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A new generation of iOS users can now join the Ocarina community of 6 million people who have expended over 2 billion breaths playing Ocarina, listened to other's performances on the globe over 47 million times, and spent over 2 million hours creating beautiful music since 2008.

About Ocarina 2:
- Blow into your iPhone or iPod touch's mic, and press and hold your fingers over any of four on-screen holes to play notes.
- Enjoy a completely new song mode: easily play and learn songs directly from within the app by following scores that light up on your Ocarina. Control the speed and tempo while you play, allowing your expressivity to shine.
- Accompany your playing with a dynamic harmony that follows your lead and matches your tempo.
- Choose from an affordable and growing catalog of songs of all genres -- everything from Beethoven to Lady Gaga to the Legend of Zelda. 50 songs are available at launch, and tons of new and free content will be released weekly.

Surface has a 10.6", 16:9 widescreen HD Display. Microsoft's ClearType HD Display technology delivers a great picture for movies. An ultra-wide viewing angle makes it easy for your friends to share in the vibrant experience.

The auto-adjusting screen intensity delivers great visual clarity, indoors and out. The addition of the Micro SD card slot means you can bring your entire movie and music collection with you on vacation.

Over 240MB+ of crystal clear melodic synth leads, classic dubstep basslines, fully sequenced melodies and much more!

Formats: .WAV, Ableton Live Pack, Apple Loops, Reason Refill, Akai MPC

price: £14.95

Get total control of your ACID, Apple Loop, and REX 2 drum loops and samples with SL MultiTracks. Each library includes fully mixed stereo loops and individual drum and cymbal loops (Kick, Snare, Hats, Overheads, and Toms).

With SL MultiTracks drum loop libraries you can easily mix the drums so they're a perfect match for your song projects. You have total control over the mix of your drums. You can change the volume of individual tracks, add reverb to just the snare, EQ just the Overheads, etc.

Independent app designer Dante Varnado Moore of Paragoni, LLC today announces Songwriter's Pad, a suite of free and paid apps for iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Songwriter's Pad is a professional song writing app used by Grammy award winners and novices alike. It includes chord notation, a rhyme dictionary, thesaurus, digital audio recorder and a unique idea generator designed to inspire creative expression and eliminate writer's block. Users can write, arrange and store all of their lyrics in one app.

Native Instruments today announced a 7-day sales special on three of the instruments that have helped to define the bass music genre: MASSIVE, RAZOR, and FM8. From June 18th to 24th, 2012, the three synthesizers will be available exclusively at the NI Online Shop for half price - or as a bundle costing $199 / 179 EUR.

The BASS INVADERS products have become absolutely essential tools for many bass music producers. MASSIVE is renowned for its heavy basses, utilizing Wave Scanning oscillators that generate sounds of both a digital and an analog aesthetic. RAZOR, developed by Berlin artist Errorsmith and Native Instruments, has an architecture based on additive synthesis, with a precise and aggressive sound perfectly suited to contemporary bass music. FM8 completes the trio with its instantly-recognizable dynamic and digital character.