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"VOCALOTHEQUE" is a sampler instrument, made from recorded samples of a vocal ensemble (5 men and 5 women). "Our main goal was to make an instrument that was full of life and random overtones. "Vocalotheque" is made to sound more like voices of regular people than sterile, an overly polished academic choir. The voices we recorded are those of professionals and regular people that can really sing. This time we used our favorite way to recreate natural sound - a "round robin loops" of sampler groups: each note has 5 changing variations to enhance the feeling of natural singing that is never exactly the same."

Soundprovocation announces special summer offer for "VOCALOTHEQUE". Now you can get this sampler instrument (KONTAKT + EXS24) for €99 (previously €139). The offer is valid until August 31.

McDSP: Extended for the next 24 hours only, McDSP offers 70% off all Retro Pack purchases! Retro Pack HD is available for just $249 and Retro Pack Native is only $149.

This is a sale you won't want to miss out on, but act fast, this extended sale ends in 24 hours!

The McDSP HD product line supports TDM, RTAS and Audio Unit formats and operates on Pro Tools HD, HD|Native, LE and M-Powered as well as Logic, Digital Performer (DP), Ableton Live and GarageBand. The McDSP v5 line currently supports Intel-Mac and PowerPC systems running Mac OS 10.5.x (Leopard) and 10.6.x (Snow Leopard). A Windows version will be made available later in 2011.

PreSonus has raised the bar high for audio interfaces with the introduction of the AudioBox 22VSL, AudioBox 44VSL, and AudioBox 1818VSL. For the first time, you can get a compact, rack-mountable USB 2.0 interface with tightly integrated software that provides the dynamics processing and EQ of a StudioLive -series mixer with latency so low that you can record and monitor with effects in real time.

- The first of these interfaces to hit the market will be the compact, rugged, 2-in, 2-out AudioBox 22
- A great choice for small bands and home recording, the 4-in, 4-out AudioBox 44VSL
- The new AudioBox 1818VSL is poised to become the new king of USB interfaces!

Longtime users of the Ohm Force plug-ins, Matt and his crew have prepared the SPACELAB PACK, containing hand picked samples/stems/presets from their Spacelab studio's last 20 years archives.

Matt himself explains what it is exactly:

"Spacelab is my studio at Ninja Tune headquarters in London. Spacelab 1 was in London Bridge from 1993-2000. Spacelab 2 is in Kennington, 2000- present date. The samplepack contains material drawn from jamm sessions from both Spacelabs 1999-2011. These sessions are completely improvised and feature a loose group of friends of mine who come together weekly to hang out and jamm.

On the day Apple's Mac OS X Lion is available for purchase in the App Store, Apogee is pleased to announce compatibility with this groundbreaking Mac OS update for these Apogee products:

- Duet 2
- GiO
- JAM
- ONE
- Symphony I/O

Apogee engineering is working diligently to test and update software for other products. This will be posted on our website and sent by email to all registered users. Other products scheduled for Lion compatibility are:
- Duet
- Ensemble
- Symphony 64 for X-Series and Rosetta Series converters.

The T-Pain Effect centers on The T-Pain Engine, a self-contained beat-making and vocal recording application for PC and Mac. Aspiring artists can get started immediately by selecting from over 50 professionally crafted song templates comprised of hundreds of T-Pain approved beats. With the backing track in place, users can then sing, rap, or speak on one or two vocal tracks to record a song with ease. Beats and song arrangements can be customized and vocals can be edited, including punch-in recording for retakes. For more vocal flavor, users can add The T-Pain Effect to the vocal tracks, tweaking the hardness and softness controls to dial in just the right sound.

Then, after adjusting the levels of the final mix, the completed song can be exported and shared with friends or published directly to SoundCloud to share with the online world.