Sample Magic has released Nu-Rave, a sample library featuring 100s of prime electro-house, discopunk and sleazy new wave mashups.

Nu-Rave features

• Drums - 100s of kick-heavy slammers, percussive glitches and bit-crushed boomboxers to whet your sonic appetite.
• Music loops - Genre-bending disco-jams and rock’n’rave combos: ready-rolled to kick start your creativity.
• Synths - 80s monosynths, gated rave stabs and bleepy lo-fi runs - key & tempo labelled for your convenience.
• Bass - Acid-soaked wobblers and X-rated funklines - laden with analogue warmth.
• Vox - Digitised & synthesized, vocoded and remoded: mashed-up phrases and speak’n’yell robotics.
• More - Circuit-bent drum hits, live guitar, de-sampled FX…
• 2.71GB CD/DVD multipack (4,585 files), includes Audio, 24-bit Wavs (810MB), Stylus-RMX compatible Rex files, Apple Loops plus EXS24, Reason NNXT, Kontakt II and Halion patches.

Nu-Rave is available as a DVD/CD multipack for £59.95 GBP (includes 200+MB bonus Sample Magic loop library, Nu-Rave production hints & tips, kit list, exclusive artwork), or as a digital download for £52.95 GBP.

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Sonart has released VIRUS, multi-format sample library featuring over 1250 instruments.

The virus contains more than 1250 patches of legendary synthesizer. This virtual sound module is ideal for music styles such as: Electro, trance styles, DnB, House, Electro House, Minimal, Techno, RnB, Hip Hop, Jump, hardcore, breakbeat and more!!!

VIRUS features

• 7 categories: Brass, Leads, Pads, Bass, Atmosphere sounds, Strings, FX sounds.
• Massive 8 gig 24-bit core wav library, 1256 new patches.
• 6 different formats (EXS24, Kontakt 2.1, Kontakt, Halion, SF2 and Wav).

VIRUS is available as a download for $49.99 USD.

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Peace Love Productions has released Acid Synths XOX, an arsenal of hard to find vintage loops created using authentic vintage Acid Synths.

Almost all of the Analogue Roland X0X Boxes have been used here. You’ll get long sweeping TB-303 bass and synth lines, squelchy Firstman SQ-01 Leads, and fat TR series drums (606, 707, 727, 909). We have provided everything you’ll need to recreate the classic Acid Techno sound and beyond.

Acid Synths XOX features

• 388 Files and over 950mb. 24 Bit 44.1kHz Stereo .wav, .aif, and .rx2 available.
• Genre’s include Acid House and Acid Techno.
• TB-303 loops, Firstman SQ-01 loops, TR-909 loops, TR-707 loops, TR-727, and TR-606 loops.
• Tempos 123-124 BPMs.
• Performed and produced for Peace Love Productions by Acid Techno Verteran Richard Jantz aka Poor Boy Rich.

Acid Synths X0X is available as a download for $29.95 USD.

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PowerFX has released All Them Beats, a collection of regional, stylistic and historical beats and rhythms in MIDI, REX and Wav formats.

True to the PowerFX signature, the extensive beat library is expertly produced and organized within three categories, including: “Regional” featuring Brazilian (bossa nova and the samba), African, European, and other regional beats; “Genres” showcasing jazz, rock, country, and blues styles (Chicago shuffle, Texas shuffle); and “Greatest Breaks” such as the Funky Drummer, The Amen Break and Walk This Way, among many others.

All Them Beats features

• 1.42 GB library including 430+ MIDI rhythm and beat files and over 1,000 acidized wav loops and rex files.
• MIDI files were recorded live with an electronic V-Drum kit, assigned to General MIDI files.
• Each MIDI file has been assigned appropriate sounds and tempo and has been exported as an acidized wav file and REX file.
• Bonus selection of drum loops culled from PowerFX’s award-winning samples.

All Them Beats is available as a download and on DVD for $69 USD. The MIDI files are also available as a separate download for $39 USD.

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