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From classic R&B and Hip-Hop to Rock and Pop music the TR-808 has been used by artists ranging from Marvin Gaye and Tupac to Pink and Phoenix. Although the TR-808 sounds are still widely used, most producers and artists are forced to arrange individual recordings from the original unit as the rarity, price and inability to fully integrate the machine into modern production environments have kept it out of reach.

Revolution-808 Features
- Intuitive user interface that mimics that actual hardware (Kontakt format)
- 7 Layers of Round Robin sampling for unique variations between individual drum hits
- Available for Kontakt, EXS24 and all hardware and software samplers that support WAV format
- Extremely Long sample lengths which preserve the natural sustain of the drums without truncation
- Sampled at 24bit 96kHz
- Over 3600 unique samples which cover every possible tonal variation of the original TR-808.

Fixes clicks when the host was stopped and audio from an instrument played through this channel. The release includes also some small bugfixes in the envelope editor.
Apples new XCode 4 (newest developement environment) does not support universal binaries (PPC) anymore.
This release supports only OSX on intel machines. Please do not update if you have a PPC. The release is tested on OSX 10.6.

Kratos Maximizer is a transparent, mastering grade look-ahead brickwall limiter and loudness maximizer. Put it on your master channel to give that loud, commercial quality release out of your mix without squashing effect and artifacts. Kratos Maximizer offers easy control over the loudness level via the main Maximize knob while can also go deeper for more demanding users, giving a control over Texture, Release, Knee, and Ceiling for greater loudness while retaining your mixes original color and dynamics.

Features:

- 5 available parameters: Maximize, Texture, Release, Knee, and Ceiling.
- Preset Management with 12 preset slot.
- Mono and Stereo applicable.
- Supports up to 96 kHz Sample Rate.

Filthy Patches bring their dirtiest Massive bass, lead, wobble, Reese and pad presets exclusively to S2S. Precision-programmed and fully macro-controllable, they're the ultimate Massive accompaniment.

Designed for use in dubstep, D&B, electro and bassline productions, Ultimate Filth serves up 100 of the most insane wobblers, futuristic leads and gnarly basslines we've ever heard.
The pack comprises of 30 Dark Wobbles, 30 Sreaming Basslines, 28 Electro Leads and Reeses, plus 12 Pads and Textures.

Each of the 100 presets comes with full macro controls auto-assigned (8 macro controls per preset) so you can tweak and twist to get your perfect preset for you tracks.
This pack is compatible with Massive v1.1.4 and higher.

If you're hankering after a sound akin to the likes of Harry Connick Jr, Maroon 5, Tower of Power, or the Glen Miller Orchestra, Big Bad Horns is the perfect solution. A powerful punch of jazz, rock, blues, soul, latin, and funk, this library is filled to the brim with sax, trumpet and trombone sections, solo trumpet, sax, clarinet and trombone, raging and jazzy electric guitars, pounding and swingin' drums, thumpin' upright and electric bass, soulful pianos and organs, and way too many spit valves to mention!
RRP: £81.95 / €94.95
Available as a DVD or download.

PERFORMER is a music control and performance instrument that was designed to use multi-touch technology to the full. Instead of traditional faders and knobs, use multi-touch and gestures to manipulate PERFORMER's beautiful shapes to dynamically control your computer's software instruments in real-time.

Some new features in V 1.2
- Variable Inertia Setting: for smooth morphing transitions in your music.
- Control Inertia from Preferences Screen or directly via the Ribbon (for real-time changes during performance).
- Gestures (rotate/pinch) can be used seamlessly without interrupting the morphing movement.
- Snapshot Enhancement: Snapshot buttons now respond to touches dragged across them for really fast changes.