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Three days to save 33% on all upgrades and instruments!

For a very short time, you can save 33% on all Ableton upgrades and instruments. Act before June 2 and save.

- This offer is valid for all upgrades to Ableton Live 8 and Ableton Suite 8 from Ableton Live Lite, Live Intro, Live LE, Ableton Live 1-8 or Ableton Suite 7.
- Offer also valid for purchases of all Ableton Instruments and Partner Instruments.
- Purchases must be made between May 31 and June 2, 2011.
- Not valid for purchases of new licenses of Ableton Live 8, Suite 8 or Live Intro, Max for Live, educational versions or not-for-resale versions (NFRs).
- Offer only available at Ableton.com.

Future Loops has just released Total Bossa Nova, a sample pack that brings you the best of Bossa Nova music in over 2 GB of original samples.

Total Bossa Nova was entirely recorded in Brazil, featuring performances from experienced Bossa Nova musicians that live and breathe the genre. The result is a very diverse sample pack where you can find: Upright & Electric Bass, Nylon & Electric Guitars, Percussion, Pianos, Rhodes, Saxophones, Flutes, Trumpets and even Male & Female Vocals in a total of 24 different Instruments.

Featuring over 1300 Loops, Total Bossa Nova was recorded in Tempos that range from 65 Bpm to 93 Bpm and multiple keys, to bring you a wide and complete taste of the Bossa Nova Sound.

A unique synthesis and effect plugin based on the Shepard Tone auditory illusion. It generates mind bending infinite scales, psychedelic drones and fascinating sonic textures.

It works as a tone generator, a ring modulator, phaser, flanger or resonant filter bank effect.

Key Features
- VST2/AudioUnit plugin based on the Shepard Tone auditory illusion
- Additive tone generator with up to 40 partials
- Circular pitch ring modulator, flanger, filter and 24 stage phaser FX
- Glissando, auto-stepped and MIDI stepped modes
- Many options to tweak harmonicity and timbre
- Stereo detune, phase offset and auto-panning
- Quantise pitches to 14 different scales
- Soft clipping, extra harmonics and noise modulation
- Fast ASR amplitude envelope in MIDI stepped mode
- MIDI reset-able for repeatable output
- Integrated help system
- 32 high quality factory presets

'Subtractive Drum & Bass Vol 1' brings you five stunning Minimal DnB construction kits guaranteed to transport your mixes to new and inspiring dimensions.
Each construction kit included in this product has been expertly mixed, and artfully crafted. Furthermore, these construction kits have been recorded at a uniform tempo of 177 BPM meaning they can be mixed and matched together, as you see fit.
The ACID WAV and Apple Loops versions will conform to the key of your project, so you can combine any of the kits together, or use them in conjunction with other Producer Loops titles.

Turnado is a multi-effect tool, crafted especially for massive real-time audio manipulation.
It combines unique and dynamic effects with the most intuitive and immediate control you can imagine.
Just turn it on and crank it up.

The idea is simple:
Turn a knob and the effect is on.
Turn the knob further to adjust effect parameters and apply modulations.
Turn the knob down and the effect is off.

Turnado comes for Mac/PC as Standalone application and VST/AU Plugin.

The Vienna Symphonic Library team is introducing an all-new audio processing plug-in for their software bundle Vienna Suite. Hybrid Reverb combines convolution impulses with algorithmic reverb tails, providing extremely flexible editing options in an easy to use and intuitive plug-in. With the addition of Hybrid Reverb, Vienna Suite now includes 10 high-end audio processing tools for mixing and mastering with full 64-bit processing, supporting the formats AU, VST, VST3, and RTAS.

Introductory Offer
Customers who buy Vienna Suite through June 30, 2011 will get all 10 Vienna Suite plug-ins – including the new Hybrid Reverb – at the current price of €445 / US-$695. On July 1, 2011, the price of Vienna Suite will go up to €475 / US-$745.
Existing Vienna Suite users may download the new software update at any time, free of charge.
The full version of Vienna Suite with a free 30-day trial is available at the Vienna Symphonic Library web shop.