Avid has released Auralia 4 and Musition 4, new software solutions that provide musicians, students and educators with powerful, flexible tools for ear-training and music theory education.

Designed for musicians of all levels, Auralia and Musition offer drill-based, interactive instruction through versatile but structured exercises, and give users instant feedback to their performance so they can achieve maximum potential. Both programs also offer comprehensive Solfège support, and include customizable syllabi from AP Music Theory and Trinity Guildhall. And for the first time, Auralia and Musition are available for both Windows and Mac OS X platforms with the same feature set.

Auralia and Musition are available now. They are English language only, and priced at $149 MSRP each when purchased separately and are offered together as a bundle for $249 MSRP. Student and multi-seat discounts may apply.

This month, Waves offers a 25% discount on SSL 4000, API, V-Series and Studio Classics plug-ins collections. This discount is available for both purchases and upgrades.

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By inventing level-independent dynamic processing in the 1990's, SPL provided the foundation for all transient processing tools. They have once again resorted to this proven and tested technology to develop their latest software tool: the DrumXchanger, a plug-in that can replace drum sounds in multitrack sessions irrespective of their level. According to SPL, it works in real time and replaces samples phase-accurately in the original signal.

DrumXchanger uses the Transient Designer technology for drum hit recognition rather than sound creation. Hence, all drum hits, including the faintest ghost notes, are faithfully recognized regardless of their dynamic level. The samples can be mixed with the original sound and there is also a ducking function available, which only reduces the level of the original drum hit itself without affecting the ambience around it.

Besides the basic functions to process the original and sample signals, DrumXchanger includes two fully operational Transient Designer processors, as well as high-pass and low-pass filters for the original, sampled, and output signals.

All samples can be pitch-shifted one octave above or below in real time, while a delay control allows precise sample replacement.

SPL included a basic library with

Puremagnetik has released TrapKit for Ableton Live 8, Kontakt and Logic.

TrapKit is a vintage 1960's Ludwig drum set recorded in a large reflective room with a vast array of microphones. This sample set includes the original Ludwig Kick Drum, Rack and Floor Toms along with a well matched Snare drum, Zildjian Hi-Hats, Sabian Crash Cymbal, and hand-hammered Zildjian Ride Cymbal.

All drums and cymbals were recorded with various articulations using both close mics and overhead mics. Multi-channel mixing, and non-repetitive sample triggering make TrapKit an extremely realistic and thoroughly musical sample set.

TrapKit Drums Include:

• 1965 Ludwig Kick 20" x 14"
• 1965 Ludwig Rack Tom 8" x 12"
• 1965 Ludwig Floor Tom 14" x 14"
• DDrum Snare
• Zildjian H ...

AudioSpillage has announced DrumSpillage, a new virtual drum synth for Mac OS X (AU). Inspired by early analog and digital drum machines but expanding on the original blue print DrumSpillage is equipped with a unique and modern feature set designed for today's electronic musicians and producers.

Key Features:

• Future proof model-driven architecture.
• 13 exclusive drum synthesis algorithms with extensive editing facilities.
• 16 part/64 note polyphonic percussion synthesizer.
• Pad based real-time control/mixing surface.
• Fast slider based GUI.
• Dynamic velocity accent control.
• Flexible modulation possibilities.
• Full MIDI key mapping and pad layering.
• 9 mono/stereo outputs.
• High resolution 64-bit DSP engine.

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