Announced at the latest MusikMesse, Toontrack Music has finally released EZplayer pro, the follow-up to their percussive MIDI engine EZplayer Free.

EZplayer pro is a VST, AU and RTAS plug in for Mac and PC with extended Map Wrapping capabilities between major drum sampler formats in the market. (FXpansion's BFD 1&2, Digidesign's Strike, NIs Battery, EZdrummer and Superior Drummer in addition to others).

The new multi track MIDI clip arranger offers time stretching, editing and multi layer arranging of MIDI files. EZplayer pro also has hardware learn features enabling live triggering of MIDI arrangements. The MIDI content in EZplayer pro is recorded by drummers David "Fingers" Haynes and Per Mikaelsson.

With the release of EZplayer pro Toontrack also starts working more closely with 3rd party MIDI content creators. First out is Groovemonkee that can be easily reached through the help menu in EZplayer pro.

EZplayer Pro is available now for a fee of $49 / €39. Note that EZplayer pro will also be included as the MIDI engine in the upcoming Toontrack sampler Superior Drummer 2.0.

Big Fish Audio has released Found Percussion, a new sample library described with this simple catchphrase : "In kitchens, garages and back yards everywhere, everyday objects lie waiting to be turned into percussion instruments."

There are 85 construction kits of unique and quirky percussion material, using 'found' instruments such as wine bottles, air conditioning ducts, coffee cans, electric fans, welding rods, slack bass strings, suitcases, everything, including the kitchen sink!

Contents :

- 6.16 GB (2.47 GB WAV Files)
- 85 Construction kits in 3 formats
- 2151 Loops in 3 formats
- Format: Apple Loops/REX/WAV/RMX/Acid

Found Percussion is available now for a fee of $99.95. Note that a demo of Found Percussion can be heard on the following address :

Algoriddim has just updated djay, its turntable-style digital audio player, to version 2.1.

This new version supports multi-finger gestures using the trackpad built into Mac notebooks. Sliding two fingers horizontally operates djay's crossfader, perfectly matching the motion used to control traditional mixers. Moving two fingers up and down scratches the record just like on a turntable, perfectly in sync with the hand motion. Even advanced features like scrubbing, pitch-bend, and speed adjustment can be performed using finger gestures in combination with keystrokes.

The two-finger gestures are supported on all Mac notebooks featuring two-finger scrolling, making the feature available to most users with iBook, PowerBook, MacBook or MacBook Pro computers. Users of the MacBook Air and the latest MacBook Pro can use additional three-finger gestures to backspin the record or perform djay's built-in song transitions.

djay v2.1 is available now for Mac OS X and is priced at $49.99 / €39.99. Note that a demo version is also available.

Solid State Logic announces the release of Mynx which is described as "a simple, elegant and cost effective way to get the depth, clarity and characteristic sound of SSL SuperAnalogue processing into your recordings".

Basically, Mynx is a little desktop chassis that allows you to load your choice from the X-Rack module range into a simple two module desktop box. It measures a mere 105mm x 190mm x 185mm and its rugged metal enclosure is made from 4mm thick extruded aluminum. Power supply to the modules is via an external supply and audio connections are made directly to the back of your selected modules. NOTE Mynx has no Total Recall capability.

Mynx will begin shipping in early June at a MSRP of $595.

MoReVoX has announced the release of Elektromorph 2, a new drum sample library.

Elektromoph 2 gives you several ways to create drums tracks: deep and punchy digital sounds, warm and dirty-valve analog sounds, dry impact drums, explosive roomy wide hits, massive pure natural sounds, classic MoReVoX creative sounds, and more, for a total of 820 samples and 118 Instruments (24bit).

Features :

- 30 Kicks
- 40 Snares
- 6 Toms Racks
- 6 Sidesticks
- 36 Cymbals

Elektromorph 2 is available on DVD ($199) & Digital Download ($189) in the following formats : Drumagog, DrumRehab, Battery 3 and Raw Wav. Audio examples are also available on their web site.