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Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH today announced the shipping of the Rupert Neve Designs Portico 5033 EQ and 5043 compressor, two pro-audio VST/AU signal processing plug-ins, unveiled at this year's NAMM show.

Each plug-in is available as boxed version at authorized Steinberg dealers and as boxed or download version through the Steinberg Online Shop for EUR 499/GBP 422.
The bundle price is EUR 799/GBP 677.

Over 2.4Gb of groundbreaking electro dance samples from musical genius and beat innovator Si Begg.
Electro Glitch Essentials is a roller-coaster ride of bass, beats, beds, cuts, hits, noises, fx, loops, impulse responses, wipes and swells for those dance producers who want to be at the forefront of their art, challenging the boundaries of musical creativity.

Includes:

- 730 Acidized WAV files
- 730 AIFF Apple Loops
- 370 Stylus compatible REX2 files
- 620 EXS24 Instruments
- 620 Kontakt Instruments
- 620 Reason NN-XT Instruments

Until August 31, 2011, Modartt offers free add-ons to everyone who purchases a new licence or upgrades to the following:

- Pianoteq PLAY: Rock Piano add-on, worth 29 EUR

- Pianoteq Standard: Any add-on of choice, worth up to 49 EUR

- Pianoteq PRO: Add-on collection of choice, worth up to 99 EUR.

Hundreds of guitar lessons, jam tracks, Spider amp tones, and more for owners of any Line 6 Spider amplifier – free! Don't have a Spider amp yet?

Take advantage of high-quality tabs and lessons in the huge Spider Online archive. Search by genre or skill level.

Spider Online is always ready to jam. Play to hundreds of inspiring rhythm-section grooves and drum loops. Metal, Blues, Country, you name it – Spider Online has it.

Download unlimited Spider tones from an ever-growing collection. Get tones based on your favorite songs and Spider Online lessons and jam tracks.

Sound Chef Pro is a professional tool for learning sound frequencies easily. It works with both Apple Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows. For progressive learning, you can choose to work in 10, 15 or 31 frequency RANGES. The software can be used in two different modes:

- LEARN mode lets you hear the different frequencies and learn them, monitoring the ones you have already listened to on a bargraph-style screen which shows you the frequencies you've studied the most.

- TEST mode provides a way to auto-test your skill and knowledge by doing a sound dictation and displays your results for each individual frequency and a global score. You will receive a grade at the end of each test and you can post your results on the web site.

How to start with modular system? What's a good configuration to start with? For all beginners and all musicians who would like to play live with modular systems.


If you live around France, do not hesitate to across the channel or take a train to visit modularsquare in Paris, France and discover the world of modular synths.