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Celebrating their 65th year, the AES Convention (October 17th-20th 2013) will once again host the world's largest gathering of audio professionals, attracting attendees from around the globe.

This year's convention will be bigger and better than ever, as the top names in professional audio engineering converge for the latest audio innovations through workshops, tutorials, technical papers, booth exhibits and product showcases.
Technical Program:
This year's technical program is full of fascinating events where you're sure to learn useful information from the experts leading these sessions. To get a high level overview of the entire convention you should look through the detailed calendar which has popup windows for each event. You can then click on that event's title to read more detailed information. We have also broken down the program into groups of related events such as "Tutorials", "Live Sound Seminars", and the "Special Events".

Duniverse focuses on Vintage presets, Cinematic/Trailers material, and Classic Electronic patches, and aims to bring back memories of the golden decades of the 70s, 80s, 90s (and "everything from the last century").

- 128 presets.
- Mod Wheel, Aftertouch and Expression Pedal assignations.
- Expressive instruments.
- Designer notes included in each patch.
- All presets properly tagged, organised in one bank (easy to load).
- Easy to browse bank due to classic preset nomination rules.

Price: 12.80 € (including taxes for ECC users).

Introductory offer: Until November 1st, 2013, get Le Lotus Bleu's Pure Electronic Soundbank DuneSteps for free if you purchase Duniverse.

AudioThing has released Toy Marimba for NI Kontakt.

Toy Marimba features a small tuned percussion instrument made of rosewood and rope. It was sampled with wood and bamboo mallets, with 3 Round Robin repetitions and 3 velocity layers for the main hits. Slides and glissandos (up/down with 3 speeds) are also included along with slowed down samples crafted for wooden and airy textures.

Details:
- 6 Kontakt Instruments (.nki)
- 4 Kontakt Multis (.nkm)
- Up to 3 Round Robin
- Up to 3 Velocity layers
- Glissandos Up/Down with 3 speeds
- 291 Samples (44.1kHz / 24Bit)
- 7 Custom Reverb IRs
- Formats: Kontakt and WAV
- Sample sets including: wood hit, bamboo hit, slides
- Native Instruments Kontakt 4.2.4+ full version required

Toy Marimba is available for the introductory price of €8 until October 13.
Full price: €10.

MASSIVE HAS A SOFT SIDE
This landmark set for Massive contains 105 of the most lush sounds you have ever heard Massive make. Perfect for those breakdowns in EDM with vocals or even doing cinematic compositions, these sounds will work with multiple genres like dubstep, house, trance, progressive, chill out and even filmscore.

Here is a break down of what you get:
• 4 Atmospheres
• 10 Basses
• 19 Leads
• 72 Pads
• All 8 Macros assigned on every preset


It is currently on sale for only $17. The sale expires on October 15th, at which point MLV1 will go up to its regular price of $25.

ProdMod is a new Ableton instrument library with sounds derived from a customized Moog Prodigy. The Prodigy that was sampled has got a breakout connection with a handmade patchbay attached to it. This allows to interrupt and split the synth's internal wirings and therefore offers much more sonic possibilities that go far beyond the off-the-shelf version.
ProdMod Live Pack contains 30 multi-sample instruments in Abletons Live's Rack format that transfer the sound of this vintage mono synth into today's music production environments.
The library delivers diversified material as the source for fat basslines, lively synth and keyboard sounds, warm pads or idiosyncratic oddities.

specifications
• Format: Ableton Live Pack, Live 8/9
• Instruments: 30
• Samples: 497
• Disk space: 200 MB
ProdMod Live Pack is available to purchase as download for 9.00 Euro.

BFD3 is the third generation of FXpansion's flagship software acoustic drum studio: new levels of realism and ground-breaking features in an intuitive redesigned engine.

With stunning new kits with mix-ready presets and modelling technology for tom resonance and cymbal swells, BFD3's audio engine delivers uncompromising detail. The revamped interface has a new mixer and sound browser for the easiest BFD experience yet.

BFD3's all-new library is recorded in two fantastic rooms by engineers including Andrew Scheps, Rail Jon Rogut and John Emrich, giving you a diverse palette of drum tones out of the box. The sounds include a brushed kit and processed drum presets for fast custom kit-building. BFD3 also contains a powerful built-in environment for pattern creation and editing, complete with a range of performances by legendary drummers for effortless production of drum tracks indistinguishable from the real thing.

- 7 new kits recorded in 2 world-class studios
- Includes rock, metal, jazz and brush kits
- Tom resonance and cymbal swell modeling
- New effects and Groove construction tools
- More efficient engine with streamlined workflow
- VST 2.4, AU, RTAS, AAX64 and standalone application for Mac OSX 10.6.8 or later & Windows 7 or later.
Price: $349.00, €269.00, £229.00.