Native Instruments has finally released Komplete 7 and Komplete 7 Elements and with it introduced a total of five new effects and instruments.
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On October 1st Sonivox will release a new synthesizer called Vocalizer. If you think it’s another way to get those dreadfully overused vocal sounds we’re flooded with today then you’re right. It does seem to take it one step further though and when they get into sound design in the video above I’m actually a little interested.

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Sonnox has introduced two new bundles, Sonnox Post and Sonnox Broadcast.

The Sonnox Post bundle includes Sonnox Restore, which in itself includes DeClicker, DeBuzzer and DeNoiser. Other plug-ins found in Sonnox Post are Oxford EQ, Dynamics, Limiter, Reverb and SuprEsser.

Sonnox Post is available with a 30% introductory discount for: £1,526 ($2,570) TDM or £1,093 ($1,835) Native.

Sonnox Broadcast is a smaller bundle aimed towards – you guessed it – the broadcast market. It includes Oxford EQ and Dynamics plug-ins, Inflator, Oxford Limiter and SuprEsser.

Sonnox Broadcast is available with a 30% introductory discount for: £792 ($1,342) TDM or £405 ($685) Native.

Waves is offering you to buy the SSL4000 Collection, API Collection, Studio Series and/or Studio Collection at a 35% discount. Offer ends September 30th.

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EastWest wants you to testdrive all of their virtual instruments for $129, they will even supply you with the drive for it. Good thing they do, $129 for a 10-day demo wouldn’t exactly be the deal of the century.
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IK Multimedia has realized that guitarists like to jam along to drum tracks and has released DrummerTracks, a new series of of drum backing tracks. “Unlike loops”, says IK Multimedia, “DrummerTracks are full song drum tracks, recorded in world class studios by sound powerhouse Sonic Reality”.

To me it looks like they’re most useful for jamming. Building a song around them would be cheating to me (but I hear cheating is the easiest way to win so it might still be a good idea).

The following titles are available so far:

70’s Rock,Funk Soul, Led Grooves, Dan Grooves, Progressive Rock, 60’s Rock, Motown, Back Beats, Big Band, Pop Country.

Besides loading them into your DAW, you can import them into the AmpliTube SpeedTrainer or load them into the songs or recorder sections of AmpliTube iPhone/iPod/iPad.

DrummerTracks are available for $29.99/ €19.99 each.

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Tonehammer has decided to release Requiem in two different versions – Light and Pro. The Light version is a cheaper entrance to the world of Requiem, while the Pro version includes a lot of news to current users. Read more →

Vienna Symphonic Library has announced the release of their new sample player. It provides full compatibility with all existing Vienna Instruments and features a Humanize function among other things.
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If you remember, Brainworx announced a new plug-in called bx_shredspread a while ago (it’s still a kickass name). Now it’s available, and launched with a very aggressive discount if I may say so myself.

According to Brainworx, it’s €59 if you own any bx_plugin (I guess this doesn’t mean the free ones) and €89 if you don’t own any but buy before September 30th. Regular price is €119.

Recap: what’s bx_shredspread besides a cool name? Despite the look, it’s not another amp simulator, it’s an M/S tool to help you achieve wide guitar tones.

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Native Instruments has now officially introduced the Abbey Road 80’s Drums instrument (previous post). As usual with Native Instruments virtual instruments, it’s intended for use with the free Kontakt Player or with Kontakt.
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