The Covert Operators released Encounters, an effects presets Live Pack for Ableton Live 8.

The Live Pack contains :

• 25 Arpeggiator Racks that allow unique sequences to be played with little effort. More info about how to use the preset or how it was made can be found in the info text view if you mouse over the preset name.
• 40 Audio Effect Racks ranging from simple filtering tools to some creative Racks made using Live 8's new and improved Audio Effects. These Racks also come with notes that either recommend sounds to use it on or the notes explain what is going on inside the Audio Effect Rack.
• 50 Groove presets, selected from a large collection of grooves that we extracted from our personal record collection.
• 100 Dummy Clips that contain parameter automation for 10 different Audio Effect Racks. Trigger pre-programmed effects by triggering clips. The improved Effects such as the Simple and Ping Pong Delay now sound smooth when the delay times are altered. The lack of a smooth delay is exactly why you didn't see this earlier. Its a flexible collection of Dummy Clips that automate an Audio Effect Rack, this means that you can hot-swap a Rack with any other Rack and keep the automation.

Pricing : €25

Puremagnetik has just announced the release of a new Micropak for Ableton Live, Kontakt 3 and Logic 8 called Vintage Organs Volume 1.

Vintage Organs Volume 1 is the first in a series of unique organ Micropaks. This collection includes 2 classic Ace Tone models - the GT7 and the Phenix Top-4 portable organ. Puremagnetik's team of sound designers have meticulously assembled these two instruments with all of the bells and whistles of the originals. Complete with drawbar controls (Kontakt and Live versions only), bass pedals, and simulated speaker effects, Vintage Organs Volume 1 is guaranteed to get that time-honored funkiness into your session !

Vintage Organs Volume 1 Includes :

• Over 500 24-bit organ samples
• 6 multisampled organ instruments
• Authentic drawbar and bass pedal controls
• Laslo speaker effect rack for the Ableton Live version
• Custom Kontakt KSP GUI and native Kontakt effects


Pricing : Basic Monthly Subscription: $5.75/Month Basic Yearly Subscription: $60/Year All Access Pass - $198/Year.

Practical Sampling has made available 507 impulses created from a Lexicon 960L, one of the highest regarded reverb/effects units ever.

Collection includes (but is not limited to):

- 24 Vocal Plates
- 21 Snare Plates
- 25 Large Halls
- 8 Guitar Chambers
- 18 Drum Plates
- 32 Large Wood Rooms

You can download this collection for free at :

The original AKG C 747, the so called „pencil microphone", was first built in 1987. Due to its excellent technical specifications, especially the wide and flat frequency range, it was used for the recording of all kinds of musical instruments, even those with very low frequencies. As it is more and more used in conference applications, AKG carefully redesigned the C 747 to better cope with some specific installed sound issues.

The new C 747 V11 will have an integrated RFi shield to block out unwanted interference by mobile phones, wireless mics and the like. Also AKG have fine tuned the frequency response to give especially the spoken word an outstanding presence, without changing the flavour of the classic C 747 sound.

An enhanced polar pattern provides consistent off-axis rejection to control ambient noise and feedback in acoustically difficult environments. This makes the C 747 V11 an excellent choice for noisy discussion groups or reverberant pulpits while it is forgiving enough to clearly pick up talkers moving around in front of the microphone. A switchable LF roll-off filter suppresses mechanical noise. The low-impedance transformerless preamp operates on 9 to 52 V phantom power.

The C 747 V11 ships with an extensive accessory set including a shock mount/adapter, mini gooseneck, stand adapter, mounting clamp, thread link, and windscreen.

Pricing TBA.

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