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Sonic Reality have announced the imminent release of Serafine FX Tron and Cinema Sessions Gold Edition, a massive range of sounds for film and other media.

Serafine FX Tron is the first complete sound effects workstation made as virtual instrument software. It comes with Sonic Reality’s Infinite Player, powered by Kontakt, and works stand-alone for the Mac and PC as well as a plug-in for all major DAWS. FX Tron was done with the cutting edge sound effects of acclaimed sound-designer – Frank Serafine (The Hunt for Red October, Lawnmower Man, Star Trek, Tron). It features over 12,000 sound effects covering ambient soundscapes, animals, electronics, industrial, musical, nature, science fiction, vehicles, weapons, explosions and more.

Designed for both Film/Media sound effects use and for music composition, Serafine FX Tron features sounds you can mold like clay. Whether it is interactive foley with advanced convolution reverb for matching sound effects to dialogue, or creating the ultimate alien creature’s roar by playing a lion mixed with a bear two octaves down the keyboard, the Serafine FX Tron virtual instrument is the ideal source for any sound effects needs.

Also being made available in the first Quarter of 2010 is the Serafine FX Tron Platinum HD with over 20,000 ready-to-go interactive playable sound effects, including the main FX Tron workstation, plus additional expansion libraries: Comic Sonic Relief, Drone, Foley, Guns of Cinema, Human Animal, Industrial, Sci-Fi 1 & 2, Vehicles and Water all together at a bundle price. FX Tron HD and Platinum HD come pre-installed on a 7200 RPM USB2/Firewire 400/800 portable hard drive for instant use.

Sonic Reality’s Cinema Sessions expands sounds for film into the musical realm with titles such as Symphonic Effects, Global Atmospheres, Dimensional Effects and Ambient Atmospheres.

In the first Quarter of 2010, Sonic Reality is releasing a special Cinema Session Gold Edition which not only contains all 4 Cinema Sessions volumes for everything from wild orchestra takes to exotic sounds of the world, but also multi-dimensional and ambient soundscapes and additional orchestral film pads with weaving textures suitable for anything from TV/Film composition to cutting-edge electronic to pop music production and more.

Serafine FX Tron and Cinema Sessions features

• Ability to play forward and backward with a click of a button.
• Time-stretch and alter the harmonic structure of sound effects in real-time.
• Place sounds in any space via the use of the included Convolution Reverb – drag and drop your own impulses for matching sound effects to dialog and more.
• Sounds stretch across multiple octaves of the keyboard for quick alternate-pitch auditioning and polyphonic effects’ building.
• Sounds can be layered and saved back as new composite sound effects.
• Built-in database query right inside Kontakt Player 4 allows easy access to thousands of individual FX.
• Built-in DSP effects for sound design, such as Filters, Delays, Chorus, Flangers, Phasers, Reverb, Distortion and more.
• Sound-shaping envelopes and easy-to-use controls for tailoring sounds for every need.

Serafine FX Tron HD has a MSRP of $995 USD (Serafine FX Tron Platinum HD TBA) and Cinema Sessions Gold has a MSRP of $599 USD.

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Sonic Reality has announced EpiK DrumS – A Ken Scott Collection, a massive virtual instrument/plug-in for drum kits and grooves with the authentic sound and feel of classic rock records.

It features five of the world’s best drummers recorded by legendary producer/engineer Ken Scott.

In EpiK DrumS, Ken recreated the drum sounds of multitrack studio sessions he recorded with David Bowie, Supertramp, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Dixie Dregs, Missing Persons, Elton John, and The Beatles.

Authentic classic drum sounds were achieved from using the same rare recording equipment; the same instruments; expert technical assistance from Ross Garfield “The Drum Doctor”; advanced sound development by Sonic Reality; and collaboration with the original drummers Bill Cobham, Terry Bozzio, Woody Woodmansey, Bob Siebenberg, and Rod Morgenstein.

All together this makes up one of the most EPIK productions ever for a software drum instrument.

