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Turnado is a multi-effect tool, crafted especially for massive real-time audio manipulation.
It combines unique and dynamic effects with the most intuitive and immediate control you can imagine.
Just turn it on and crank it up.

The idea is simple:
Turn a knob and the effect is on.
Turn the knob further to adjust effect parameters and apply modulations.
Turn the knob down and the effect is off.

Turnado comes for Mac/PC as Standalone application and VST/AU Plugin.

The Vienna Symphonic Library team is introducing an all-new audio processing plug-in for their software bundle Vienna Suite. Hybrid Reverb combines convolution impulses with algorithmic reverb tails, providing extremely flexible editing options in an easy to use and intuitive plug-in. With the addition of Hybrid Reverb, Vienna Suite now includes 10 high-end audio processing tools for mixing and mastering with full 64-bit processing, supporting the formats AU, VST, VST3, and RTAS.

Introductory Offer
Customers who buy Vienna Suite through June 30, 2011 will get all 10 Vienna Suite plug-ins – including the new Hybrid Reverb – at the current price of €445 / US-$695. On July 1, 2011, the price of Vienna Suite will go up to €475 / US-$745.
Existing Vienna Suite users may download the new software update at any time, free of charge.
The full version of Vienna Suite with a free 30-day trial is available at the Vienna Symphonic Library web shop.

With Punch, Rob Papen delivers a brand new speaker busting, body rattling software instrument. Punch delivers synthesized drums in the finest audio quality and with breathtaking features for the contemporary producer.

You can can use synthesis to build your own unique sounding drum-kit, but also your own samples can be loaded into Punch to complete your kit. Your sounds can then be crafted using the stunning features, filters and huge synth power we all know from other RP synthesizers.

Punch has a unique sound but also a built in sequencer, allowing you the user to have multiple patterns at your finger tips. These grooves can be triggered in a live environment to build a song, but are also great for just improvisation and jamming!

Developed in association with producer/engineer Eddie Kramer (Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin), the MPX Master Tape plugin is modeled on a rare machine consisting of an Ampex 350 transport and 351 electronics. With adjustable tape speed, bias, flux, wow & flutter, and noise parameters, the MPX provides comprehensive control over the contours of your sound. And to top it off, we've added a flexible slap & feedback delay, ideal for rock, dance, dub, you name it.

For recording, mixing, mastering, and more, bring the richness and warmth of real tape saturation to your DAW with the MPX Master Tape.

Patchbanks presents another rare collection of classic 70's soul, motown and rare grooves—exclusively for samplefreaks and producers who still love creating beats with samples. This collection offers 40 original royalty-free compositions with a mellow-deep sound theme—included are instrument recordings of vintage pianos, organs, EP's, vibraphone, live bass and guitars—all mixed and ready to sample. Don't miss out on another rare collection, another great vibe!

Compositions: 40 Samples (Mixed Stereo)
File Type: Wav
Music Styles: Underground Hip Hop, Soul, R&B, Classic

IVoxel is not only an amazingly sounding vocoder for iPhone/iPod and iPad - the unique concept of iVoxel turns this vocoder into a singing machine going far beyond the capabilities of traditional and software vocoders on any platform.

iVoxel let you:

Speak or sing into your head set mic transforming your voice in a wide variety of ways.
Record words, syllables or other sounds into the voxel dictionary for later reuse.
Play different voxels live on the keyboard with ingenious pitch bending.
Arrange and play melodies with the built in sequencer and add the lyrics from a user expandable dictionary of voxels.