Dear Friends,

Our long time partner Bernie Torelli at Nomad Factory needs your help !

Today we are sad to announce that our friend Bernie Torelli has been admitted in a hospital in Los-Angeles for a serious spine disease due to a cancer he was diagnosed with over two years ago. Although it is very serious at this time, there are chances that Bernie will make a full recovery, if all the necessary care is done. But the medical costs have already devastated Bernie's family financial situation, making any chance of necessary surgery nearly impossible !

We have therefore decided to help him out by raising funds by promoting and donating the receipts of three of Nomad Factory's best selling products :
MAGNETIC II, ECHOES and COSMOS at the no brainer cost of ONLY $19.

The Magnetics Bundle II that contains ALL three plug-ins is actually dropped at ONLY $49 ! And all other Nomad Factory products are sold at up to 70% discount until December 31.

It is needless to say that 90% of the income provided through this promotion will be directly sent to Bernie's wife for her to manage the mounting health costs but also continue to pay Nomad Factory's employees that have been continuously working on product development and customer support during Bernie's illness.

That is certainly the most important reason for Bernie to fight for his life as all of his time has loyally been devoted to his work, his employees, his friends and most of all, his family. Great new products are almost ready to launch…

BERNIE NEEDS OUR HELP AND HE NEEDS IT NOW !

So if you want to give your support to a great Audio Software Developer, Please do it now !


Thank you so much !

Eric Nolot
CEO & President
DontCrack

Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH today announced significant updates to its award-winning music production systems, Cubase and Cubase Artist, available in December.

Version 7.5 incorporates important workflow enhancements, version updates to its instruments and new effects to further the impressive feature set of Cubase and increase professionals' productivity when producing music.

Cubase 7.5 and Cubase Artist 7.5 feature Groove Agent SE 4, a powerful MPC-like drum sampler with detailed sound editing capabilities and pattern playback. Groove Agent SE 4 also provides automatic alignment of drum maps with the Drum Editor and Beat Designer, and includes 30 new drum kits and more than 200 grooves. HALion Sonic SE 2 is the updated compact version of Steinberg's acclaimed workstation, featuring the new Trip virtual analog arp synthesizer plus eight new effects. Bringing the sounds of HALion Sonic SE 2, Padshop, Retrologue and Groove Agent SE 4 to life, Cubase and Cubase Artist now include the EDM Toolbox with 30 fresh construction kits of 25–30 MIDI loops each.

Both updates highlight three great new effects: LoopMash FX comes with new style breaks, tape-stops and stutters that can easily be triggered in real time with any MIDI controller; REVelation is an algorithmic reverb for an outrageous degree of depth; and Magneto 2, the rejuvenated tape saturation processor, delivers true analog character to any track.

Exclusively available in Cubase 7.5, VST Connect SE 2 adds MIDI recording to its comprehensive remote recording capabilities via the Internet.

Availability and pricing

From December 4, 2013, the Cubase 7.5 update will be available from Steinberg resellers worldwide and through the Steinberg Online Shop for EUR 49.99, including German VAT. The Cubase Artist 7.5 update will be available as download through the Steinberg Online Shop for EUR 49.99.

From December 4, 2013, both Cubase 7.5 and Cubase Artist 7.5 full versions will be available from Steinberg resellers worldwide and through the Steinberg Online Shop. The suggested retail price for Cubase 7.5 is EUR 599, including German VAT. The suggested retail price for Cubase Artist 7.5 is EUR 299, including German VAT.

Customers who have activated previous Cubase 7 and Cubase Artist 7 versions since October 15, 2013, are eligible for a free, downloadable Grace Period update to version 7.5.

Through Black Friday week and Cyber Monday up to 46% Discount on all AudioThing Kontakt Bundles.

Bundle: All - €99.90 instead of €186 (46% OFF)
Bundle: Acoustic - €49.90 instead of €84 (40% OFF)
Bundle: Synth - €29.90 instead of €50 (40% OFF)

Offer ends December 2nd, 2013.

KV331 Audio has updated SynthMaster to version 2.6.9 on both Windows and Mac OS X.

This update adds 50 new presets to SynthMaster's factory library, created by Ufuk Kevser. The presets are suitable for electro house, dubstep, progressive house and many more genres. Audio demo of the presets are available at:

https://soundcloud.com/kv331synthmaster/synthmaster-factory-presets-by

There are also critical fixes in this update:

1. Moving the last point of distortion curve crashes SynthMaster.
2. When multiple SynthMaster windows are open, switching between tabs might crash SynthMaster or can cause areas drawn in red.
3. Resetting settings of a section doesn't refresh the user interface correctly.
4. Pasting settings of a section from clipboard doesn't refresh the user interface correctly.
5. Keyscaler view doesn't draw piano keys correctly.

All users of SynthMaster (demo or registered) are strongly urged to update SynthMaster to v2.6.9.

Around Bridges features the inner sounds of bridges.
The steel components of a bridge transmit vibrations caused by passing cars or pedestrians in a fascinating manner.
Around Bridges contains the sounds of excited beam barriers, noise barriers, expansion gaps and a lot more steel components that bridges are made of. Also included are takes of footsteps, rain and wind - ordinary noises that get a certain magic when recorded on a handrail.
To round up this library several high quality AB-stereo ambiences of the acoustical surroundings of bridges are included.
Watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uUt7gMtKGE
Soundcloud Demo: https://soundcloud.com/detunized/around-bridges-library-live

Around Bridges Live Pack contains 70 takes that are accessible as Instrument Racks, as Clips or directly from a well structured Live Set.

Around Bridges Universal WAV library contains 70 takes with loop points that are organised into 10 categories:
Ambience Below / Ambience Top / Beam Barriers / Expansion Gaps / Footsteps Handrails / Noise Barriers / Rain / Steel Structures / Wind

Around Bridges is available to purchase as download for 9.00 Euro