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Native Instruments today released TRAKTOR KONTROL Z1, the world’s smallest professional mixer and audio interface for both TRAKTOR DJ for iPhone and iPad, and TRAKTOR PRO 2. When combined with the critically-acclaimed TRAKTOR DJ app, the sleek Z1 adds headphone cue and dedicated faders, filter and effects controls, and 3-band EQ for each channel. The integrated audio interface boosts audio output to club-ready levels – an important feature for iOS setups – all without interfering with TRAKTOR DJ’s acclaimed touch interface. TRAKTOR KONTROL Z1 also offers established TRAKTOR PRO 2 DJs a highly mobile mixing interface for situations where compact size and professional performance features are essential.

Building on the overwhelming success of the TRAKTOR DJ app, TRAKTOR KONTROL Z1 now offers TRAKTOR DJ users additional physical control that complements the touchscreen. TRAKTOR KONTROL Z1 also provides a full-fledged 2-channel mixing interface, software controller, and an integrated 24-bit soundcard. All faders, filter and effects controls, and 3-band EQ are automatically mapped and synced to TRAKTOR DJ, giving DJs hands-on, physical control over their iPad or iPhone setups. The Z1’s cue section introduces channel headphone monitoring to iOS setups, allowing for track pre-listening. The 24-bit integrated soundcard delivers quality club-level sound without the need for an additional audio interface. When in use, TRAKTOR KONTROL Z1 even keeps the iOS device charged, assuring DJs hours of stability and performance.

The schedule is now available on our page “Line-up”.

You’ll find there the timetable of each show, and you can start to make your own running order!

Upgrade to Synthogy's critically acclaimed virtual pianos for 20% less in July!

Soaring at the highest possible levels of sampling and synthesis technology, each of the three Ivory II products now feature a greatly expanded sound set with nearly double the velocity layers, and the powerful, new Ivory II piano DSP engine with Harmonic Resonance Modelling for true Sympathetic String Vibration.

Ivory II also delivers some of Synthogy’s most frequent customer requests, with features such as Half Pedaling, Lid Position, Pedal Noise, and Tuning Tables to provide even greater detail and control. Additionally, features like Timbre Shifting, Parametric EQ, and new Synth Layer controls offer powerful new sound sculpting capabilities for custom piano programming and sound design.

July Offer Prices

Ivory II Grand Pianos Upgrade: now £70.95 / €82.95 (was £88.95 / €106.95)

Ivory II Italian Grand Upgrade: now £38.95 / €45.95 (was £46.95 / €55.95)

Ivory II Upright Pianos Upgrade: now £64.95 / €75.95 (was £74.95 / €89.95).

Glass Harp sample library features the sound of chromatically tuned wine glasses.
For this latest Detunized project more than 80 wine glasses where collected on flea markets and junk shops. After carefully separating the wheat form the chaff instrument maker Sergey Karamyshev ended up with 39 glasses that got tuned by filling each one with a certain amount of water. This way a lovely sounding instrument with a range of 3 octaves (D3 to E6) came up.
It has a lively timbre and produces rich sounds with strong overtone content.
For Glass Harp library the complete instrument got sampled both in stereo and close-miked mono, each time with a legato and a staccato pass.For the sake of an even more realistic feel an additional release sound layer was edited.

Glass Harp Live Pack contains 2 main instrument racks - Glass Harp True Stereo & Glass Harp Mono Pick Up. Both racks consist of 3 layers (legato, staccato, release) plus 8 carefully mapped macros.
As bonus 9 handcrafted alterations and extracted single modules of the main racks offer an easy-to-go starting point for individual tweaks.

Specifications
- Ableton Live Pack, compatible with Live 8/9
- 200 MB Sample content (234 samples, , true stereo and close-miked mono)
- 9.00 Euro (download)

Glass Harp Universal features the same sample content and includes 10 pre-edited patches. With these patches in unified formats Glass Harp is compatible with various software samplers DAWs.

Specifications
- Formats: SFZ, NKI, SXT, EXS, FXP
- Patches: Legato, Staccato, Release, LegStac, LegStacRel
- 200 MB Sample content (234 samples, true stereo and close-miked mono)
- 9.00 Euro (download).

Audio Mind Project has released Ultimate Expansion Vol. 1: Analogy. The soundset contains 168 sounds for LuSH-101.

The first volume shows a softer and calmer, more analog-like side of LuSH-101. A variety of deep, dreamy, dark and beautiful pads, both lush and calm orchestral sounds, a selection of keys, inspiring synths, gentle arps, as well as useful lead and bass sounds are included.

Even more timbres available thanks to extensive modwheel assignments. These carefully designed sounds will be usable in a number of genres, including pop, ambient, chillout, jazz and others.

http://soundcloud.com/audio-mind-project/ultimate-expansion-vol-1

The soundset is available in an intro offer until July 10th, 2013 for only $19.99 which is 20% off the regular price ($24.99).

The Vienna Symphonic Library team announces a one-month limited time offer featuring free Single Instruments.

Users who purchase any Vienna Instruments Collection (Standard Library) between July 1 and July 31, 2013 will receive a Single Instrument product of their choice for free.