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Gobbler has announced another Gobbler’s Favorite Things contest, offering a chance to win various Rob Papen products.

Rob Papen is the master of sound design. He’s put out a ton of plug-ins that are not only extraordinarily powerful but also contain extremely versatile User Interfaces, which is quite the challenge in the music technology world.

This week we’re giving away not one, but two copies of Rob Papen’s eXplorer II bundle containing almost all of his prized plug-ins as well as 2 copies of Rob’s new book titled The Secrets of Subtractive Synthesis: The 4 Element Synth. We’ve read the book at Gobbler HQ and with 10 hours of DVD footage, it’s sure to keep you busy as you dig deeper into this master’s insight into the world of subtractive synthesis!

The contest ends 3 March, 2013, 11:59:59PM PST.

More information: Gobbler

Soundiron has announced version 2.0 of its Olympus Micro Choir, a major redesign which doubles the content and vastly expands the feature range of the choral instrument for Kontakt.

Olympus Choir Micro is a lightweight user-friendly simple choral instrument for musicians who just need the basics.

We’ve added a ton of new cutting edge UI features and capabilities, along with the new fast Russian Slavonic poly-sustain ‘Raduisya’ to go along with original slow Latin ‘Dominum’, both with optional tempo-synching for Kontakt 5. We’ve also added easy-to-use smooth ‘Ah’ ff and ‘Oo’ pp vowel sustain options and a new ‘Ah’ and ‘Oo’ short Staccato preset.

We’ve rolled in tons of great new GUI features from our more powerful flagship choir libraries, including dual-ensemble layering with independent controls that allow you to seamlessly blend between the different vowels and poly-sustains on the fly. The standard swell, attack, offset, release and release sample volume controls are there, but now you can stack two section layers together or smoothly cross-fade between them, customize their key ranges and freely sculpt performance settings on the fly.

We’ve also enhanced the legato system with smoother gliding and independent voicing for each divisi section, with phrase-synchronous legato for the poly-sustains and smoother gliss-style legato for the vowel sustains. You have control over speed, bend intensity and range. There’s now also a 3-band EQ with sweepable mid and an integrated convolution reverb engine with 10 special FX impulse options and 10 classic acoustic spaces to choose from.

The full master preset includes all poly-sustains and vowel sustains for both men and women in one unified interface, with customizable key range and performance controls for each section. The more focused Divisi men and women presets allow dual-voice melodic legato and cross-vowel morphing for bigger, more precise arrangements. We’ve streamlined the library and packed more power into every instrument to cut down the clutter and make them easier to navigate and use. You’ll also find brand new special atmospheric presets that take the choir in new creative directions, with custom FX control for each one tied to the modwheel.

Olympus Micro is available to purchase for $19.99 USD. Requires Kontakt 4.2.4 or later, full version.

Soundiron has also announced a demo contest for Olympus Micro.

The creators of the two best tracks that show off all of the new content and features in Olympus Micro 2.0 will be awarded their choice of either a copy of our Mercury Symphonic Boy’s Choir or a copy of our full Olympus Symphonic Choral Collection with Mars and Venus together! Just send us an mp3 by email or Soundcloud link of your submission by March 8th, 2013.

We’ll select the two best tracks that we feel go the deepest into Olympus Micro’s new content and capabilities and announce the two winners by March 15th.

More information: Soundiron / Olympus Micro Choir

Prime Plugins has announced it is giving away a Maschine, the groove production studio by Native Instruments, in collaboration with MusicRadar.

PRIME PLUGINS are giving away the powerfully awesome Maschine by Native Instruments.

This fantastic sequencer and multi effects unit is a must have for anyone producing or performing with samples, sound shaping or tweaking. Also, it just looks AMAZING…

For a chance to win, you need to join the Prime Plugins mailing list.

More information: Prime Plugins / Maschine Giveaway

Time+Space has launched a Big Fish Audio giveaway, an opportunity to win up to £500 GBP worth of sample libraries.

Big Fish Audio are one of the original pioneers of the sample library industry having been established since way back in 1986. The company stands out as one of the most reputable and top notch sample developers when it comes to quality and variety.

In fact, there are few sample companies who can boast such a diverse product range. From real instruments, orchestral and cinematic sounds in the form of Symphonic Manoeuvres, Guitar Soundscapes and Ambient Skyline to sounds from all corners of the world – Rhythms of Arabia, Score of India, Americana Country , Nashville Sessions and Mexican Mariachi.

Dance music producers will find plenty of inspiration in Dubstep Killers, Technocore and Pure Hard Trance and those looking for something more unique will be spoiled by titles such as Spy: Top Secret, Hot Fuzz Vintage Cop Show Kits and Gypsy Cafe.

We could go on for hours but instead, thanks to Big Fish, we´re giving you the chance to win your own choice of sample libraries!

Win the Grand Prize and you can choose Big Fish Audio samples up to the value of £500, or, win one of two runners up prizes and you´ll get £250 to spend!

The competition ends February 28th, 2013, and winners will be published on the Time+Space website in early March.

More information: Time+Space

Prime Loops has announced a Trap Remix Competition in collaboration with SBTV.

Here’s your chance to show us your skillz & WIN some gear!

We’re giving you free stems from our highly popular Trap Starrz Sample Pack, now we want to hear your sickest remixes! Trap is the genre making waves on both sides of the Atlantic.

The harder, louder and crazier your remix submission turns out the better! Take the tracks any direction you like – heck, you might even start a new genre.

Prizes including professional mastering by Prime Audio services, Prime Loops sample pack, track promotion, and apparel.

The competition deadline is February 15th, 2013.

More information: Prime Loops / Trap Remix Competition

Zinio is offering additional discounts of up to 50% off its top 350 magazines in a limited time holiday sale.

Zinio is more than a mobile reading application. We’ve spent the last decade creating the digital editions of the magazines you love, delivering the exact same material you get in print‚ plus exclusive features like video, audio and live links, on your iPad, iPhone, desktop and laptop.

You can save up to an extra 50% discount on over 300 magazines, until January 7th, 2013.

Zinio also launched an iPad Mini Giveaway, with a free one year subscription to Star Magazine for all entrants to the contest.

Furthermore, Zinio is kindly offering 10 rekkerd.org readers a chance to get a free subscription of their choice.

Winners can choose any title Zinio carries and get the full subscription period as indicated on the Zinio site, free of charge. Available magazines include Computer Music, Electronic Musician, Future Music, and many more.

For a chance to win, email your first and last names, email address and the Zinio title of your choice. This offer ends January 7th, 2013. The winners will be randomly picked from all entrants, and notified by email.

More information: Zinio