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Native Instruments has released STATIC FRICTION – a new MASCHINE Expansion designed to provide the driving, international sound of tech house.

The Expansion features 33 drum kits loaded with new kicks, snares, hi-hats, and claps, as well as seven Special Kits containing analog spring reverb samples, Ride and Snare kits optimized for live performance, and additional Spoken and Radio Voice Kits for additional textures. New MASSIVE presets provide exclusive basses, leads, pads, and effects for added variety. STATIC FRICTION is available for MASCHINE and MASCHINE MIKRO and is specifically tailored to live performance. A compact version is also available for iMASCHINE.

Blend tracks seamlessly, create mash-ups in seconds and record smooth mixtapes.

Indeed, the 2.5 version features build-in key detection and control, new full screen collection and more.
Accurate Key detection for smooth harmonic mixes
There's accurate build-in key detection right in Cross DJ: no need for third party software anymore. Key can be displayed in classic notation or harmonic code, making it easy to find matching tracks.
Key control and dynamic display
Key is just as important as BPM. Cross DJ displays it straight into the deck header. Match it automatically to the master deck, or change the pitch manually by semi-tones. The dynamic key display reflects those changes, and turns white when in harmony.
Browsing by key is now super easy: key compatible tunes are highlighted in bright orange. Focus on other search criteria, and the key still pops up...

Apogee Electronics announces full Logic Pro X compatibility for the following products:

- JAM
- MiC
- ONE for Mac
- ONE for iPad & Mac Duet
- Duet 2
- Duet for iPad & Mac
- Quartet for iPad & Mac
- Ensemble
- Symphony I/O (USB, Symphony, and Pro Tools HD modes)
- Symphony 64 PCIe
- Symphony 64 | ThunderBridge
- X-Symphony equipped X-Series and Rosetta Series Converters
- X-HD equipped X-Series and Rosetta Series Converters
(Firmware v. XX or greater).

Complete Orchestral Collection is a brand new compilation of all Peter Siedlaczek libraries ever released by Best Service.

This new product combines Peter Siedlaczek´s String Essentials 2nd Edition as well as the well known Complete Classical Collection 2nd Edition in one Kontakt Player 5 instrument with 26 GB of umcompressed sample content and more than 2800 Kontakt instruments.

Rob Papen is proud to announce compatibilty of RP products with Protools 11 (Mac).

This powerful digital audio workstation just got a whole load more powerful and is now turbocharged with 64-bit performance!

Of course we love to be at the forefront of any such developments, so AAX 64-bit versions of our products are available now!

If you already own any RP products, please login to the homepage and visit the Download page of the products you own. Download the installer and you're good to go with the latest Inspiration Soundware from Rob Papen!

Since June 28, 4 pm, a new algorithm processes your files.

Founded in 2010, MaximalSound provides an online service for automated audio optimization based on an original algorithm. The new processing brings a little more level, a little more bass, a little more punch, and a little more air than the previous version. Last but not least, the inter-sample peaks management is now perfect. I've spent months to find the best possible solution to manage ISP without hurting audio. Enjoy.

The website offers free previews within one hour for stereo wav and aif files, 16, 24 or 32 bit from 44.1 to 96KHz. The price is related to the size of the file. A 3-minute track at CD audio format is optimized for € 5.

In addition, six new VIP offers, including volume discounts and longer previews are now available to meet the needs of producers, studios and labels.

VIP 50 > 36 minutes € 49 discount 11%
VIP 100 > 76 minutes € 98 discount 15%
VIP 200 > 163 minutes € 196 discount 20%
VIP 300 > 261 minutes € 294 discount 25%
VIP 400 > 391 minutes € 392 discount 33%
VIP 500 > 653 minutes € 490 discount 50%.