Apple Computer and the community has lost a visionary...

On August 24, Steve (Steven Paul) Jobs announced his resignation from his role as Apple's CEO. In his letter of resignation, Jobs strongly recommended that the Apple executive succession plan be followed and Tim Cook be named as his successor.
It is a very sad day.
R.I.P Steve.

The standard edition of the ROCKTOBER 3 PACK HD features some of EASWEST‚s latest products; Ministry of Rock 2, The Dark Side, and Spaces Convolution Reverb, all for $599/•459 shipped on a Terabyte hard drive. If customers already own one or more of the standard selection, they can change any or all of the 3 products and still get 50% off the retail price, and they can add as many products as they wish at the same discount. Changes to the standard product selection may increase the overall price. The ROCKTOBER 3 PACK HD includes FREE worldwide shipping and ships on Terapack 2, or customers can choose DVDs. All available selections are included on the 1TB hard drive, and those not purchased can be auditioned for 10 days each, the ultimate way to test drive the multiple award-winning EASTWEST/QUANTUM LEAP collection.

RESOUNDING NOISE is the result of intensive work with noise. All patches which are available in the categories Drum, Synth, Bass, Noise and Soundscapes are based, beside the native waveforms of NI Massive, on classical but powerful noise.

RESOUNDING NOISE contains 18 Loop Patches, 12 Bass Synth Patches and 4 Noise FX Patches for Native Instruments Massive. The patches are tagged with specific attributes to find them easily in the Massive soundbrowser and show intense use of 8 macro controls which are available for each patch.
availalble for download only in the analogfactory online store for an introduction price of $10.99. The price will go to $12.99 on October 15th, 2011.

Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH today released the trial version of HALion 4. With its top sampling and mixing engine, the virtual analog synthesizer and countless other features, HALion 4 provides a versatile solution to consistently push the envelope of sound design.

Availability and pricing
The 60-day HALion 4 trial version is available through the Steinberg website and requires a USB-eLicenser dongle. The full retail version of HALion 4 is available through the Steinberg Online Shop and authorized Steinberg resellers for EUR 349, including German VAT, and GBP 295, including British VAT.

Native Instruments is excited to announce that TRAKTOR KONTROL S2 is now available in stores worldwide. The versatile integrated DJ performance system is based on a compact version of the market-leading KONTROL S4 hardware, and was designed to set a new professional standard in the two-deck category.

KONTROL S2 provides a "2+1" setup with sample decks as well as comprehensive mixing and effect features, all based on the included full-featured TRAKTOR PRO 2 software.