Native Instruments today announced MASCHINE MIKRO, a highly affordable new entry into the world of its popular groove production system.

By combining the full-featured MASCHINE software with a streamlined and compact controller, MASCHINE MIKRO makes the acclaimed tactile and intuitive music creation approach of MASCHINE available at a significantly reduced physical footprint and price. At the same time, the new 1.7 software version provides advanced integration with the instruments and effects in the KOMPLETE 8 and KOMPLETE 8 ULTIMATE bundle both for MASCHINE and MASCHINE MIKRO users. Avalaible on next october The 1st

This gigantic sound library has the substance to make sounds like producers such as Timbaland, Dr. Dre, Kanye West, Will.i.am, Danjahandz, J.D., Akon, Swiss Beats, Polow Da Dawn, Dj Premier, Alchemist, Eminem, Darkchild & The Neptunes. This rich collection contains 5000 loops and samples (Wav), and is characterized by its diversity and its usability. The groovy beats, hot rhythms and powerful, characteristic samples will make every production suite burn hot like fire!

This package (version 1.6.48575) installs updated Mac OS X drivers and software for all MOTU FireWire, USB, Hybrid, and PCI-424 audio interfaces. The CueMix FX app now supports PCI-424 systems and replaces the legacy CueMix Console app. Mac OS X version 10.5.8 or later is recommended. Supports Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion). Supported MOTU products include:


- 2408mk3, 24I/O, 828mk3 (Hybrid and FireWire), 896mk3, 8pre
Audio Express, HD192, MicroBook, UltraLite-mk3 (Hybrid and FireWire), Traveler-mk3.

MixVibes is proud to announce a major upgrade of CROSS, the solution for professional DJs. This new version 1.6 includes a great deal of new hot features.

The media browsing section, located on the left dock, is now fully customizable in order to quickly reach your tunes or playlists. We've created a new album navigation system for quick visual searches and freely browsing through your collection. You can operate these tools using a keyboard or a controller and enjoy the new multi-criteria search engine to find something specific in no time...

Impulse is a range of professional USB/MIDI controllers.

They each have a precision keyboard and a full control surface powered by a brand new version of Novation's Automap control software - Automap 4 (which makes getting hands-on with your DAW/plug-ins fast and simple).
Impulse also has 8 back-lit drum pads which can warp arpeggios, roll beats and launch clips in Ableton live.

Impulse also comes with a stack of free software and sounds:

- Ableton Live Lite - powerful loop based music-making software
- Novation Bass Station - legendary analogue bass synth as a software plug-in
- Loopmasters sample library - over 1GB of royalty-free samples
- Mike The Drummer - 502MB of live drum loops and breaks