5Pin Media releases House & Techno Arps & Stabs sample pack

5Pin Media has released House & Techno Arps & Stabs, a collection of arps and stabs designed to add color, interest, grit and flair to your House and Techno productions. The pack includes an inspiring, diverse collection of stabs and arps across various keys. It comes with an Ableton Live 9 Project featuring Sampler Instrument…

Dustyroom releases Fake Acoustic Drum Kit: 500+ FREE pseudo-acoustic drum samples

Dustyroom has announced the release of Fake Acoustic Drum Kit, a sample pack featuring a collection of over 500 pseudo-acoustic drum one-shot sounds. These original drum sounds were made entirely with the FM8 synthesizer instrument by Native Instruments. In the package you can find kicks, snares, rimshots, hats, rides, toms, shakers, other percussion instruments. And…

Elektron Octatrack MKII performance sampler now shipping

Elektron has announced that the Octatrack MKII performance sampler is now shipping. The MKII comes with new high-quality back-lit buttons, hi-res encoders and a professional contactless crossfader, ensuring operational reliability in the most demanding environments. The new Octatrack also has an ultra crisp OLED screen and an increased count of dedicated buttons, each with a…

DENPA releases Talking Filter VST/AU plugin for Mac

DENPA has released Talking Filter, an audio effect plugin for Mac OS 10.9 or newer. The Talking Filter allows you to create vocal-like vowel sounds. It includes 5 vowels and 3 filter types. Talking Filter features 5 Vowels : i, e, a, o, u. 3 Filter Types : Low Pass, Band Pass, High Pass. Macro…

Tone2 Audiosoftware updates Nemesis synthesizer to v1.5

Tone2 Audiosoftware has released version 1.5 of Nemesis, a virtual synthesizer instrument that includes traditional FM as well as a completely new approach to FM called NeoFM. Nemesis 1.5 is downward compatible with all previous versions. All existing song projects and patches can be loaded without any further steps necessary. They will benefit from the…

Pioneer Pro Audio Announces Two New XPRS Speakers For Mobile DJs

Pioneer Pro Audio just launched two new models in its XPRS line of loudspeakers: the XPRS10 is a powered loudspeaker with a 10″ woofer, and the XPRS115S is a powered subwoofer with a single 15″ woofer. The XPRS10 comes with two inputs onboard: a combo mic / line input, and a combo line input. It’s…