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Here comes the "Yellow Tools Christmas Special" :

"For the 10th anniversary of yellow tools, this year's Christmas Special will be something really great!

30% discount for all yellow tools products* - including the Independence Download Instruments.

Additionally all customers who purchase Download Instruments for a total amount of 100 EUR or higher still also get the Independence Pro 2.5 Software Suite for free - so you can really save money this Christmas!This Special starts on December 1st and ends on December 31st 2009.

* the yellow tools Authorisation Key (USB Dongle), EDU versions and Multi-Licenses are not part of this special."

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Urs Heckmann, aka u-he, is happy to let you know that he has released ACE (Any Cable Everywhere) in version 1.0.

According to u-he, ACE delivers top quality sound at a highly competitive price. The selection of modules and clear layout make ACE the ideal instrument for newcomers delving into the fascinating world of modular synthesis. The number of ways to connect modules together is practically infinite, and you will soon discover how much more fun it is to make your own sounds in ACE than in a non-modular synthesizer.

Features :

• 2 x LFO (1 sine, 1 sine/tri/saw/sqr) 0Hz - 20kHz.
• 2 x ADSR (same as Bazille).
• 2 x VCO (saw/PWM) 0Hz - 20kHz, VCO1 with SubOsc.
• 2 x VCF (two variable outlets each: LP1/LP2/LP3/LP4, HP/BP/BR).
• 2 x VCA/Pan.
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XLN Audio announces the release of the Funk ADpak for Addictive Drums.

The Funk ADpak, focusing on contemporary funk beats and sounds, lays down the groove and lets you produce hot funky music in no time. Funk features a granite sparkle Pearl Reference Series kit with a 22" bass drum and a thick 14" snare drum. The four included toms range from a small 10" tom down to a 16" floor tom. The cymbal section consists of three crashes from Sabian and Paiste along with a 13" Paiste heavy hi-hat and a 22" Sabian Artisan ride.

The Funk ADpak comes with more than 400 live recorded MIDI grooves in contemporary style and a wide range of tempos and feels. The included Master Funk Grooves are long MIDI files, up to 32 bars divided into Verse, Bridge, Chorus and Middle8 ready to be dragged and drop ...

Crysonic today announced the release of Sindo v3 and availability in Native Mac OS X AU, VST (PPC /Intel Mac) and PC VST formats.

Sindo v3 is Crysonics third generation professional stereo image Expander (widener) / Narrowing audio plug-in processor. It includes an industry first Stereo image compression feature, this is not to be confused with audio level compression however it is a proprietary stereo field width compression system developed by crysonic which is fully automated and working at zero latency allowing the user to attain maximum stereo width and retain mono compatibility with minimal side effects. Another important new and proprietary tool made available with Sindo V3 is the multi-band Stereo Dynamics section with smoothing which further adds better stereo presence and def ...

During December Flux offers a "Pure Holiday" Winter Promotion offering the Pure Series plug-ins, including Epure II EQ (NATIVE/TDM), as well as the Pure Pack bundle at a 50% discount.

Flux also offers the Mastering Pack and the Recording Pack at a 30% discount.

The last day of this promotion is the 31st December, to take advantage of the promotion you can either purchase direct via download through the Flux online shop, or through our partner DontCrack.com.

From the synthesizer arsenal of Richard Lainhart comes the second volume in Puremagnetik's Buchla 200e series. B-System: Basses & Leads includes a richly programmed library of instruments and looped clips recorded from Lainhart's Buchla 200e/Haken Continuum system, all expertly edited and formatted for maximum playability and expression.

B-System Basses & Leads for Ableton Live contains a collection of 20 advanced multisample Instrument Racks and over 30 looped Live Clips of preprogrammed material, each one expertly tailored with effects and advanced Macro controls.

The Kontakt and Logic versions of B-System Basses & Leads comes with 20 multisampled 200e instruments and a collection of Apple Loops that easily integrate and tempo-sync to the host. For Kontakt users, each instrument ha ...