AMG today announced the release of their Beat Producer loop editing and percussion plug-in for musicians, producers, DJs and rappers. Beat Producer offers a range of powerful loop editing features to the computer musician, allows access to AMG’s huge, award-winning libraries and brings together industry standard formats, including REX files, Apple Loops and ACIDized WAV files, in one affordable package.
Steinberg is proud to announce the release of HALion 4. In its fourth incarnation, software sampler HALion 4 is now available in both VST and AU formats, and has transformed into an entirely new virtual instrument, combining premium sampling with a new mixing engine and virtual analog synthesis.
Redmatica has announced the release of GBSamplerManager (GBSM), a Mac application for managing, creating and editing instruments for the Sampler Instrument in GarageBand for iPad. Transfer your GarageBand songs from the iPad using iTunes, then drag the songs to GBSamplerManager to manage/edit their Sampler instruments or add new ones. Once you are satisfied, drag your song back to iTunes and transfer to the iPad.
Twisted Tools have released a brand new sample pack entitled Analogue Microcosm, by legendary sound designer Richard Devine. The sound pack features an intricate arsenal of unique analogue sounds, coupled with sampler presets for most major sample formats and a new Twisted Tools sampler, the MP16, for Native Instruments Reaktor 5.
FXpansion has proudly announced the availability of Geist, a next-generation sampling drum machine designed to create evolved, custom beats and grooves, freeing you from the limits of pre-packaged loops and over-complicated DAWs.