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Released this week, 'Sultan Strings' is a massive collection of string ensemble performances focusing on live performances by one of the world's best Middle Eastern string ensembles and royalty free custom composed Arabian styled phrases.
3 violins, 1 viola and 1 cello make up this strong and convincing performance sampling string ensemble. Working from the base up, Sonokinetic created a diverse collection of phrases that would need to be widely usable in music compositions and large audio productions, so tempo syncing and a wide availability in all keys was top priority in this production.

What's more Sultan Strings sees Sonokinetic investing in multiformats so the range of sampling possibilities is extended past the proven dedicated Kontakt format making this collection widely accessible for every producer and composer.

Introductory RRP: £66.95 / €79.95

Drum Nugs Vol.1 Beats & Breaks drum loops are being offered for a limited time at the No Brainer price of $10 until 4/1/11 after which the price will be $30.

Vol.2 will be comprised of 4 packs in total, each costing $20. The 1st Pack of Drum Nugs Vol.2 is "LatinTing" release date 4/1/11 – traditional rhythms as well as beats influenced by Afro Cuban, Caribbean, Brazilian and Latin Jazz/Funk grooves.
Genji Siraisi (Producer, composer, drummer and founding member of the Grammy nominated group Groove Collective) Continues his series of live drum loop packages for the Drum Nugs collection. Drum NugsVol.1 Breaks & Beats is based around a series of recordings done on different kits in various venues. Vol.1 was recorded in four different cities in two countries. The Drum Nugs collection mostly fall into the acoustic breakbeat category but they range stylistically from old school breaks to Jazz, Latin, Rock and beyond. Some of the beats have been processed heavily putting them into a more modern realm and making them suitable for a wide variety of uses.

DB4 MKII and DB8 MKII conform to new EBU, ATSC and ITU Loudness and True-peak level standards across all platforms and all formats. The broadcast world's highest resolution, lowest latency and lowest distortion comes complimentary with DB4 MKII and DB8 MKII.

More Metering
The MKII versions feature the new EBU R128 and ATSC A/85 compliant LM6 Loudness Meter, new SNMP functions and one week of detailed logging, even without connection to a computer. In DB4 MKII, the LM6 meter is always available in addition to its two multichannel audio processors.

Synthesis can seem extremely daunting. When you open up a synth like Logic's ES2, you're confronted with a huge array of buttons, knobs and sliders whose function seems obscure at best.

Even if you study the manual and can find your way around, it can still be extremely frustrating; hearing the sounds you want to make in your head, but unable to produce them. ES2 Synthesis: Basic to Intermediate guides you all the way from the foundations of synthesis to advanced sound design in 2hrs 35mins of HD video.

For the month of March, McDSP offers huge savings on all Classic Pack v5 bundle purchases! Classic Pack HD v5 is available for only $595 and Classic Pack Native v5 is available for only $349! The Classic Pack v5 bundle offers legendary emulations of vintage equalizers, compressors, tape machines and channel amplifiers which includes the all-new Next Gen versions of Analog Channel, CompressorBank, FilterBank and MC2000, as well as Legacy versions for Pro Tools users.

The McDSP HD product line supports TDM, RTAS and Audio Unit formats and the McDSP Native product line supports RTAS and Audio Unit formats, and both operate on Pro Tools HD, LE and M-Powered as well as Logic, Digital Performer (DP), Ableton Live and GarageBand. Special available only via electronic delivery.

Hurry and make your purchase today, this offer ends March 31, 2011.

With The Classic EZX®, Toontrack® Music is merging the best of the past and the present to bring your music to the forefront of today. The Classic EZX® is a contemporary sounding drum library, bringing together all that is good about modern recording techniques with the sound of a classic Helios recording console, as known to have shaped the production on albums by bands like The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Who and many others.

Be it the slamming 70's rock song or the slim and tight contemporary pop that tops the charts of today, the sounds of The Classic EZX® will sit right in any mix.
The Classic EZX® was produced by Peter Henderson (Paul McCartney, Rush, Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, Tina Turner, Ringo Starr) and Chris Whitten (Edie Brickell, The Waterboys, Paul McCartney).