Sounds: Prime Loops - Filter House. Loops, Samples & Sounds

Prime Loops releases Filter House Attack, a sample library with House sounds!

"Hold on tight and ride the sonic wave! Inspired by the cutting edge of French filter house we've compiled a stonking selection of sidechained synth licks, pumping basslines and drum attacks, raining down enough divebombing hooks and beats to make David Guetta's CDJs explode!

Ranging from 120-135 Bpm, 'Filter House Attack' delivers an explosive galaxy of bouncing club vibes, ranging from laid back filter grooves to uplifting firestarters. With a total of over 200 basslines, synth chords, drum loops and over 100 drum shots this full-on sample pack will enable you to take your crowd into the next dimension... "

Features:

Powerful collection of over 200 club-ready Basslines, Drum Loops, Synth Loops and Chord Progressions, also featuring over 100 heavy-duty Drum Shots.

Price £21.95

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Effect: Expert Sleepers - Augustus Loop v2.3.0

Expert Sleepers unveils Augustus Loop v2.3.0. Augustus Loop is an emulation of a tape-based delay effect for both Windows and Mac OS, with some extra features to facilitate its use as a looping device.

We’re proud to announce the release of Augustus Loop v2.3.0.

The headline here is that this is our first 64 bit Mac OS XVST, and
so is usable without a ‘bridge’ in apps such as the 64 bit version of
Reaper, and will be usable in any forthcoming 64 bit Mac release of
Cubase.

The AU and Windows VST versions are also updated.

Changes:

• * First 64 bit Mac OS X VST release.
• * Improved handling of mouse events (dragging knobs would temporarily
• freeze the host UI on some platforms).
• * Improved accuracy of MIDI event handling.

Price: $49

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Sounds: Future Loops - Saxx Jaxx. Sounds, Samples, Loops

Future Loops has just released Saxx Jaxx, a sample library filled with Saxophone sounds.

"Saxx Jaxx is a sweet collection of saxophone loops and one-shots specially designed to fit a wide array of music styles. Saxophone samples are always a great weapon on any producers arsenal and a must-have to give instant depth and warmth to a track .

Saxx Jaxx includes Alto, Bari and Tenor saxophones and performances were recorded at 6 different tempos ( 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 160 BPM ) which make this pack suitable for multiple music genres:  from Dance to Hip Hop , from Drum N Bass to Electronica . "

A total of 222 MB:

• 300 WAV Loops
• 276 REX Loops
• 276 One-Shots

$29.96 / 21 EUR /18 GBP

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iPhone/iPad App: Griid Products - Liine

Here is another app for controlling Ableton Live with iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch - Griid from Liine. I posted about touchAble yesterday.

"How could the simple task of launching clips from a controller be improved, making it as intuitive, fun and transparent as possible? Griid is the answer to that question.

Griid is an advanced clip grid interface which allows you to control Ableton Live (running on your desktop or laptop) from your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. Using specially developed touch objects and simple gestures, Griid is carefully designed with the performance experience in mind.

Finely tuned for rapid navigation, you can enjoy the freedom of playing Live sets of any size with ease. Explicit visual feedback means that you have all the information you need, quite literally at your fingertips. Combined with wireless operation, this means you can perform with Ableton Live without ever needing to look at the computer screen."

Available in three different versions: Griid Lite (Free), Griid ($5.99) and Griid Pro ($24.99).

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Sounds: Loopmasters - Alien Robot Vox. Sounds, Samples, Loops

Loopmasters launches Alien Robot Vox, a sample library with vocoded loops and samples.

"For Producers looking to emulate the vocoded and robotised sounds that have graced many of the top Dance and Hip Hop tracks of the past 10 years, from the artists such as Daft Punk,  The Freestylers,  Air, Mylo, Kraftwerk and Grandmaster Flash – then the waiting is over as the Alien Robot Vox pack from Marco Scherer and Loopmasters has arrived.

This collection of royalty free Vocoded Loops,  Android and Robot talk, Cosmic Bot Loops,  One Shots and a collection of Vocoded Drum loops and Synth parts are all producers need to inject that Human feel to electronic tracks needing an edge or hookline.

A vocoder is a synthesis system, mostly used for speech but is often also applied to synth loops, musical parts or beats. The input is passed through a multiband filter, each band is passed through an envelope follower, and the control signals from the envelope followers are communicated to the decoder which applies these control signals to corresponding filters in the synthesizer to create some amazing tones which are based on harmonics."

Features:

• 16 Bit Quality
• 354MB
• 259 Loops
• 210 Rex2 Loops

Price: £19.95

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touchAble - CONTROL ABLETON LIVE FROM YOUR IPAD!

touchAble is a new iPad app that makes it possible to control Ableton Live from your iPad!. Waay cool!

