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Propellerhead announces Pulsar, the second Rack Extension from Propellerhead to be available at the launch of the next version of Reason, the company's award-winning music making software.

Comprised of two LFOs, cross-modulation, lag, shuffle and a flexible envelope, Pulsar brings a fresh take on modulation—from rigid and predictable to groovy and evolving.

Zenhiser's preset catalogue is going from strength to strength offering an alternative sound in various genres to give producers something new and fresh.

With that in mind we couldn't miss the Detroit Techno sound, thus 'Sylenth Detroit Techno' was created. Comprising of 72 Sylenth presets including classic chord stabs from the oldskool Detroit sound through to modern arpeggiated synth leads that scream quality. Bass sounds which deliver all the warmness your tracks need and pads that sweep perfectly through different waveforms for the ultimate techno & house sound. All the sylenth presets are available both individually and within one preset bank giving you the option of immediate use.

With sounds recorded in legendary studios like New York's Hit Factory, London's 2Khz Studio or where Nashville's A-list clientele go, Blackbird Studios, the Pop! EZX is the culmination of years of relentless recordings and a true testament to Toontrack's search for the perfect sound.

The Pop! EZX comes with a collection of ten mixed and matched drum kits delicately intertwined with custom percussion pieces. The result is an awe-inspiring and genre-defying battery tailored for anything from rock to pop and dance. In short: a melting pot for any and all things good about drums and percussion boiled down to a perfect blend of organic, unique and edgy sounds for any track you'd file under "popular music".

1konkret exposes all those daily noises and sounds that actally nobody needs. Because nothing is more annoying than screaming hard disks, rumbling elevators, creaking doors and windows or even espresso machines going into standby.
1konkret is available now for an introductory price of 7.00 Euro.

Format: Ableton Live Pack
Compatibility: PC/Mac, Live 8
Presets: 99
Samples: 111, 24 Bit/44,1 kHz
Disk space: 240 MB.

Sinevibes is pleased to announce a special limited-time AudioUnit bundle, which offers its most popular products for an unusually low price. The bundle includes Deep, Dynamo and Turbulence plugins and is a great opportunity for musicians with any budget to bring something new and innovative into their setup. All these plugins feature simple color-coded interfaces which make them a blast to use in any production style.

Some of the special AudioUnit pack applications include:

– Apply complex gate and filter patterns onto any instrument parts.
– Re-process and mangle beat loops with perfectly matched timing.
– Transform static, lifeless sounds into spectrally and rhythmically rich new material.
– Turn simple waveforms like sine, saw and square into complex motion synth and bass lines with incredible density.
– Create growling, wobbling and FM-like sounds with very little effort.
– Emulate slicing and stutter effects.

Pricing and availability:

Sinevibes special AudioUnit pack with Deep, Dynamo and Turbulence is available for $29 (normal price for these plugins is $57). The offer is valid until 1st July 2012.

Resonance Sound presents Swen Weber Pure Electro Vol.2 - the third sample library by german electro house maestro and DJ Swen Weber, which ties in with the first volume, which set new standards for the Electrohouse and Techno community with its high-quality electro samples.

All loops are consistently produced on 128 bpm and are available in prevalent WAV format as well as Apple Loops and in Ableton and REX format.