Dear Members,

We are excited to announce that Artist/Programmer/Writer/Reviewer Tim Rumbaugh (alias deepplay) from audioMIDI.com will join our proud team of VIP moderators to "liven-up" our Digital Performer forums with useful topics, tips, tricks and other cool goodies.

"I've been reading the 440Forums for quite some time", says Tim, "and what I appreciate over many other audio forums is how the moderators keep the conversations on topic and "noiseless". That enables users to quickly find the information they need. Isn't that what pro forums are all about? I am proud to contribute to MacMusic's DP Forum and hoping I can be helpful to the 440Network Community", adds Tim.

At the Paris Apple expo, Audio-technica introduced a new monitoring studio earphone : ATH-M5 with frequency : 15-28 000hz , sensibility : 99 dB and impendance : 18 ohms. Sold with a protection bag and a stereo adaptator. It seems to be very comfortable and provides a great sound insulation.

Our friends at SonicState have just started a new video serie called the Top Five Greatest Sampler Ever : A journey into the world of digital sampling and its bygone age. Looking back, few electronic instruments have influenced the direction of music more than digital samplers. Enabling the creation of whole new genres of music through technology and basically theft, the digital sampler is responsible (via the art of sampling) for many musical twists and turns. These videos features interviews with: Adrian Utely (Portishead), Will Gregory (Goldfrapp), Plaid, Nick Batt (DNA), Richard Termini (Cyndi Lauper Band), James Asher and more..

Ueberschall has released Analog FX sample library, a sophisticated sample collection which contain over 1.7GB of atmospheres, noises, basslines, leads, sweeps, LFO as well as hundreds synth loops. The library is produced for: advertising and gameaudio, trailer creation, cinema and tv post production, animation, sound design, multimedia presentations and for all the different musical styles and producers looking for analog production fx elements. All sounds are simplistically organized into folders. Loops are enhanced with B.P.M. information and tonal effects are accurately described and assigned to their root keys. The complete content provides a wide range of styles. The sound library comes along with the loop player "Elastik" includes features like :

* highspeed timestretching and pi ...

Toontrack Music proudly announces Toontrack Solo, a host application for Toontrack Music samplers providing stand alone operation, multi-instance operation and support for specialist MIDI controllers.

Features :

• Stand alone operation of Toontrack samplers
• Optimized for real-time, low latency operation
• Full ASIO/Core Audio/Core MIDI support
• Routable mixer with support for up to 16 physical OUT
• Each instance can be assigned a discrete MIDI channel
• Support for specialist MIDI controllers

Toontrack Solo will be released as a free download before the end of october 2007 to all registered users of EZ and Superior Drummer samplers.