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After the incredible success of criticism and sales of LIGHTless, STRING AUDIO is extremely happy to release, after months of work spent recording and programming, a new amazing library for Omnisphere 2.

DARKless, with its 2.7 GB of new samples, exclusively recorded and produced for Omnisphere 2 STEAM engine, gives all the Spectrasonics Omnisphere 2 users a new gem full of new soundscapes, signature samples and musical cues that will help you to write and produce your new musical masterpiece.

Finally its time: The new Tech House vol. 1 for Avenger is here! Enjoy 136 of the deepest and coolest techy sounds you will ever encounter. Genre specialist Andy Hinz impressively shows, that Avenger is a true Techno-Machine. Explore smooth & tight drumkits, ultra low sub basses, cool vocal chops, vintage analog arps & sequences, underground stabs & chords, dirty leads & pads, driving effects and inspiring Loops - all you need for really techy & groovy house music. Especially the drumkits are a true gamechanger. Everything is ready to use, well mixed and crafted so you can focus on the arrangement. This XP is everything but ordinary!

Sonic Academy proudly welcomes back mau5trap's Dom Kane for another awesome How To Make course, this time looking at his new release 'Stoic'.

With its long chilled intro transitioning to a floor-filling groove we get the lowdown from Dom into how this evolving track was formed, and as with all of his tutorials we also get the 'why' as well as the 'how'.

Sonic Academy welcomes back CRaymak this week for Tech Tips Volume 46 - an in-depth set of tips and techniques on how to create a high impact dubstep style drop.

Inspired by scores such as Broadchurch, Hinterland and Mr Robot, the focus is on underscore and rhythm; supportive sounds to underpin your music. This soundset is designed for slow and steady drama. Simplicity is everything and Minima has been created to provide the heartbeat for your dramatic scoring.

VOXOS: Epic Virtual Choirs is Cinesamples' virtual choir instrument for professionals, containing a full epic choir, boys choir, soloists, an innovative phrase builder and the industry's most realistic and powerful true legato engine.

District 909 is a sample pack of creatively processed and sampled 909 drums and loops. Much like the first installment of District x0x drum samples reimagined, District 909 was created using a select set of eurorack, hardware and analog effects and filters.

MusicTech is the magazine for producers, engineers and recording musicians. Every issue is packed with hands-on features written by professional producers and engineers. There are software workshops for every major DAW, interviews with top named producers, artists and engineers, plus reviews of the latest studio hardware and software. With a DVD packed with samples, tutorial videos and software, MusicTech is the ultimate package for today’s studio user

Here is one of the most unique percussion libraries you'll hear. We sampled nearly every sewing item you can imagine - pitched and non-pitched, from sewing machines and knitting needles to buttons, cloth, and scissors. Play them as single shots or custom defined arpeggiations. The sewing machines are tempo-synched.

Finally - Trance Two has landed! 132 of the freshest new Trance sounds from outer space await you: After the big success of "Trance One", Manuel Schleis presents you "phase two", and damn - this one kicks ass again! Explore tons of new rolling and hard rockin' basslines, inspiring and well composed arps, beautiful emotional pads, cutting plucks & fat epic leads as well as dancefloor destroying sequences and fx risers. The expansion makes vast use of Avengers new Chord Arp feature and will add 40 new Arp presets to your library. Also it adds 33 perfectly mixed trance drumkits, new multisamples, shapes, wavetables and granular samples. A masterpiece in its class - a true Trance & EDM producers' must have!

HandsUp is back! Who dont remember this smashing dance genre back in the early 2000s? In the times were Vengeance-Sounds first samplepack "Essential Clubsounds 1" came out and started shaping the entire genre. Back in the days where clubmusic was fun, fast and full of energy, the creator of this pack Manuel Schleis had over 300 releases on Vinyl and CDs and with this expansion pack he goes back to his musical roots: On 136 impressive Avenger Presets he shows why this genre still exists and still has its own growing fanbase! This extensive expansionpack also includes 35 club destroying drumkits, 26 MC/Rap loops as granular loops, tons of new shapes, samples & wavetables. Of course all the leads, basses, pads and arps leads are still being used today in modern EDM or pop music, so don't hesitate to add a bit of the classic HandsUp flavour to your EDM tracks!

Welcome to the third part of our popular "Effects" series: This time its all dedicated to Trance! You know that creating a complex break and build up is a tedious and time consuming thing. Good that we did the hard work for you! Press 1 finger at the key you like and be prepared for a long boom sweep down to lead into your break, chose from many 4-, 8- or 16bars long energy driven fills - complete with riser sweeps, fx, drums, whirls and a cool "drop" to lead into your main chorus of your track. This is not just fast & easy, it also makes a lot of fun, experimenting or layering different fills and drops. Of course you can alter the complete fill in to your needs just by using the pre-defined macro controls or the modwheel. And the best thing is: it sounds fat, complex and super professional - like straight from your favourite chart tracks! The expansion furthermore contains everything you hear in the demo... so there are also many leads, basses and drumkits (!) and lots of fresh multisamples.

Attention, this expansion is a true masterpiece: "Atmospherica" is here! Its 100% made of granular synthesis and comes with a vast library of perfectly crafted granular loops and presets. Manuel Schleis & Andy Hinz teamed up to bring all their expertise into this huge expansion pack. Explore some of the most beautiful soundscapes, textures, atmospheres, mini compositions, basslines, pads, drums, vocals, ethnic instruments, drones and effects you will ever encounter. Each preset will transport a special feeling or mood: sadness, despair, joy, tension, mystery, adventure, epical, hope or horror. Instantly inspiring! All presets are usable for all kinds of Cinematic stuff, Trance, Ambient, Techno or Trailer/Media music - all you have to do is press one key and play with the macro dials, macro buttons or the modwheel which will transform and morph the preset dramatically! You can play on every key and in every BPM: Avengers granular engine will follow seamlessy. This expansion is pure art and should be in every producers' toolbox!

No Genre by 'Studio Trap' includes 15 custom made melody loops in the style of Travis scott, Drake, Future, Metro Boomin and many more, this kit is highly influential and will help you create that beat youve always wanted, Youll be inspired for days with the amazing sounds ready to load in your favorite daw, Say goodbye to BEAT BLOCK!

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