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Renowned synthesist and sound designer Ian Boddy has been producing sample libraries since 1992. This includes award-winning collections for leading sample producers Zero-G and Sample Magic plus patch and sample content for Camel Audio, LinPlug and Rob Papen.

With such a wealth of musical and sound design experience, Boddy decided to release his sample productions independently under the 'Waveforms' brand, which has already released four titles - Airwaves, Beatalogue, Drumalogue and Radiophonica. Waveforms delivers unique and focussed sample packs, all produced using Boddy's collection of rare and vintage analogue equipment.

Three kinds of patches can be created with Dazibao. The "Pad" associates the colors around a circle. You use the joystick then to mix continually these colors as you like.

The "Key" editor is helpfull to create a different evolution of the sound for each key of your keyboard if you want to! Finally, the arpeggio sequencer helps to create musical sequences synchronised with the MIDI tempo of the host and tuned with the chord that you play on the keyboard.

Fresh from the Zenhiser studio comes a 80's drum kit that will simply blow you away.

The attention to detail on these 80's drum sounds is second to none and literally took us weeks to produce using the same concept and tricks that were used back in the 80's by high end studios and producers. '80's Retro Drummer' is a drum kit that not only sounds like it was created in the eighties but stands up against any modern drum kit.

Happy Last Tuesday in April! Which, to those of you who have been paying close enough attention, must mean it's time for the last of this month's limited-time AVOX plug-in deals. For the final week, it's the unique AVOX ASPIRE Evo Aspiration Noise Processor.

ASPIRE Evo is the world's first tool for modifying a voice's breathiness independently of its harmonic content. Whether reducing a bit of vocal rasp or adding a bit of smokiness, ASPIRE Evo allows modification of the amount and quality of a voice's aspiration noise without otherwise affecting the vocal's harmonic characteristics.

Looking for the best listening experience for your iTunes Library? Look no further than LouderLogic – the Advanced Audio Player, featuring audio enhancement technology and now includes dynamic Play Queues for interacting with your iTunes library on the fly.

LouderLogic brings the fullness you crave out of every song, using patent pending Audio Level eXtension (ALX) technology by McDSP. With the push of one button, LouderLogic minimizes volume fluctuations between songs while maximizing all the musical details the artist intended you to enjoy. Simply put, you'll get more from your music!

Blue Cat Audio has released an update for Blue Cat's Freeware Pack II, its free audio plug-ins for Mac and PC.

This release mainly fixes issues that could appear on Pro Tools for Mac in some particular configurations, but also brings performance improvements to other platforms.

The 6 plug-ins are available for download for free as a single bundle or separately, in VST, RTAS, AAX, Audio Unit and DirectX formats (32 and 64-bit).