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Rob Papen has announced that the availability of the limited-edition EDM and Urban synth bundles has been extended to the end of June, 2013.

These two special bundle packs were created with Urban and Electronic Dance Music producers in mind.

The EDM Synth Bundle and the Urban Synth Bundle each include three Rob Papen synths, saving you around 45% off the combined price, but don’t wait around as there are only limited amounts available worldwide.

Limited-edition bundles

• The EDM Synth Bundle SRP: € 199.00 / $239 / GBP 169.00
  Comprising Rob Papen’s Predator virtual synth, Punch drum machine, and Blade virtual additive synthesizer plug-ins, the EDM Synth Bundle is a highly-flexible electronic monster, offering masses of diverse sounds for electronic dance producers.
• The Urban Synth Bundle SRP: € 199.00 / $239 / GBP 169.00
  Ideal for producers of Dubstep, Drum ’n’ Bass, Garage, and Grime, the Rob Papen Urban Synth Bundle includes the SubBoomBass ultra deep bass synth, Punch drum machine, and Predator virtual synth plug-ins, and will also seamlessly fit into Hip Hop, Rap and R&B music creation workflows.

Users that already own one or more Rob Papen products can get an upgrade offer at an authorised dealer or directly from robpapen.com.

Note: these bundles also include Predator 1.6.4, the latest version with over 450 new presets.

Rob Papen has also announced that his The 4 Element Synth book/DVD set is now available at student pricing for everyone.

After all, anyone who wants to know what all those knobs and sliders on their favourite analogue synth actually do is a student of subtractive synthesis!

Remember that when Rob started to play his first synth at the end of the ’70s he had to learn the hard way… reading (and rereading) the Korg MS-20 manual from cover to cover. Had a well-written book about synthesis existed at that time then it would have helped Rob enormously in his quest for new sounds! Of course, the Korg MS-20 had no presets so Rob had to create sounds from scratch each and every time he wanted to play.

Over time that became easier, but you can benefit from all his blood, sweat, and tears. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this well-written book that’s as easy on the eye as it is to understand, together with more than 10 hours of entertaining and educational DVD material.

As well as watching additional online video content to supplement the book, other good news is that readers can download the demonstrative Predator presets used by Rob on the DVDs.

The book/dvd set is now available to purchase for 55 EUR / $69 USD (available in the US through Sweetwater).

More information: Rob Papen

Tonebuilder has introduced Driven Machine Drums: FR-909, a free sample pack featuring the sounds of the Roland TR-909 drum machine.

This is a new capture/take on the ever popular TR-909, this time combining outboard vintage NOS tubes and body compression in parallel.
Those signals are then combined and fed into a high-end mastering equalizer to further glue, shape, and focus the sound.

The entire 549 sound collection in 16-bit, 44.1kHz WAV format is available here, complimentary.

The download is available from the Tonebuilder Facebook page (no Facebook account required).

More information: Tonebuilder / Driven Machine Drums: FR-909

E-Phonic has updated its Drumatic drum synthesizer for Windows to version 4 public beta 19.

Drumatic uses a mix of subtractive, FM and wavetable synthesis to get the best results possible.

Changes in Drumatic 4 beta 19

• Complete new GUI.
• 10 Sounds in stead of 6.
• Rename sounds.
• Mute sound parts (osc, noise1, noise2).
• Choke option.
• Right Click envelopes to change shapes.
• Copy & Paste sounds (right click on sound name).
• Randomize sound (2 modes!).
• New pitched noise oscillator.
• GM Drum map setup as default.
• Option to set keyboard to GM Drum map.
• Option to set keyboard to 6 note split setup.
• Parameter readout (still some work to be done here).

Drumatic 4 for Windows (VST) is available to purchase for the introductory price of 29 EUR (regular 49 EUR). Prices ex. VAT.

More information: Drumatic

RealDigital has announced the release of its Electric Dreams digital drum machine and Digital Acoustic Piano instrument plugins for Windows.

Both instruments are available to download as freeware for Windows, in VST and standalone formats.

More information: RealDigital

Sonic Charge has released version 3.1 of its Microtonic drum and percussion synthesizer combined with a pattern based drum-machine engine.

It is a free upgrade (as usual) and to many people the most interesting news is probably 64-bit compatibility. It also features new MIDI controlling possibilities (including pattern edits via MIDI CC) and a beautiful new skin with spacier layout and crispier pixels.

Changes in Microtonic v3.1

• First fully 64-bit compatible version.
• Supports MIDI CC out for updating MIDI controllers with current parameter values.
• Supports MIDI CC for mutes as well as MIDI keys.
• Supports using MIDI CC to perform pattern edits.
• Drum patches that are loaded from factory preset folders are now referenced to with relative file paths meaning that it will be easier to use the drum patch browser to change patches in factory presets.
• Signed packages on Mac OS X.
• Name of DLL’s changed from MicroTonic(Multi)VST.dll to Microtonic(Multi).dll only. Name of plugin is Microtonic from now on, not µTonic or MicroTonic. Logotype is still µTONIC.
• Fixed a bug where MIDI events occurring simultaneously would be processed in incorrect order, e.g. a note with 100% legato could stop the next note with its note off event.
• Max length of program name reported to host is 64 characters.
• De-initializes and releases all resources when last instance is removed from project.
• Updated to latest support libraries. Lots of minor stability and compatibility improvements.
• In the file browser, drum patches are previewed on the individual outputs that they will load into.
• Supports automatic online registration through Sonic Charge Authenticator.
• New skin. Bigger. Beautifuller. Spacier. Space is the future.

Microtonic for Windows and Mac (VST/AU) is available to purchase for $99 USD ex. VAT.

More information: Sonic Charge / Microtonic

Attack Magazine has announced the release of a free sample pack by Goldbaby.

We’re very excited to present an exclusive free sample pack from one of our favourite sample companies. Goldbaby is one of the world leaders when it comes to one-shots. The Tape 808, Tape 909 and SuperAnalog808 packs are some of the finest tributes to Roland’s classics you’ll find anywhere.

But there’s more to Goldbaby than just drum hits. The company also offers a broad range of loops, all produced to the same high standards as the individual hits.

In this bumper 60MB pack you’ll find a selection of nearly 200 one-shot WAVs and REX loops taken from the Tape Drum Machines and Urban Cookbook series. It’s a must-have for producers of absolutely any style of music.

The pack is a free download to registered Attack members (registration is free).

More information: Attack Magazine