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Developed in Australia during the '70s and '80s, the Fairlight CMI (Computer Musical Instrument) was the first commercial sampler and screen-based rhythm sequencer. Today every sampler, digital synthesizer, sequencer and audio workstation can trace its lineage back to this legendary machine. Now you can have, in your pocket or on your iPad, a piece of history developed by Fairlight staff who worked on the CMI in the '80s.

You can buy and download the standard App from iTunes and play original Fairlight CMI sounds and sequences straight away. If you want to create your own masterpieces you can use the in-app upgrade process to get all the Pro features listed in the Features page.

Detunized releases Shak 2, an interesting Live Pack featuring the Roland SH-2000. This somewhat toylike synthesizer was introduced in 1973. It's an analog single-oscillator keyboard with adjustable cutoff, resonance and LFO modulation on filter and pitch. Below its 37-note keyboard are 30 colorful tab switches for the selection of such funny presets like Frog Man, Singing Voice or Hawaiian Guitar. Although the sounds of these presets are far away from what their names imply they are fun to play with.

The 130MB Live Pack includes 22 sets of samples from the SH-2000. Through combination with Ableton Sampler's FX and modulation capabilities a colorful palette of substantialy processed instruments was programmed. In order to keep an eye on the original sound of the SH-2000 most of the Live instruments are equipped with a Kill Switch. This instantly allows to return to the unaltered and original preset sound.
DTS025 – Shak 2 Live Pack (22 instruments / 130 MB / 285 samples) is available as instant download for 6.98 Euro.
Subscribers can purchase DTS025 + DTS024 – Phase Facets Live Pack for 4.98 Euro only.

Kings of Bhangra Vol 2 is the latest in this truly inspirational series from award-winning soundtrack composer and producer Gaurav Dayal. This set of 5 stunning Construction Kits includes 130 loops and samples per format, recorded on the finest instruments played by the most experienced musicians.

This pack features a choice of ACID WAV, Apple Loops, REX and ReFill formats. From the producer of the immense 'Classic Bollywood' sample library, comes 'Kings of Bhangra Vol 2', a multi-format collection of 5 Construction Kits fusing traditional Indian musical elements with contemporary Bhangra and urban styles.

Price: £24.95 / 29,28 EUR / $34.23 USD

- Balani is a 2 1/2 octave balafon (or balaphon) with small calabash resonators form Guinea,
- It originally plays a B major scale and has been extended for this library,
- Recorded at 88.2khz 24bits, downsampled to 44.1khz 24bits.
- 230Mb sample bank, no loops, 967 samples,
- 12 velocity layers per note,
- 4 round robins to avoid the machine gun effect (so 48 samples per note),
- Both original and corrected tunings are available for a traditional or contemporary sound,
- The kontakt version features a manual tuning table to allow you to tune it your way,
- Available for Kontakt 2, 3 and 4, EXS and our player: the ASPlayer (VST and - Audio Unit for mac, and VST for windows) : you don't need anything else to be able to play it.

Price: 34€.

Audio-Technica is now shipping its AT2022 X/Y Stereo Condenser Microphone.
A dual-element condenser microphone designed for stereo recording, the AT2022 features two unidirectional condenser capsules in an X/Y configuration pivot to allow for 90-degree (narrow) or 120-degree (wide) stereo operation for extremely versatile pickup. The capsules also fold flat for storage and transportation. It is designed for general stereo recording, as well as field
sound capture.

The AT2022 includes a 1.6' (0.5 m) cable terminating in a 3-pin XLRF-type and a 1/8"
(3.5 mm) connector. The output of the microphone is a 3-pin XLRM-type connector. The
microphone requires a 1.5V AA battery for operation.

Subbooom Kicks is fully dedicated to the deep and energetic subkicks which you can often hear on Industrial/Hip Hop or Metal productions. 110 Kicks in many variations like distortion, detuning or special FX are ready for immediate use in NI Kontakt 4, NI Battery 3, Logic EXS24 and Studio One Impact.

All samples have been sampled in 24bit/44.1khz, mono are unlocked and editable in .wav format. This also means that all samples can be mapped in each sampler of your personal choice or can also be used as normal .wav file in any Digital Audio Workstation for further procession. This gives and grants a maximum of flexibility to use this samples in the context they are needed.