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This pack is perfect for the songwriter looking for a wide variety of basic drums for a broad spectrum of playing styles. It covers anything from mellow ballads to funky midtempo swing and straight uptempo rock, all categorized in different songs and full 4-8 bar song part blocks.

- More than 500 individually played files
- Categorized in different songs
- Full intro / verse / pre-chorus / chorus / bridge / fill sections in each song
- Ballad / Midtempo / Uptempo / Shuffle
- Swing and/or straight feel in 4/4 and 6/8

Shiverware introduces SpeakBeat 1.0, a new metronome app for iOS devices. The app is unique among metronome apps because it uses spoken words to mark the beat rather than clicks or ticks.

The app is widely customizable, with a variety of high-quality studio recorded voices to choose from, as well as a large high-contrast numerical display. The spoken metronome improves timing over click metronomes for music students, dancers, and cheerleaders as well as saving the voices of instructors.

SongStarter is a different approach to music production on the
desktop. Starting with a beat, you can quickly record into a live
looper using the collection of built-in instruments and build up the
basics of a song.

This workflow makes it easy to jot down an idea and
iterate quickly. And though it's simple and fast, SongStarter is a
serious tool, and that's why we made sure exporting your songs to a
DAW is as easy as possible.

The 128-preset soundbank of CIRCULAR is designed upon the successor of Alpha – Ray by TubeOhm Instruments. It offers:

- 10 effective gated sounds,
- 7 varied leads,
- 77 inspiring sequences,
- 34 ultra-spectral synthesizers.
- All the bank presets have Modwheel and Aftertouch action mapped.

CIRCULAR with its content contributes to Gamma - Ray's positive feedback providing numerous presets. The attached preset list has the suggestions of individual preset 'VCF invers' to expand the palette of the bank offer.

Price: $15

Blackbird is another free Live Pack from Detunized.com.
Starting with only a handful of short snippets of found sounds Blackbird hooks up with the idea of granular synthesis.
With its small footprint of only 1 MB and Live's gorgeously expandable effect chains Blackbird offers endless possibilities for the creation of extensive sound sculptures.

Specifications:
Format: Ableton Live Pack
Compatibility: PC/Mac, Live 8 required
Instruments: 10
Samples: 15, 24 Bit/44,1 kHz
Disk Space: 1 MB

MixVibes announces the latest update to its powerful CrossDJ software. Jam-packed with innovative features, a modular user interface, a brand new sampler and stunning effects, CrossDJ 2.0 has been specially developed to help DJs of all levels realize maximum creative potential.

Key Features of CrossDJ 2.0

- 8 pad Sampler
- 3 sample play modes
- Unlimited sample banks
- Sample rolling frequency
- Quantize
- 2 FX units : 14 audio effects
- Bipolar filters .