PC and Music News

Beatboxers, singers, and club performers, your Loop Station has arrived—introducing the RC-505, a unique and powerful live performance tool that's perfect for next-generation loop artists.

In a compact tabletop device, you have easy fingertip control of five stereo phrase tracks and various loop playback behaviors, plus INPUT FX and TRACK FX that deliver a wide range of real-time processing options for dynamic, expressive sound creation. Just plug in a mic, instrument, or other audio source, and then ride the intuitive panel controls to build and mix some amazing loops! The RC-505 also supports computer integration via USB and operation with external pedals and MIDI, opening a world of advanced looping possibilities for all types of musicians.

Prime Loops are now auditioning singers and vocalists in a wide range of electronic music genres to join our ever expanding network of "Prime Singers". We are looking for performers who are able to record themselves to a professional standard and provide us with loops/samples of recorded vocals for inclusion in upcoming Prime Loops products.

If you think you meet the standards, a definite cut above the rest and have what it takes to work alongside the world's hottest sample pack provider, here's how you do it:

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR MUSIC:

1. Choose your best work and upload to Soundcloud (or similar)
2. Send us a link to your music via email to music@soundnation.com. Be sure to include a Biog, Press Shot, achievement and any other info you think we should know about you.

AudioThing has released Bells.

As the name suggests, Bells is a collection of samples derived from many different kinds of bells, including: an Agnone souvenir bell, three different cowbells, a hotel desk-bell, a Perko fog bell, and a classic school bell.

Details:
- 26 Kontakt Instruments (.nki)
- 6 Kontakt Multis (.nkm)
- Up to 7 Round Robin samples
- Up to 3 Velocity layers
- 169 Samples (44.1kHz / 24Bit)
- 7 Custom Reverb IRs
- Formats: Kontakt and WAV
- Size: 347 MB / 138 MB download
- Native Instruments Kontakt 4.2.4+ full version required

Introductory Price: €14 (goes €16 on April 11th).

Echo Sound Works has released Massive Beast V.1

140 high quality presets for genres like trance, house, electro and dubstep. Comes with 40 drum/FX samples as well.

It is currently priced at an introductory price of $15.

The Vienna Symphonic Library announces the release of Vienna MIR RoomPack 4 that includes dedicated impulse responses of England's landmark building "The Sage Gateshead" for Vienna's Multi Impulse Response Mixing and Reverberation Engine Vienna MIR PRO / MIR PRO 24.

Additionally, a free upgrade of RoomPack 2 ("Studios & Sound Stages") will be available in April, featuring two new rooms in Austria's "Recording Studio Weiler". RoomPack 1 Vienna Konzerthaus, having been previously included with Vienna MIR PRO / MIR PRO 24, is now only available separately. Since Vienna MIR PRO and Vienna MIR PRO 24 no longer include any RoomPacks, their prices have been reduced considerably. All RoomPacks are included in the new Vienna MIR RoomPack Bundle. Several special MIR offers are available through April 30, 2013.

Didgeridoo is mystical instrument of native people/shamans from Australia called "Aboriginal Australians".

Now you can convert any instrument (guitar, synthesizer etc.) into didgeridoo or let the didgeridoo play in rhythm of your tracks (this VST effect will play the same rhythm as your drums or percussions!!). Listen to the samples.