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Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH today is elated to announce the fifteenth anniversary of Virtual Studio Technology (VST). As an open standard, VST offers a sheer range of possibilities which is constantly growing.

Introduced in 1996, VST creates a full, professional studio environment on your PC or Mac computer. With the latest 3.5 version released this year, VST offers many new highlights, amongst others Note Expression which provides the ultimate flexibility for note articulation," says Timo Wildenhain, product marketing manager for VST corporate relations.

Due to this special occasion Steinberg is presenting monthly limited special offers under the moniker "Just 15". Each bundle is newly determined on a monthly basis. Each promotion lasts for fifteen minutes or is limited to fifteen units which are offered through the Steinberg Online Shop. The bundles will be available on the day of the promotion at 3 p.m. CEST.

Mind melting patterns, euphoric grooves, rushy movements and pumping basslines is just one way to describe 'Trance Synths', it's jammed full of 70 trance hooks comprising of over 350 samples all perfectly looped for instant use.

This is the first sample pack at Zenhiser where we wanted to just keep going and going with the preview, there are so many trance hooks in this sample pack that a 15 minute preview couldn't even do it justice! It's an epic collection of samples.

Klip MINI is made of sturdy, durable thermoplastic and is compatible with every existing iPhone and iPod touch, from the original models to the latest generation devices.

iKlip MINI firmly holds the device in place in both horizontal and vertical positions, and its multi-angle adjustable design allows for optimal viewing and accessibility to all controls, buttons, connection ports and camera free from obstruction.

The SDK will enable software developers to easily and efficiently implement vast amount of frequency-domain sound effects in their iOS apps, including classic effects like pitch shifter and vocoder to more exotic ones like sound freeze or auto-tune, to unique ones like "frecho" or "exaggerator".

Mac OS X and Windows version of the SDK have also been updated to current version 1.0.1.

MAutoPitch is a simple automatic pitch correction plugin designed for vocals and other monophonic instruments.

Besides its main purpose of making the audio more in-tune, MAutoPitch provides also a few creative such as formant shift and stereo-expansion. It is quick, easy to use and free.
Up to 8 channels surround processing - our plugins can handle not only mono and stereo signals, but also up to 8 channels of surround audio, making them ideal for audio production for movies, games etc.
MIDI controllers with MIDI learn - you can map any parameter to any MIDI controller or MIDI keyboard and control it realtime or record and automate it.

DM1 is an advanced drum machine exclusively designed and developed for the iPad, powerful, elegant and very easy to use. It will appeal to musicians with its special selection of "vintage" drum kits and its smart features for sound editing and song writing.

It will equally appeal to music fans with its fast, intuitive and "fun" approach to beat making.

For its release Fingerlab offers a special deal with a 70% discount ($ 1,99 instead of $ 7.99).