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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).

Based on the entry-level Sequel application, the Sequel LE Campus version provides an array of features which help neophytes and experts alike to create high-quality audio and music productions. The Controller mode allows users to assign external controllers to the most frequently utilized parameters in Sequel LE Campus. With its Controller Learn feature, assigning controller knobs, sliders, keys or buttons to parameters is easy and elegant. The Free Warp mode transforms audio loops in many ways, while Track Freeze frees up CPU power in order for users to work with more tracks and effects. Thanks to the wealth of Sequel Content Sets available at the Steinberg Online Shop, users can expand their sound library with hundreds of additional audio loops in different music styles.

A copy of Sequel LE Campus includes one license that allows for unlimited use at school and at home. For more features and enhancements, users are enabled to upgrade to the Sequel full version for only EUR 49.99/GBP 42.34.

Keith McMillen Instruments announces SoftStep V 1.1. This update offers some new features:

- Standalone version for and PC
- 6 factory programs with Program Changes, Notes, Toggle, Pressure, Avid Eleven Rack and Line6 POD
- Save All function
- Revert button (back to previous settings)
- GarageBand et HUI Host modes
- Select I/O manualy
- LED "SoftStep Connected"

Apogee Electronics R&D is moving toward a new paradigm of digital audio interconnection based upon Thunderbolt.
Symphony I/O's modular, user definable system was the first step. AD/DA conversion modules (our primary technology) were designed to be independent of the Symphony I/O Chassis. This allows Apogee to address interfacing from the Chassis level without impacting I/O module implementation.

Powered by Thunderbolt, the Symphony I/O platform is the foundation of future digital audio production systems. Any Mac equipped with Thunderbolt technology and paired with Symphony I/O will deliver incredible, high-performance recording from the Hollywood soundstage to the hotel room nightstand.