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Straight from our roster's archives, Patchbanks presents Bootleg Cuts Vol. 1, an all new series of classic originals for you crate-diggin' samplehead producers in search of those gems. This collection includes a fresh alchemy of newly composed snippets found in dark Euro grooves, U.S. soul and classic movies that are often used for producing hardcore hip hop beats. Moreover, sounds and instruments ranging from strings, horns, acoustic/guitars, bass, keys and organs for chopping, crushing, tuning, filtering and all that good stuff. Yep. It's another hot one.
- Compositions: 25 Samples (Mixed Stereo)
- File Type: Wav
- Music Styles: Hip Hop, Classic
- Price: $24.95.

Native Instruments today announced that the world's first 2+2 channel control mixer TRAKTOR KONTROL Z2 is now available in stores worldwide and at the NI Online Shop.

TRAKTOR KONTROL Z2 is constructed of aircraft-grade aluminum and provides two stand-alone channels with two full Remix channels, a high-quality soundcard, and a host of new features that offer DJs top-of-the line performance coupled with tour-ready reliability. These hardware and software advancements make TRAKTOR KONTROL Z2 the first professional club mixer from Native Instruments.

$899 / 799 €.

Avid announces New Drivers for M-Audio (recently sold to InMusicBrand/ Alesis, AkaiPro...) Fast Track Product Line.

Some new features:
- Fixed: Control Panel unexpectedly quits when launching it on a non-English Mac OS
- Added support for Mac OS X version 10.8 Mountain Lion.
- Fast Track USB
- Fast Track
- Fast Track Pro
- Fast Track Ultra
- Fast Track Ultra 8R
- Fast Track C400
- Fast Track C600
- MobilePre USB
- MobilePre

The Rock Solid EZX was recorded at the renowned Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, Canada by one of the most prolific engineers of the last two decades, Randy Staub.

Summary of features
- Three complete kits, a large collection of cymbals, extra snares & kicks
- Recorded at the Warehouse Studio, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Engineered by Randy Staub (Metallica, Mötley Crüe, Nickelback)
- Sampled by Ryan Vikedal (ex-Nickelback)
- Included MIDI library
Requires EZdrummer or Superior Drummer software
RRP: £54.95 / €68.95.

The version 2 is a free update for owners of version 1.

New features:

• New Midi engine improving accuracy
• Automatic chaining patterns
• Internal sound bank
• Adding a tap tempo
• Midi control input can be deactivated
• Improved undo manager
• The Midi output can be saved with the preset
• The speed can be modified from a popover menu
• A different Midi channel can be assigned to each line pattern and each controller
• iOS 6 support

Price : $11.99

Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH announces the release of their Absolute VST instrument collection, comprising six state-of-the-art Virtual Studio Technology (VST) instruments that provide thousands of presets and sample content of electronic sounds.

- Padshop Pro
- Zero Gravity
- Retrologue
- Hypnotic Dance
- Triebwerk
- Dark Planet

The full retail version of the Absolute VST instrument collection is available from Steinberg resellers and through the Steinberg Online Shop. The price is 299 euros, including German VAT.