoration suite.

RECEPTOR 2 with Komplete Inside is a Muse Research RECEPTOR 2 Hardware Plug-in Player, with 4 GB of RAM, a 320 GB Hard Drive and an exclusive "Komplete Inside" green faceplate, with Native Instruments Komplete 7, the award-winning plug-in instrument and effect bundle, Pre-installed*, Pre-authorized and ready to go.
The line starts includes the RECEPTOR 2 with a dual core processor, 4GB of RAM, and a 320GB high performance drive , or step up to the RECEPTOR 2 PRO with its dual core Intel engine and 750GB drive and the RECEPTOR 2 PRO MAX with its 1TB drive and faster Intel dual core processor.

The Slim Phatty can sit on a table top or mount in a rack. Rack ears and a handsome wood casing are optionally available. The Slim is built on the architecture of our best selling Little Phatty synth for great Moog sound and simple intuitive user interface.

Some features:

- Two Rock Solid Oscillators
- Universal Internal Power Supply
- External Audio In
- MIDI over USB
- Arpeggiator
- New Cutting Edge sound bank
- 24 dB /Oct Moog Ladder filter with filter Overload control and a single Output VCA
- Two ADSR Envelope Generators
- 4-waveform LFO, and a 1x2 Mod Buss with 8 possible mod sources and 4 possible destinations.

70 DVZ Strings features real-time, continuously-adjustable articulations and styles without stopping to load or unload alternate samples. You can continuously vary the bow position up and down, side to side, and even where each of the strings cross over as the left hand moves up the neck.
70 DVZ Strings is recorded with 32 separate desks: 10 solos and 22 desks of two or more players that add up to the total of 70 players.
70 DVZ Strings is powered by Native Instruments' included Kontakt 4.1 Player and runs on one readily-available Intel Core® i7 computer with 8 GB RAM and dual hard drives.