Soundsonline.com, the industry leader in virtual instruments distribution, is extending its spectacular holiday offer through January 31, 2013: Save 50% on EastWest/Quantum Leap virtual instruments.

No minimum purchase required. Simply save 50% on your favorite instruments - it doesn't get better than that!

To celebrate the New Year we have put together a fresh new sample pack which is absolutely free! JP8 SFX serves up 60 finely crafted sound effects samples courtesy of the legendary Jupiter 8 polyphonic synthesizer!

Expect to find a varied selection of creative sound effects and transitional tools including epic ascents, chaotic impacts, twisted transitions, other-worldly drones, swooshes and much much more...

There are plenty of nice free and commercial VST plugins available only for Win. As probably most of you already know, they might be used in your OS X DAW with Wine (wacvst, VFX).

Or with a virtual machine (VirtualBox, Fusion). Or a networked Win old machine.. Ornamen, a independent developer tried and thoroughly tested every single one of these options only to end in disappointment. However, initially this post was all about painstakingly setting up wacvst.

Time is running out for the free NI holiday gifts. You only have three days left to save $30 / 25 € on software* at the NI Online Shop – your e-voucher expires on December 31.

The five free TRAKTOR Remix Sets will still be free in 2013, but not DRIVER: The screaming filter distortion effect is free only until December 31, 2012. Don't get left out in the cold – redeem your voucher and download DRIVER today.

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