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Camel Audio announces a new Alchemy Sound Library : Electronic Bass.
This new Sound Library works as standalone instrument when used with the included Alchemy Player
Alchemy Sound Libraries offer all the benefits of sample libraries plus you can tweak sounds to fit your music using the perform controls and remix pad. Suitable for a wide range of genres from dubstep to techno, Electronic Bass also introduces over fifty new sampled bass sounds, and has been carefully sorted in to folder categories so you can quickly find the most suitable candidate for your project.

Costs just 59USD / 39GBP / 49EUR.

Aura Flux is a totally unique and interactive ambient music maker that will have you creating complex, evolving melodies with just a few taps of the touchscreen.
Chains of notes are created quickly and easily by visually connecting nodes using the multi-touch interface. These nodes can be customised by setting the pitch, trigger rate, volume, decay and adding additional 'chord' notes. By layering these chain reactions together the user can easily produce lush sounding ambient melodies and with the option to randomise many of the settings can introduce elements of generative music into their creations.

StepPolyArp is a MIDI step polyphonic arpeggiator. The arpeggiator does not play any sound itself, it transmits midi notes to a Mac or a PC to be used in combination with any sequencer, virtual instrument (VSTi, Audio Unit) or midi synthesizer.

Some features:

- 32 steps programmable matrix
- 11 configurable transposition lines
- Features copy and paste
- 8 octaves virtual keyboard
- Velocity, modulation, pan, volume, aftertouch and pitch - bend step controller
- The apeggiator and keyboard fit the selected scale
- 6 arpeggiator modes
- 1 chord mode
- Unlimited number of saves...

Voxengo is pleased to announce the release of Soniformer version 3, a
spectral mastering dynamics processor plug-in for professional music
production applications, available in AudioUnit and VST plugin
formats, for Mac OS X (v.10.4.11 and later) and Windows (32-bit and 64-bit) computers. Every parameter in Soniformer is defined by means of a graphic
envelope which is freely-modifiable and which may contain unlimited number of control points. Beside usual threshold, attack, release and compression/expander ratio parameters Soniformer offers you control over "stereo width" and "panning" parameters making Soniformer
an effective tool for stereo field adjustments.

Get the same trusted toolset, powerful workflows, and unrivaled audio quality of Pro Tools|HD now in a completely native PCIe-based solution, running off the power of your host CPU. With the new Pro Tools|HD Native, you can create, record, edit, and mix music or sound for picture with better performance, reliability, and lower latency than any other native DAW.

Tackle bigger projects with up to 192 tracks and 64 channels of I/O
Record, edit, and mix with ease using Pro ToolsŪ HD software
Achieve the ultimate in audio quality with a Pro Tools HD Series interface
Get exceptionally low latency (1,66ms without plug in), Automatic Delay Compensation, surround mixing, and more
Use Pro Tools or third-party DAW software with your hardware for more flexibility
but...
how is it worth? (between some good native DAW and a big PTHD...)

The Vestax PAD-One is a solid robust MIDI pad controller, compatible with various DJ & DAW software and can be used to control any kind of MIDI device, including synthesizers, samplers, drum machines, and electronic drums.
The aluminum chassis will never warp or crack, ensuring you long life durability and stability.
The PAD-One can individually assign pads on the fly, and shows you each pads MIDI value on the 7seg indicator.

Some features:
- 12 velocity & pressure sensitive LED backlit pads
- Individual LED color for each bank
- MIDI message for each pad can be selected with the PAD-One
- Real time control XY touch pad
- Solid aluminum die-casted robust chassis
- Full control of ROLL button tempo with the TAP button
- MIDI cable connection for control over various effect and sampler devices
- USB plug & play