"WHY THE NEXT LEVEL CONTROLLER IS NOT JUST A CLIP LAUNCHER? BECAUSE LIVE HAS MUCH MORE TO OFFER, TOUCHABLE PROVIDES A COMPLETE CONTROL SOLUTION.
    Navigate around your live set with the touch of a finger, tweak Lives mixer, instruments and fx with full automapping and unlimited tracks & parameters.
touchAble allows live users to walk away from their computer and perform live from anywhere within Wi-Fi range while keeping latency at a minimum.
Play your favourite synths with the unique double keyboard or record your rhythms with the 16 drum pads, including 5 velocity steps & octave selectors.
Access the most important transport and clip functions without losing focus on your set and tweak the same set with two iPads with the unique Dual-User-Mode. Do you need to adjust volume, launch a new clip and play a device? Don't worry - a smart and intuitive screen menu empowers the user to arrange and switch modules on the fly."

Price: Soon available in App Store to an introductory price.

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Todays Music Making Software Tweets From @music_making

Another day with cool Music Making Tweets! 

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Todays Tweet Wrapup:

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 23:02
iPadTopia: New Music Studio Like GarageBand For The iPad http://goo.gl/fb/7lUD7 http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20333026781

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 22:11
Line 6 POD Studio USB Interface Special Offers: POD Studios On Sale This… http://goo.gl/fb/BLlxb http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20330031670

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 22:11
MOTU BPM Updated To 1.5, Gets Enhanced Sound Library & Better MIDI… http://goo.gl/fb/Aik3h http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20330018607

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 22:11
Freshly Squeezed Samples releases V-Station Definitive Collection http://goo.gl/fb/qPZFE http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20330017614

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 21:25
Pearl Championship Traditional Tenor Drum Added To Championship Marching… http://goo.gl/fb/pBDbq http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20327282936

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 21:25
Puremagnetik Artifact, Micropak created from digital anomalies and… http://goo.gl/fb/eojME http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20327281197

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 20:36
Synth Secrets Of J. J. Abrams' Resident Music Guy" Charles Scott http://goo.gl/fb/3yhKc http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20324447800

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 19:50
WOK Dronos, drone sound generator http://goo.gl/fb/HZswD http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20321655959

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 19:32
Instrument: Vir2 / Time+Space - Violence: Extreme Violin Maneuvers http://goo.gl/fb/y7yuV
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20320575944

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 19:24
Instrument: WOK - Dronos http://goo.gl/fb/K4apy
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20320081426

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 18:59
Pearl SensiTone Snare Drum In Limited-Edition Black Nickel Hairline… http://goo.gl/fb/TSP0n http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20318490531

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 18:11
Psychedelic Wanderland Video NSFW Because Of Unicorn Pr0n http://goo.gl/fb/NrutG http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20315332366

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 18:11
IRCAM Tools Sound Design http://goo.gl/fb/7BoeK http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20315331076

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 17:18
Solid State Logic Stereo EQ, new module for X-Rack modular rack http://goo.gl/fb/7S1eN http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20311768932

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 16:28
Future Loops Funky Guitar Progressions, collection of fresh funk guitars http://goo.gl/fb/LKvLr http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20308318165

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 15:39
If We Got Leo Abrahams' In Trouble, Sorry! And Watch For Brian Eno's… http://goo.gl/fb/P7rNR http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20305003459

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 15:39
Tone Manufacture Error Tone, Glitchy and circuit bent sound sample… http://goo.gl/fb/mepeF http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20305002715

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 15:39
Unarius: When Synth Music Meets Religion, It's Trippy http://goo.gl/fb/4ASvq http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20305001924

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 14:52
Short links for August 4th, 2010 http://goo.gl/fb/ydUXj http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20302018342

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 14:52
VirSyn iVoxel, "The singing vocoder" for iOS available now http://goo.gl/fb/7oVVU http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20302017583

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 13:18
Buy one Sample Magic title and get another one free at Time+Space http://goo.gl/fb/bBWPY http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20296871682

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 13:18
Michael Kastrup Tonemeister, soundset for u-he Zebra 2.5 http://goo.gl/fb/Y6Nvi http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20296871166

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 13:18
DDMF StereooeretS, two-band stereo field modifier updated to v1.1 http://goo.gl/fb/ktBBg http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20296870678

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 13:18
Yamaha Motif XF workstation keyboard: more ROM and expandable http://goo.gl/fb/ZcFDj http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20296870074

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 12:30
Steinberg CI1, special offer on bundled Sequel Content Sets http://goo.gl/fb/flEZ0 http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20294618207

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 11:43
Expert Sleepers Summer Sale, upgrades at half price http://goo.gl/fb/tiVJK http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20292573767

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 10:56
Expert Sleepers updates Spectral Conquest to v1.0.1 http://goo.gl/fb/lmVRK http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20290645404

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 02:05
Pitchfork Music Festival 2010: Jon Philpot From Bear In Heaven Copes… http://goo.gl/fb/ry4sm http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20261108930

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Instrument: Vir2 / Time+Space - Violence: Extreme Violin Maneuvers

Vir2 and Time+Space unveils Violence: Extreme Violin Maneuvers, a Kontakt powered Instrument for both Windows and Mac OS. Here is the press-release:

Vir2 have had a hugely successful year with the release of several top selling titles including MOJO and the more recent, Electri6ity. Their latest release - Violence - is an innovative Kontakt-powered virtual instrument which focuses on extremely unusual textures, manglings, distortions, and perspectives on the solo violin.

