PC and Music News

MidiPads is one of the first iOS programs that don't require any 3rd party software or proprietary hardware for MIDI connection! With Network MIDI, you can take your iPad on stage and trigger your music wirelessly!

Features:
- Supports USB MIDI over iPad Camera Adapter
- Supports network MIDI over WiFi
- All elements customizable (color, label, Midi channel, CC/key, range...)
- Bottom part fully customizable with resizable touch pads and sliders
- Four pages with 16 touch sensitive drum pads each
- Drum pads can act as X/Y controller and pad at the same time (trigger your effect and change it with just one finger!)

LeCto is a guitar amp simulator inspired by an american modern high gain head. This simulator has 2 channels with 3 modes on each channel. It can go from crunch (raw mode) to modern high gain (modern mode).

Controls:
-oversampling
-input
-drive
-low
-mid
-high
-presence
-resonance

This is sample pack with bleeps, sines and subs from the self oscillating filter on Hyphae's MC-202.

With resonance up full and the LFO going nuts, this thing produces some nasty tones.
Download size of the zipped archive is 19.7MB.
Do not hesitate to download this sample pack from the editor website, it's free!

FabFilter has updated the FabFilter Volcano 2 filter effect plug-in to version 2.10, integrating the new modulation interface design from Twin 2 and Timeless 2, together with a new "wide" user interface layout.

The improved interface makes using FabFilter Volcano 2 more pleasurable than ever, while the advanced filter technology inside still ensures unrivalled sound quality and crazy sonic possibilities. Of course, the update is free for existing Volcano 2 users.

Native Instruments announces the new TRAKTOR generation, which establishes the next level of power and ease-of-use with its TRAKTOR PRO 2 software and TRAKTOR SCRATCH PRO 2 digital vinyl system. Based on versatile new software features and a revised audio interface line, the new product generation expands the lead of Native Instruments' TRAKTOR range and gives DJs even more creative possibilities.

The new TRAKTOR generation is based on a revised high-visibility GUI for intuitive operation under all conditions, and now offers up to four powerful Sample Decks as well as the unique Loop Recorder. While each Sample Deck can add up to four simultaneous samples or loops to the mix, the Loop Recorder allows DJs to capture audio from various sources on the fly and drop it back into the mix at any time, opening up creative techniques far beyond conventional DJing.

Microtron XL bundles together all 3 tapes from Puremagnetik's popular Microtron series into a unique and affordable package of sounds quite unlike any other Mellotron library currently available. All of the original imperfections, vintage analog quality and performance nuances of the Mellotron M400 have been immaculately captured through a Neumann U47 Microphone and Reeves Custom 50 Amplifier.

Microtron XL integrates seamlessly into Ableton Live 8, Kontakt 3.5/4 and Logic 8/9. It comes packed with a palette of 9 expertly recorded instruments and over 1 Gigabyte of multisample content.