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Samplephonics announces this quirky sample library from session musician and composer Toby Baker, packed full of rich sonic landscapes, emotive chord progressions and vintage character.
The sample pack contains 64 8 bar construction kits made up of 3 parts, from dark distorted drum breaks to rich analogue drones to delicate piano and string melodies.
The loops and samples have been broken down in to 4 main categories: Sci-Fi, Drama, Crime and Romance. Within each folder there are 4 tempo sub folders of 90, 100, 110 and 120 BPM.

EASTWEST customers have only seven more days to take advantage of the Buy One Get One Free-promotion at www.soundsonline.com. EASTWEST, the industry leader in virtual instruments, is offering music creators the opportunity to purchase any of the following products by August 31, 2012 and get one of equal or lesser value free:
- Hollywood Strings
- Ministry of Rock 2
- The Dark Side
- Spaces Reverb
- Symphonic Choirs
- Symphonic Orchestra (Platinum and Gold)
- Goliath
- Stormdrum 2
- Silk
- Gybsy
- Pianos (Platinum and Gold)
- RA
- Ministry of Rock
- Fab Four
- Voices of Passion

Symphonic Series Vol 4: Piano & Orchestra 1' is the next installment in Producer Loops' stunning "Symphonic Series".

Composed and produced by Sergei Stein, an up-and-coming composer with extraordinary talent and vision, this next volume of epic symphonic loops spans five feature-packed kits, with a MASSIVE 5.6 GB of uncompressed data per format to transport your projects and mixes from the studio to the big screen and beyond.

Native Instruments today introduced CONANT GARDENS, a new MASCHINE Expansion that reflects the soulful side of Detroit – covering hip-hop, funk, afrobeat and deep house.

Named after the district of Detroit renowned as the birthplace of many African American musicians and artists, this expansion explores the distinctive sound of the neighborhood through tailored drum sounds, percussion and sampled phrases.

Austin based Real Software today announces Real Studio, the latest version of its popular flagship software development tool.

Real Studio 2012 Release 1 contains a record 350 improvements and 3 new features: OS X Mountain Lion support, Webkit support for HTMLViewer on Windows and a new way for SQLite BLOBs that allows data in a BLOB to be added sequentially, making it much faster and more responsive. Additionally, this release significantly strengthens Real Studio's Cocoa support.

V-Plugs announces Mr. Soundman summer competition, with special prices for the winners.

Mr. Soundman is a free challenging Ear Training game for music producers and sound engineers, that enable users to assess and improve their frequency detection skills, to compete with other users around the globe, and to win prizes.

The Mr. Soundman summer competition will run until August 31, when the winners will be announced. The competition's standings can be viewed in real time on V-Plugs site.