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In honor of the completion of the final Space Shuttle Mission, Eventide announced a contest to give away its newest widely acclaimed product: Space – the Reverb and Beyond Stompbox. Space features 12 of Eventide's signature reverb combination effects taken from the H8000FW and Eclipse V4 along with some startling new magic. These unique effects, previously available only in Eventide rack processors, are now available in a compact, roadworthy package. Never before has there been a more dazzling collection of reverb algorithms combined with delays, pitch shifting, tremolo, modulation, and spatial effects in such a compact and affordable package. Simply sign up to win between now and midnight on September 22nd for a chance to win Space.

The PercPad enables you to add four drum pads and an optional kick trigger to your acoustic or electronic kit or percussion setup. It's compact, easy to fit into tight setups, easy to use, and it contains sounds that are perfect for accessorizing standard drumsets.

The PercPad has four velocity-sensitive pads, a kick input, and high-quality internal sounds, all in a compact size that's the perfect choice for drummers and other instrumentalists looking to start incorporating electronic percussion into their setups.

Hollywood Brass is approximately 150 gigabytes of pure Hollywood magic and includes Solo Trumpet, 2 Trumpets, 3 Trumpets, Solo French Horn, 2 French Horns, 6 French Horns, Solo Trombone, 2 Tenor + 1 Bass Trombone, Solo Tuba, Solo Cimbasso, and a low brass section consisting of 2 Tenor Bones, 1 Bass Trombone, 1 Tuba and 1 Cimbasso. A world-class group of brass artists was gathered for a sampling marathon that lasted for 21 straight 11-hour days followed by a year of post-production.

EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP Hollywood Brass Diamond Edition is now available for $995 MSRP ($795 introductory offer through August 15, 2011) and Hollywood Brass Gold Edition will be available for $595 MSRP ($495 introductory offer through August 15, 2011).

It was never so easy to create beautiful sounds and driving loops.
The unique dynamic wavetable synthesis allows you to explore an unprecedented wide range of sonic territory. From acid loops, crystal clear percussions, realistic human choirs to complex musical sound scapes nothing seems impossible with only a handful parameters to tweak.

Together with the intelligent randomizer for both sounds and arpeggios you will loose any sense of time and space while exploring unknown sonic territories.
Right from the beginning you'll understand why it's named Addictive.

A sublime collection of funky, laid back grooves from the makers of Zero-G Classic Disco and Disco Gold. Over 600 samples and 1.3Gb of the koolest, the funkiest and the sexiest house music around, all in pristine 24bit audio.

The Paradise Sessions explores the smooth, sophisticated and sexy side of house music. A massive 35 construction kits cover a wide range of styles – from abstract latin to soulful house and back to jazzy, deep and funky gospel house.

WAV, Acid, REX / Stylus RMX, EXS24, Kontakt, Apple Loops, Reason NN-XT.

The iO Dock (patent pending) is the first device that enables anyone with an iPad or iPad 2 to create, produce, and perform music with virtually any pro audio gear or instruments.

The iO Dock is a universal docking station specifically designed for the iPad and iPad 2, and it gives musicians, recording engineers, and music producers the connectivity they need to create and perform with iPad. Connect all your pro audio gear to virtually any app in the App Store with the iO Dock.