The Unfinished has announced Absynth Heliopolis, a collection of 128 evocative sounds aimed at ambient music, but also perfect for modern film scoring and deep electronica.

“Matt is a master at creating brilliant new sounds. Heliopolis is no exception. It’s one of those banks I wish he wouldn’t sell to anybody else!”
- Sascha Dikiciyan, aka Sonic Mayhem, Composer/Producer (Mass Effect 3, Borderlands 2, Tron: Evolution, Quake Series)

The collection is full of dark and beautiful pads, soaring and twisting soundscapes, subtle and shifting leads and keys, plus gentle and disturbing synth sequences and basslines.

So, if you’re looking for huge but subtle ambiences, beautiful but disturbed synth noises, then Absynth Heliopolis is the soundset for you.

The soundset is avaialble to purchase for £14.99 GBP. A demo pack of 20 sounds can be downloaded at no cost. Heliopolis requires Absynth 5 (some sounds will not work in Absynth 4) and uses the .nabs format.

More information: The Unfinished / Absynth Heliopolis

The Unfinished has announced the release of Massive Darkscore III, a soundset for the Massive software synthesizer by Native Instruments.

Massive Darkscore III features 128 patches for NI Massive that are perfect for modern filmscoring, atmospheric electronica and bass-heavy dubstep.

This time there are more thudding basslines and punchy drumloops – as well as the usual growly basses, soaring pads and otherworldly soundscapes.

Massive Darkscore III is perfect for providing cutting edge sounds to enhance your projects, whether you need more air, more low end, or just more drive. And with fully automated macros across each patch, the inspiration and possibilities are limitless.

The soundset is available to purchase for £14.99 GBP.

The Unfinished has also launched a Birthday Soundset Sale on its previously released soundsets.

So full of the birthday spirit am I that I have decided to put all my soundsets on a 50% off sale – apart from the newly released Massive Darkscore III – you can’t have that half price already! All three soundsets are on sale at half price for the next few days.

So, if you’re in need of new sounds for Massive or Absynth, then you’re in the right place to be.

More information: The Unfinished / Massive Darkscore III

Eclipse Sound has announced a revised edition of its Lost Library soundset for the Absynth 5 software synthesizer by Native Instruments.

“Lost Library” is a collection of Fantasy / Abstract physical model one-shot sounds, Granular Pads and unconventional Soundscapes textures.

Lost Library features

• 77 Patches.
• Setup Manual.
• .Wav Files Samples.
• Requires Native Instruments Absynth 5 / NABS format only.

The soundset is available to purchase for $11.95 USD.

More information: Eclipse Sound / Lost Library

The Unfinished has announced Absynth Metaspace, a soundset featuring a collection of 128 sounds designed for the extraordinarily deep Absynth by Native Instruments.

The soundset is aimed at modern film scoring, ambient and electronica, but is also versatile enough to be used in many other genres such as chillout and dubstep.

Deep atmospheric pads, swirling emotional soundscapes, subtle bubbling sequences and glitchy basslines; each sound has huge depth and subtlety to it and can really add an extra dimension to your tracks.

Whether you’re trying to create a huge synth soundscape or add some modern flair to your cinematic cues, this soundset has a wide range of track enhancing sound tools that you’ll come back to again and again.

The soundset is available to purchase for £14.99 GBP. A free demo pack is available from The Unfinished’s Free Stuff page. The pack contains both .nabs and .ksd format patches, so can be used with both Absynth 5 and Absynth 4.

More information: The Unfinished / Absynth Metaspace

Native Instruments has launched a sales special on its KOMPLETE 8 professional music production bundle.

Get Razor, Session Strings and The Mouth instruments free with a purchase of or crossgrade/upgrade to Native Instruments KOMPLETE 8.

Customers who buy and register KOMPLETE 8 before September 30, 2012, will receive three additional instruments from the Native Instruments portfolio completely for free: RAZOR, SESSION STRINGS, and THE MOUTH.

KOMPLETE 8 contains 27 instruments and effects, and already represents a significant saving compared to the price of purchasing the products individually. During the offer period, the bundle effectively provides a total of 30 instruments with an added saving of $277 / 237 EUR – the MSRP of the three free products.

The offer is available at participating retailers and the NI Online Shop. Users of older versions of KOMPLETE, as well as owners of crossgrade-eligible NI products such as KONTAKT 5 or MASCHINE, can also benefit – the offer is valid on upgrades and crossgrades to KOMPLETE 8.

The three additional instruments are provided as free downloads. Following registration of KOMPLETE 8, customers automatically receive an email with download links and serial numbers for RAZOR, SESSION STRINGS, and THE MOUTH.

KOMPLETE 8 is a comprehensive collection of the highest-quality tools for musicians, producers and sound designers. It includes the flagship platforms KONTAKT 5, GUITAR RIG 5 PRO, and REAKTOR 5, as well as legendary synths MASSIVE, ABSYNTH, and FM8 – among many others.

The offer ends September 30th, 2012.

More information: Native Instruments / 3 More Reasons to go KOMPLETE

Native Instruments has announced its Summer of Sound special, which offers a 50% discount on most updates, upgrades and crossgrades for its KOMPLETE software instruments and effects in July.

All updates, upgrades and cross-grade available for half-price until July 31, 2012.

The special offer comprises updates and upgrades to the KOMPLETE 8 and KOMPLETE 8 ULTIMATE bundles from previous versions as well as crossgrades for users of MASCHINE, KONTAKT, REAKTOR, and GUITAR RIG KONTROL. Furthermore, discounted updates and upgrades to ABSYNTH 5, BATTERY 3, FM8, GUITAR RIG 5 Pro, KONTAKT 5 and REAKTOR 5 are included in the special, which also extends to the KONTAKT 5 crossgrade for owners of any KONTAKT PLAYER-based third-party instrument as well as the upgrade to SESSION STRINGS PRO for owners of SESSION STRINGS.

The “Summer of Sound” special offers are available at participating retailers and in the NI Online Shop until July 31st, 2012, while stock lasts. Savings described in this press release are calculated on the basis of suggested retail prices (MSRP). Please note that according to our terms and conditions, e-vouchers cannot be used in conjunction with special offers.

More information: Native Instruments / Summer of Sound