Producer Loops has released Sunny Lax: Modern Trance Vol 2, a new collection of construction kits by Sunny Lax.

‘Sunny Lax: Modern Trance Vol 2′ raises the bar yet again with another 10 Construction Kits of epic proportions. Expert production, radio-ready melodies and hooks, and a professional feature set make this an essential addition to your Producer Loops library. In no less than 10 Kits you’ll find euphoric melodies, deep chord progressions and climatic builds. Sidechained pads give way to pounding drums and basslines, complimented by intense builds and drops.

Each Kit has its own distinct mood, but thanks to the intuitive file naming and key/tempo metadata embedded in the files they can be used with each other and with your other Producer Loops titles with no trouble at all.

White noise washes, groovy top loops, side-chained pads, synth leads and funky basslines are all included in over 700 audio and MIDI loops, and all files have been mixed and mastered to the highest quality.

This pack also includes the usual great features for professional producers that you’ve come to expect from Producer Loops.

The sample library costs £49.95 GBP.

More information: Producer Loops / Sunny Lax: Modern Trance Vol 2

Loopmasters has announced the release of Essential Live Drums, a collection of drum loops and samples from 5 Loopmasters sample packs.

Essentials 29 Live Drums is a must have collection for producers on a budget looking for a truly diverse set of Live Drum Loops and One Shots, handpicked from our best Drum collections released to date.

Expect to hear Swinging Jazz Pulses, Mashed Up DnB Breaks, Heavyweight Rock Chops, Shuffling Blues Beats and Tight Syncopated Pop Rhythms plus a wealth of Punchy Drum Hits.

In detail Producers should expect to find 202MB of 24Bit Quality Samples including 100 Crisp Punchy Beats and 100 Acoustic Drum One Shots

The sample pack costs £9.95 GB.

More information: Loopmasters / Essential Live Drums

UVI has announced the release of a demo version of its Electro Suite collection dedicated to Electro, EDM and Dance music.

The 5 instruments of Electro Suite – DrumShaper, DirtyMONO, CarminePoly, SweepMachine and MissionControl – come packed with nearly 4.5 GB of sample material carefully recorded from over 2 decades of choice equipment at 24-bit / 96 kHz and then professionally mastered. Giving you a huge palette of sounds ready to go straight away.

The Demo Version includes 2 tools in Electro Suite: DrumShaper and MissionControl. They can be auditioned with no iLok required.

The free Electro Suite demo requires UVI Workstation 2.0.10 (also free).

More information: UVI / Electro Suite

Celemony has introduced Melodyne and Remix, a new tutorial series for the Melodyne audio editing software.

In a new tutorial feature devoted to the creative use of Melodyne, Celemony is focussing on remixing.

Melodyne is known as a great tool for the correction of intonation errors and the optimization of vocal tracks, but is capable of much more. A series of video tutorials now shows how Melodyne helps to separate a vocal part from its accompaniment, how to produce crazy echoes and other effects with Melodyne’s characteristic audio notes and how to use audio-to-MIDI to double or replace sounds.

Fundamentals, such as how to adapt loops fast to new musical contexts and the more efficient use of Melodyne in a DAW, are also dealt with. Artists’ interviews and statements, important tips from the manual, remix examples from users, and a buyer’s guide to the various editions of Melodyne round off the series of tutorials.

More information: Celemony / Melodyne as a remix tool

Melbourne based acid music producer dyLAB has released the 808 Beast Sample Pack, a collection of samples from the Roland TR-808 drum machine.

Samples from the mighty 808 – distorted with heavy amp simulation for extra grunt and punch. This is the true 808 beast.

All samples records at 24 bit / 96khz wav files.

The sample pack is available to purchase for $8.08 AUD.

More information: dyLAB 808 Beast Sample Pack

ILIO has announced a limited time sale on the Magnetic II Bundle from Nomad Factory.

Included in the Magnetic II Bundle are two of Nomad Factory’s most unique plug-ins, Magnetic II and Echoes.

Magnetic II is a Reel-to-Reel Audio Tape Warming effect that gives tracks a vintage tape sound. It features nine tape models with pure analog reel-to-reel tape speeds, tape/tube saturation and tape color effects, as well as a dedicated vintage-style EQ and a built-in “Boost” mastering section.

Echoes is an Analog “Echo Box” plug-in designed to emulate classic delay effects. Echoes models are based on vintage Echoplex® 1, Echoplex 3, Tel-Ray®, Electro Harmonix®, and Boss® delay units.*

The bundle is available to purchase for $99 USD until May 31st, 2013 (regular individual price $258 USD).

More information: ILIO / Magnetic II Bundle