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DANTE, representing the pan-European GÉANT network, and the America Connects to Europe project (ACE), managed by Indiana University, have launched a Prior Information Notice (PIN) to progress the implementation of the first ever 100G (gigabits per second) transatlantic links for the research and education community.
Between them GÉANT and ACE already offer over 80Gbps of transatlantic connectivity, however this is comprised of multiple 10G links and will lead to bottlenecks in the future for those 100G users. For that reason, DANTE aims to replace these over time with multiple 100G links, ensuring that partners in large research projects in areas such as radio astronomy, global earth observation, medical research and particle physics continue to benefit from the best available connectivity.

The most important new features at a glance:

- Session automation
- Find sounds fast: In Live 9's re-designed browser, all instruments, effects, samples, and plug-ins are in one easy-to-navigate view.
- Discover new sounds: (more than 3000 in the Suite edition)
- Audio-to-MIDI: Live 9 has three ways to extract MIDI from audio clips. Use Drums-to-MIDI to convert drum breaks into MIDI files for use with your own sounds. Use Harmony-to-MIDI and Melody-to-MIDI to get the notes and chords from samples.
- Get your sound right: Live 9's studio effects have all been reworked for even better sound and usability.
- Live 9 introduces new tools and an improved workflow which allow for fast and flexible editing of musical ideas.
- Max for Live - now in Suite...

Live 9 is available immediately at retailers worldwide and at Ableton.comPrices start at USD 99 / EUR 79 (Live 9 Intro download version), USD 449 / EUR 349 (Live 9 Standard download version) and USD 749 / EUR 599 (Live 9 Suite download version).

From today until March 16th, 2013, Sounds And Effects' world or ethnic instruments are on sale at up to around 1/3 off.

- The New World v 1.2
- Ocarinas And Clay Flutes
- Drums And Percussion of Ancient Mexico.

New V-Station Sound Bank contains 128 exciting sounds for Novation's V-Station Synthesizer.

All programmed by Gigaloops ready for you to spice up your productions! This Sound Bank is perfect for producing Electro House, Dub Step, D&B and all Dance Electronic Music Style. Fresh and original presets from Bass, leads, Syn Arp, Drum Kit to Arp Tech, Hoover,House Lead, fx and Dub sounds free to use in your productions. (Compatible with Novation Hardware)
Contenent Folder:
- 128 Sound Presets
- 1 .fxb file
- 1 .mid file
Installation:
Compatible with V-Station Powercore, Novation Hardware A-Station and K-Station modells.

The upcoming Ableton Live 9 Suite is packed with a huge variety of sounds, instruments, and effects.

In a new video they spotlight a few of the devices that give you deep and precise control of your music. Check out the Buffer Shuffler, LFO and LFO MIDI, Mono Sequencer, Envelope Follower and XY Pad in action.
Available tomorrow!

Gra.FX2 is the second installment of a series of graphic generated sounds.
This Live Pack delivers a surprising toolbox of 63 instruments for the creation of otherworldly, dissonant textures and drones. The sample pool of the instruments was created by parsing more than 100 bitmaps by a variety of specialized software tools.

Gra.FX2 is available as download for 9.00 Euro.
As a special offer Gra.FX2 and its predecessor Gra.FX are availabe as bundle at an introductory price of 12.00 Euro. This offer is valid for a limited time only.