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Following the introduction of Flux products on their online store and facing the incredible success of their promotion launched on May 1, DontCrac[k] today announces that will extend the -40% introductory price on all Flux products and bundles until May 31, 2009.

"We have sold over 130 plugins and +50 bundles since May, 1" says Peter Donovan, marketing Director at DontCrac[k]. "Flux products received incredibly positive user reviews on all major audio boards and the interest for Flux products is just amazing" adds Peter. "We therefore decided, in accordance with Flux, to follow-up with numerous customers request asking to extend our Flux promotion till May, 31 and so we will" concludes Peter.

Up to 20% extra discount can be obtained by adding other products to the shopping cart (-5% per product added). That is DontCrack's permanent "Make your own Bundle" offer which is quite a good deal if you look at it closely...

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Glacier by 9 Soundware is a set of instruments for the EXS24 sampler within Apple Logic Pro. The theme of the sound set is glaciers. They are depicted with renderings of glacial shimmer, floating ice, violent avalanches, intense wind, as well as simulations of actual sounds of melting glaciers.

The instruments are based on 50 samples (46 loops and 4 hits). The source sounds for the samples include ocean field recordings, audio with digital artifacts which were created from deleting and recovering files using utility software, noise, and human breathing. The loops range from evolving textures lasting approximately 30 seconds to wavetable-like audio.

In addition to the 137 MB Glacier.exs instrument which uses all 50 samples, included are 20 instruments which make extensive use of the modulation capabilities of the EXS24 mkII sampler. Among them are tempo synced instruments, free-form textural instruments, impact instruments, as well as noise instruments which are equally suited for both texture and percussion (Cryoseism.exs), and an instrument inspired by actual glaciers sounds recorded by artist Katie Paterson (Melt.exs). Many are designed to be played primarily with the modulation and pitch bend wheels (and less so with the keys). As they lend themselves more to performance than step sequencing, a midi controller is highly recommended when using this sound set.

The 138 MB download includes 21 .EXS files and 50 WAV files (24-bit/44.1 kHz).

Glacier is available now for $19.99 at :

In the style of today's R&B club and radio hits, Modern Beats proudly delivers
its new "RnB Klub Loops 1" library. This melodic construction style loopset
delivers 330+ loops derived from 20 multi-track construction loop themes.
Each of the 20 multi-track themes provides layered modern and classic R&B
performances where each instrument is separated into its own loop file. Plus,
all loops mix-match seamlessly together, allowing users to create hundreds
of original multi-track music combinations with ease.

'RnB Klub Loops' includes a wide array of powerful radio R&B hooks and riffs
for today's serious R&B music producer. Years of music theory, performance
technique, and dynamics have been poured into the music loops library, providing music producers with over 340MB of skilled performances. 'RnB Klub Loops' provides users with both style and sophistication with its upbeat arpeggios, soulful keyboard leads, and complex chord progressions.

'RnB Klub Loops 1' is organized into 2 popular Hip-Hop industry tempo groupsand key signatures: 111bpm = Key of A major/minor and 116bpm = Key of C major/minor. The loop library features a sample accurate acidized WAV format for use with Acid Pro and all WAV format supporting music software.

RnB Klub Loops is offered as a download, priced at just $39.95. For more info
and audio demos, visit :

112dB has just updated their high-end reverb plug-in Redline Reverb to version 1.0.1. This new version includes bugfixes and a new vintage skin.

This update is free for registered users. For more details, please visit the link bellow :

KResearch has just released KR-Fatter STR, a modular hybrid plug-in processor using two different proprietary time and frequency domain dsp platforms in a single unit.

The frequency domain platform used is Spectral Transformation Resynthesis (STR). STR is a digital signal processing (dsp) platform that operates exclusively in the frequency domain and makes use of specially developed spectral transforms for synthesis and audio effect design. At the same time, KR-Fatter STR is using specially designed time domain processing elements like for example fractal based variance controls. By combining these two platforms in a single unit, new more powerful effects can be achieved by rather using a single platform.

KR-Fatter STR can be used to enhance the spectral content of audio signals cont ...

Univers-Sons / Ultimate Sound Bank introduces Spirit of Gongs, another crazy and exclusive UVI Soundpack which features 80 ancient gongs and related percussions in one single library.

Gongs are mainly East and South East Asian musical instruments, the shape of a flat metal plate, usually hit with a mallet. There are gongs of various sizes, and this collection focuses on the most musical ones, middle to small-sized, from 5 to 26 inch.

Following their pristine audio quality policy, Univers-Sons did record these pieces of history with the best analog and digital equipment in 24-bit / 96 kHz, to capture the essence of these rich percussive instruments. Depending on the model, they were able to sample in multiple velocity levels.

In addition to the recordings, they assed the perceptual tuning of each sample, allowing the presets to be played around the keyboard. Thanks to that, the collection stands as more versatile than just a "classic" gong collection : sound textures are varying from large metal bongs, to magnificent and musical bell chimes.

Instruments are sorted in a very meticulous way, from their original location : Burma, Cambodia, China, Indochina, Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam... Pictures and actual sizes are provided along for most of the presets.

Spirit of Gongs is now available for $99, and includes the full version of UVI Workstation. Note that a video demo is available at :