PC and Music News

From Monday, May 20 through Friday, May 31, 2013, Nomad Factory's Magnetic II Bundle is on sale for $99, normally $258 if both products are purchased separately.

Included in the Magnetic II Bundle are two of Nomad Factory's most unique plug-ins, Magnetic II and Echoes.

Today Toontrack released Basic Fills MIDI, a follow-up to the popular Basic Rock MIDI that was released earlier in the year.

The Basic Fills pack focuses entirely on the one thing you can never get enough of: fills. The little twists and turns that accentuate, ornate or make for smooth transitions in your songs – the bits and pieces that make your music elevate and transcend.

- A follow-up to Basic Rock MIDI
- Drum fills MIDI suitable for any type of modern rock
- Categorized in different songs
- Short fills with lead-ins, long fills with lead-ins & single fills
- Halftime / midtempo / uptempo in 4/4 and 6/8 straight and/or swing feel

With Predator 1.6.4 the best just got a whole lot better — and bigger! First and foremost, studio-based producers and musicians maximising ‘screen estate’ to speed up DAW workflow will appreciate the new Big Screen graphic mode which increases the original Predator GUI by 150%.

Of course, sound is where the art is, and, given its pedigree, Predator 1.6.4 does not disappoint with over 450 new presets!

Musicrow releases Analogica, an advanced analog filter emulation for Native Instruments Reaktor. Analogica is now available individually, or as part of Musicrow's Golden Ensembles 3 bundle for Reaktor.

Analogica is a fat and smooth analog sounding filter. It offers a distinctive warm character, sweet and beautiful self oscillation sound, flexible design and an intuitive interface.

Analogica enables you to fulfill any filtering mission with ease. It is not only suitable for elementary filtering tasks, but also capable of producing beautiful raw distortion sounds, interesting rhythmic patterns and unusual musical effects.

Native Instruments today introduced ABBEY ROAD 50s DRUMMER, a new KONTAKT instrument featuring the sound of two classic drum kits from the 1950s.

The kits provide the distinctive drum sound of the era, which was necessary to compete with the electrified instruments gaining popularity at the time. Recorded with both state-of-the-art and period equipment at Abbey Road Studios in London, 50s DRUMMER also includes a groove library, mixer presets, and a new set of brush articulations, delivering the authentic feel of rock and roll, rhythm and blues, country, and jazz from the 1950s.

It is a free upgrade (as usual) and to many people the most interesting news is probably 64-bit compatibility.

It also features new MIDI controlling possibilities (including pattern edits via MIDI CC) and a beautiful new skin with spacier layout and crispier pixels.