Hip Hop Evolution by Samplecraze is another 'Inspired By' sample pack and the artiste of today is the legendary and notable Pete Rock.

396 drum samples broken into drum specific categories and comprising: 116 deep ass kicks, 116 magical snares, 116 chunky and fizzing hi hats and 48 assorted percussive samples to help add flavour and fill your beat productions.

Treated and processed by some of the best dynamics from the Samplecraze studio these drum samples will flap the cones and cut through any club PA.

Pricing : £11.99/$23.99

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Sample Logic has announced the release of Metalix for Ableton Live.

Metallix is a toolkit of morphed metallic instruments, percussives, atmospheric soundscapes, pads, and tempo-synced audio loops for cinematic music production. Based on recorded metallic instruments and sounds, the instruments (presets) and clips (loops) are seamlessly integrated into Ableton Live, which makes for a smooth workflow with easy to use intuitive user controls. Each instrument uses Live's Rack format, with the 8 Macro Controls meticulously mapped to provide powerful top-level control for immediate tweakability. This also means that all of the instruments and loops are ready to be mapped to a hardware controller or automated directly in Live.

Effects and parameters include: Attack & Release, Reverb, Filter Delay, Arpegiator, Filter Cuttoff & Resonance, and much more.

Metallix works exclusively with Suite 8, Live 8 or Live Intro on Mac and PC. It is available only as a direct download at a price of $99.99.

Sugar Bytes has announced the upcoming release of Guitarist, a virtual instrument described as the ultimate guitar playing software for Mac and PC. Here's what they say about it :

"We announce the most complete guitar software of all times. Absolutely convincing guitar riffs, combined with amps, wah pedals and effects. The actual guitar player has been transformed into a step sequencer system that allows control about playing styles, chord progressions and song structures. Guitarist can be played live as well, with just two fingers you can combine chords and patterns easily. You can choose from factory chords or just create your own chords on the fingerboard. The Action Section allows you to tweak the sequence in realtime and apply timestretch, looper or other crazy effects. Guitar players, keyboarders, producers, Guitarist is the new solution when guitar tracks are needed.

Steinberg has released two new CI interfaces: CI1 and CI2+. Both CI1 and CI2+ are USB-powered audio interfaces, housing two combo connectors, phantom power and allowing for high-impedance input. While the entry-level CI1 comes bundled with the Sequel LE sequencer and WaveLab LE 7 audio editing application, CI2+ is an advanced interface, seamlessly combining Advanced Integration control capability with the included Cubase Essential 5 music production system.

CI1 provides two high-quality microphone and line channels, comprising balanced XLR/TRS combo connectors with microphone preamps, phantom power and dedicated high-impedance switching on the first input channel for direct electric guitar or bass input. CI1's software bundle consists of two light editions: Sequel LE and WaveLab LE 7. ...