Created for both musical use and sound design, Violence features an unprecedented deconstruction of a solo violin recorded from numerous angles: bowed, scraped, hit, plucked, played with mallets, chopsticks, guitar picks, and wet fingers. The sound design was then repitched, layered, and post-processed through an array of unusual tools to produce sounds not found in other virtual instruments.

More than eighty unique patches have been designed, each with a custom set of scripted knobs and controls all conveniently organised into four categories of sounds: Drum Kits, Melodic, Pads and Sound Effects, and Tempo-Synced.

The inspiration for Violence came from the influential American composer John Cage, whose extensive experiments with prepared piano yielded new timbres and effects - what Cage did on the piano, Violence brings to the violin.

Features:

• Drum Kits
• Melodic
• Pads and SFX
• Tempo Synced

Size: 1.52GB (828MB Mac Installer, 798MB PC Installer)

Price:£66.95 / €79.95

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Instrument: WOK - Dronos

WOK unveils Dronos, a drone sound generator VST instrument for Windows.

"The focus of this drone sound generator lies on a warm, ever evolving sound which still remains tonal playable. To be easy in usage, the interface is reduced to the most necessary control elements. Just load the plugin, send a MIDI note to it, and you get the smooth changing background for your next ambience piece.

No samples inside - virtual analog generator emulating unstable electric circuits."

Price: 12 EUR

Find more information here.

Todays Music Making Software Tweets From @music_making

Another day with cool Music Making Tweets! 

Follow Music Making: http://twitter.com/music_making

Todays Tweet Wrapup:

(@music_making):
2010-08-04 00:32
IRCAM Tools Trax Transformer, series of tutorial videos kicks off http://goo.gl/fb/EOUVN http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20255129598

(@music_making):
2010-08-03 23:46
Pearl R.E.D.BOX Drum Module Announced For E-Pro Live Electronic Drums http://goo.gl/fb/ItSKQ http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20252415358

(@music_making):
2010-08-03 23:46
Mixed In Key DJ Tempo IPhone App Figures Out A Song's Tempo / BPM So You… http://goo.gl/fb/ap6bk http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20252414896

(@music_making):
2010-08-03 23:02
The Loop Loft The Platinum Pack: Drum Loop Library Bundle Released http://goo.gl/fb/jTXFL http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20249863837

(@music_making):
2010-08-03 22:17
MOTU BPM 1.5 Beat Making Virtual Instrument Updated http://goo.gl/fb/yqXP7 http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20247394942

(@music_making):
2010-08-03 21:28
Dowload This Free Soft Synth For Mac, PC! http://goo.gl/fb/Aiap6 http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20244660529

(@music_making):
2010-08-03 20:40
Universal Audio UAD-2 DSP Accelerator Packages Include Analog Classics… http://goo.gl/fb/jc8EI http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20241882975

(@music_making):
2010-08-03 20:24
Synthesizer: Togu Audio Line - TAL-NoiseMaker / Pc / Mac / Free http://goo.gl/fb/aCqYj
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20240947914

(@music_making):
2010-08-03 20:24
FREE soft: Synthesizer: Togu Audio Line - TAL-NoiseMaker / Pc / Mac / Free http://goo.gl/fb/pPNGu
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20240947385

(@music_making):
2010-08-03 19:52
Yamaha Motif XF: Perform, Produce, Customize, And More http://goo.gl/fb/CeftD http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20239094553

(@music_making):
2010-08-03 19:03
Ready To Take iPad DJing Seriously? Check Out This Awesome iPad +… http://goo.gl/fb/syPRR http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20236047195

(@music_making):
2010-08-03 18:14
The Acid Barbecue – This Is How They Do It In Belgium! http://goo.gl/fb/Lztoh http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20232875165

(@music_making):
2010-08-03 16:38
MOTU BPM, rhythm production virtual instrument v1.5 shipping http://goo.gl/fb/1Ff3i http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20226336571

(@music_making):
2010-08-03 15:47
Max Fuel Offers Max For Live Fill-Up http://goo.gl/fb/nbz9N http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20222826560

(@music_making):
2010-08-03 14:13
Tha Loops Ethnik Stringz 1, Loop Collection http://goo.gl/fb/gIatl http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20216904000

(@music_making):
2010-08-03 12:44
Universal Audio updates UAD-2 bundles http://goo.gl/fb/SQGfH http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20212464331

(@music_making):
2010-08-03 10:24
Togu Audio Line TAL-NoiseMaker, free synth plug-in http://goo.gl/fb/2YCO3 http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20206678042

(@music_making):
2010-08-03 03:39
The Wersi Bass Synthesizer http://goo.gl/fb/VXygW http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20184621611

(@music_making):
2010-08-03 02:42
Roland Lucina AX-09 Patch Preview http://goo.gl/fb/hchXS http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20180880605

(@music_making):
2010-08-03 01:54
Eventide H3000 Band Delays Plugin Promotion: Get A Piece Of The H3000… http://goo.gl/fb/m1tsd http://j.mp/FreeSoft
https://twitter.com/music_making/status/20177783570

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