KV331 Audio has updated their all-around software synthesizer plugin SynthMaster to version 2.6. This update brings the following new features to SynthMaster:

- Support for SynthMasterCM and SynthMasterBE presets: SynthMaster now reads SynthMasterCM and SynthMasterBE presets. Also, SynthMaster users can download the online presets submitted by SynthMasterCM and SynthMasterBE users.
- MIDI Output: Synthmaster now outputs the MIDI data generated by its arpeggiators on layers 1 and 2.
- 250 New Factory Presets: SynthMaster CM and SynthMaster BE factory presets (130) along with Rob Lee's new factory presets (114) have been added to the factory content of SynthMaster, increasing the total presets count to 750.
- Demo Restrictions Updated: The demo version of SynthMaster now contains 300 factory presets, and the demo timeout duration has been increased to 15 minutes.
- User Preset Folders: SynthMaster now remembers the folders used to save the user presets.
- Easy Parameter Assignments: The auto-assign algorithm for easy parameters have been improved in version 2.6.
- MIDI Sequence Imports: The arpeggiator can now import MIDI files that contains triplet notes as well.
And many bugs fixed...

Exactly 25 years ago today marks the founding of EASTWEST, the world's premier producer of virtual instruments! To celebrate this silver anniversary, EASTWEST releases Hollywood Strings Silver and Hollywood Brass Silver as downloads today.

The price for these editions is $199 each, which is an incredible bargain given the critical acclaim this series has received, and the fact the Gold and Diamond versions are in wide use by top composers. The Silver editions allow students and those who are on a tight budget or use average computers to work with sound quality and detail only known from movies and professional recordings.

Native Instruments today released HELIOS RAY – a new MASCHINE Expansion providing sounds and beats drawing from London's broken beat scene and LA's abstract beat producers.

Containing three separate styles of drum kits as well as unique Melodic Kits and new MASSIVE presets, HELIOS RAY is out now for MASCHINE and MASCHINE MIKRO, with a compact version for iMASCHINE also now available as an in-app purchase via the Apple App Store.

COSMOSƒ gives to the hands of the sound designer for the first time a 2D / 3D preset morphing mechanism.

Up to 4 different preset parameter space can be morphed by traveling inside a 3D sphere by adjusting the polar coordinates within a unique interface design.

123creative Releases Apple Emagic Logic ES2 volume1.
64 patches, including leads, sequence sounds, plucks, basses and pads! Suitable for any kind of electronic dance music creations. Many of the logic users won't realize how powerful this synth is, but here is a prove what it can do. Have a listen!
22 different sounds used in this demo. All sounds from ES2 synthesizer, reverb from TC Electronic VSS3 and delay from Apple Logic.