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Once again, it's that special time of the year, and once again, Metric Halo is celebrating with deep discounts on all of its hardware, software and upgrades. As of December 10th, Metric Halo's flagship ULN-8 converter, normally $5,995, will sell for $4,496.

Similar discounts apply across the product range: the TEC Award-winning LIO-8 (was $3,995, now $2,996), the 2882 converter (was $1,895, now $1,610), the ULN-2 (was $1,695, now $1,440), a +DSP license (was $699, now $524), SpectraFoo (was $400, now $300), SpectraFoo Complete (was $800, now $600), and a host of hardware upgrades… all up to 25% off. Even Metric Halo's Production Bundle of plug-ins, now shipping on AU [Mac] and AAX [Mac/Win], is cut from $699 to $524. Individual plug-ins, normally $199, are going for just $149. And just to throw another gift into the mix, Metric Halo is offering its extended bass Thump plug-in for AAX FREE!

After more than eight years in the making, globally renowned sound designer, Rob Papen, whose sounds and virtual synths include Predator, Blue and Blade, has released his eagerly awaited tutorial package 'The Secrets of Subtractive Synthesis'.

In 2001, Rob Papen began giving exclusive masterclasses teaching synthesizer sound design in his studio. For these training sessions, Rob developed his own method to explain the secrets of subtractive synthesis, called 'The 4 Element Synth'.
This masterclass training is now transformed into a combined book and DVD package that also delivers numerous tips and tricks to help you to design and tweak your own sounds.

The 4 Elements – Oscillators, Filter, Amplifier and Modulators – are explored in detail using both hardware and software synths, with useful summary notes for each chapter, clear diagrams and handy references to the DVD.

Delora announces the worldwide availability of gbTouch 3.3, an upgrade to their popular Delora line of iPad music controller applications. gbTouch offers control surface and remote control capability for the Apple GarageBand music application on the Mac.

New Features & Benefits
The Delora gbTouch 3.3 app adds a performance mode that can be used to play and record notes for GarageBand's software instruments. Two different controllers are available: a standard piano-style controller, and a drum pad controller.

Future Progressive House Vol 1 starts off a brand new series from The Madison and Producer Loops of hard-hitting, melody driven House Construction Kits.

The Madison boasts a distinctive production style, recognisable by his trademark delicate melodies, vocal glitches and unapologetic, cone-trembling basslines. By experimenting with state-of-the-art production techniques, while combining the genre's signature elements, he has created a versatile collection of Kits sure to become a staple in any Progressive producer's arsenal.

The update is warmly recommended for all users and platforms.

What's new in this version:
- Fixed crashes in Windows
- Fixed Sync Errors
- Improved CPU usage
- Improved latency behavior with Pro Tools 9.

Detunized's lead sound designer Stephan Marche picked out the best presets from his releases "Casiopeia", "Binaries", "Phase Facets", "fTable", "Composite Keys" and "4op".
Alltogether they form a palette of Live Packs that feature such gear like a TX81z, a WSA-1, a Rapman, an OPL-3 FM chip and both of the famous Hohner sampler/synth devices.
All Digitals is built around a 3.1 Gig sample pool that consists of nearly 5000 samples. Each of the 222 included Live Racks has fine-tuned Macro controls and is ready to play right out of the box.

All Digitals is currently available for an introductory price of 15.00 Euro, regular price will be 39.00 Euro.