Loopmasters has released Atomic Dubstep, a sample library produced exclusively for Loopmasters by Re-Zone.

Atomic Dubstep is expertly fused together with the most aggressive sounds found in Dubstep today, capable of concussive shock wave attacks leaving studios across the globe in melt down.

The sounds featured in this pack have been spawned using amazing complex synths like Virus TI 2, Reactor, FM8, NI Massive, Razor and processed by TOP NOTCH equipment like Manley Passive EQ, Avalon VT 747, UAD2 Plugins and more!

If you want to make such hits like Skrillex, Nero, Seven Lions, Kill the noise, Knife Party, Deadmau5, Hirshee, TheBiocide, Zomboy and others, this pack is 100 % for you!

Producers should expect to find Killer Heavy Beats, Filthy Bass Lines, Monstrous Synth Loops, Shocking SFX, Powerful native Instruments Mass Presets, Punchy Drum Shots and Ear Smashing Multi Sampled Instruments.

In Detail Expect to find 820Mb of 24 Bit 44.1Khz sounds and loops including 60 drum Loops, 50 Bass Loops, 30 Synth Loops, 10 Bass Multi Sampled Instruments, 9 Lead Multi sampled Instruments, 30 SFZ Hits, 65 Drum Shots, 140 Rex2 Files and 37 Soft Sampler Patches for Kontakt, Halion, Exs24, Nnxt and Sfz Formats. The Collection also comes in Ableton Live Pack, Apple Loops and Reason Refill Formats to purchase separately.

The sample pack costs £29.95 GBP. Individual parts are available starting at £7.95 GBP.

More information: Loopmasters / Atomic Dubstep

Cableguys has announced WaveShaper CM, a waveshaping distortion effect plug-in for Windows and Mac.

Free with Computer Music magazine, WaveShaper CM is a plugin effect that lets you design your own distortion curves and analyse signals with a built-in multi-function oscilloscope.

WaveShaper CM features

• Design your own waveshaping curves using soft, hard and sharp points.
• Oscilloscope with Stereo, Left or Right view and Waveform zoom and freeze, syncable by tempo, frequency or MIDI note.
• Online preset sharing system with tons of ready-to-go presets.
• 32-/64-bit Mac VST/AU.
• 32-/64-bit PC VST.

WaveShaper CM is included in the lastest issue of Computer Music magazine online.

More information: Cableguys / WaveShaper CM

Prime Loops has launched Essential Ambient Presets for Massive, a collection of 64 atmospheric presets for the Massive software synthesizer by Native Instruments.

Inside this pack are synth swells, textures and ambiences in the form of presets, each one of which has been precision-designed by the Prime Presets team to make full use of all the oscillators, filters and routing options available in your synth.

Trust us, we leave no rock unturned and have spent hours making sure every single sound is bang up-to-date with current musical flavors, tweaking every dial and fader to bring you the very best your synth has to offer.

The soundset is available to purchase for £14.95 GBP.

More information: Prime Loops / Essential Ambient Presets for Massive

3ee Sound Design has announced the release of Aesthetics, a soundset for the Diva virtual analog synthesizer by u-he.

Aesthetics is a collection of 64 instruments for the great u-he Diva synthesizer. The basic idea of creating diverse, solid and playable, sweet-spot instruments that were tweaked to perfection with no particular genre or style in mind was very effective.

All instruments within this collection were created by 3ee and were optimized with modulation wheel and pressure controls. (exception, no control assignments for the Poly_String Chest2 patch)

The Aesthetics soundset is available to purchase at the price you want to pay ($7 USD mimimum). A free demo pack is available to download from the product page.

More information: 3ee Sound Design / Aesthetics

Cerberus Audio has updated the Volt Precision Fader effect plugin to version 1.1.2.

Volt Precision Fader affords increased control over gain staging, remarkably smooth fades and transitions, and an ergomonic user interface.

Changes in Volt v1.1.2

• New Features:
  • Right-clicking on the Shuttle knob opens the text box for dB value.
  • “Shuttle/Transition Mode” indicator text is suppressed while gain is changing.
• Changes and Fixes:
  • Transition Speed text box works correctly when accessed from the numeric display or bar graph display.
  • dB Value text box reads correctly when accessed after double-clicking on the Shuttle Knob.
  • Undo buffer is written for Shuttle Knob double-click.
  • Clicking near the edges of the Transition Speed Bar Graph could incorrectly expose the voltage digits for editing upon returning to Shuttle Mode.

The Volt Precision Fader for Windows and Mac (VST/AU) costs $18 USD.

More information: Cerberus Audio / Volt Precision Fader

The Drum Broker has announced the Kool G Rap Beat Contest, offering its customers the chance to win a 16-bar verse from American rapper and hip hop legend Kool G Rap.

The Drum Broker & legendary producer Domingo of Beats4tunes.com are proud to announce their latest contest/giveaway. This time we are testing your beatmaking skills in a contest to find the BEST beat. The winner will get a 16-Bar Verse from Hip Hop Legend/Heavyweight Kool G Rap courtesy of Beats4Tunes.com and The Drum Broker.

The best beat submission will be judged by Domingo on July 31st, and a winner will be announced August 1st, 2013.

A single winner will be picked based on beat composition, mix quality, drum selection, & over-all beat quality by Veteran Producer Domingo.

The contest is open to all Drum Broker customers.

More information: The Drum Broker / Kool G Rap Beat Contest