EpiK DrumS – A Ken Scott Collection features

• Virtual Drum & Groove Instrument/Plug-in for authentic classic drums.
• Multi-track drum kits and audio grooves recorded by legendary engineer/producer Ken Scott.
• Unique Kits and Grooves of top drummers: Bill Cobham, Bob Siebenberg, Terry Bozzio, Woody Woodmansey and Rod Morgenstein.
• Over 80 Gigabytes of high quality 24 bit drum samples.
• Over 2,000 audio grooves ranging from classic rock and pop time signatures to fusion and unique style complex grooves rarely found in sample libraries.
• Seven Advanced Expressive Drum Kits in the style of artists such as David Bowie, Supertramp, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Dixie Dregs, Missing Persons, Elton John and The Beatles.
• Flexible mix and match kit pieces for unlimited custom drum kits as well as percussion.
• “Out of the box” album mixes by Ken Scott as well as discrete mixing control for both instant gratification and flexibility.
• Midi Drum Kits mapped in GM, iMap™, V-Drum™, Performance and Custom modes with midi learn for the ability to play from a keyboard or any electronic drum kit.
• Includes Sonic Reality’s proprietary Multi-track Rex™ Grooves which are real live-played drum loops mapped to the keyboard. Snap to the tempo of your host while providing full discrete mic mixing capability between directs, overheads, room and more.
• Comes with the Infinite Player powered by Kontakt for compatibility as a plug-in for every major DAW as well as stand alone for the Mac and PC.
• Mix and match custom kits compatible with other Drum Masters series titles.
• The combination of authentic grooves and playable drum kits allows you to create the most realistic drum tracks for your music..

EpiK DrumS is now available for pre-order from all Sonic Reality dealers for $599 USD (shipping Q4, 2009).

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Sonic Reality have releases Ocean Way Drum Kit 10 Medium Ambience Mix, a free ReFill for Reason 4.

The original pre-packed size of this amazing drum kit is over 700 MB! This FREE kit includes alternating hits mapped in both General MIDI and “iMap” (Sonic Reality’s proprietary drum mapping system for achieving greater performance realism and expression).

Ocean Way® Drums features larger-than-life sound, having been recorded in the legendary Studio B at Ocean Way® Recording in Hollywood, California where artists like Radiohead, Beck, Green Day, Kanye West, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, and countless other artists record. It was recorded and mixed by Grammy®-winning engineers Allen Sides and Steven Miller to offer users “album ready” drum mixes right out of the box.

Ocean Way® Drum kits have a natural acoustic sound that has presence, punch, and depth rarely found in drum sample libraries, winning accolades such as Keyboard Magazine’s Key Buy and Electronic Musician Magazine’s Editor’s Choice Award. Now all Reason 4 users can have a FREE taste of this amazing drum sample collection to use right inside their Reason 4′s NNXT, ReDrum, and Combinator!

The free “Ocean Way® Drum Kit 10 Medium” Refill can be downloaded exclusively from Sonic Reality’s download site – DownloadableSoundz.

All Reason 4 users may click on this link and enter the following promo code: PROMO-OWDPROP

Or simply go directly here after first setting up a free download account with DownloadableSoundz.com

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Toontrack Music has released version 2.2 of Superior Drummer, a virtual drum sampler instrument for PC and Mac.

Version 2.2 includes features that radically take users workflow to the next level.

The refined controls over the instruments response and creative possibilities provided by the new MIDI nodes feature, as well as the much requested integrated Groove Player to supplement EZplayer pro’s unique features, are sure to make an impression.

Best of all, this is once again a free update available to all Superior Drummer® 2 users.

Changes in Superior Drummer v2.2

• Integrated Groove player — Superior Drummer® now includes an integrated MIDI player, complete with drag and drop capabilities. Combine kit pieces patterns from different grooves to create totally new material that are nonetheless completely consistent with how a drummer would approach it.
• Full control over the instruments response — Use the comprehensive (and greatly expanded) Velocity Controls to access the sound libraries most intimate technical and musical aspects. Change the response curve of any instrument, or change the response for one of the available articulation only.
• MIDI nodes — Associate any combination of instruments – from multiple snare drums to more creative combos to be triggered simultaneously from your MIDI drum track – assembling your dream instrument in entities called MIDI nodes that can be triggered effortlessly from your sequencer.
• New Pedal correction presets — Thanks to the improved velocity controls available in Superior Drummer® 2.2, e-drummers will be please to find additional pedal correction profiles designed to correct all the most common foot controller hardware shortcomings.
• CC7 control of master volume — Users are now able to automate the Superior Drummer® master volume via MIDI Continuous Controller messages (CC7).
• iMap^* note mapping preset — Superior Drummer 2.2 includes a new note mapping preset derived from the very popular iMap format.
• Library Version info — The Sound library version can now be clearly identified from within the Help menu, making it easier for users to know if they are up-to-date.

Superior Drummer v2.2 is now available for download for registered users. Note: This update includes many bugfixes, visit the Toontrack Support Forum for further details.

More information: Toontrack Music / Superior Drummer

^* iMap is a drum map protocol created by Dave Kerzner & Sonic Reality

Sonic Reality has announed the Summer Sound Off promotion, offering over 50% discount on Refills, RMX Paks & R.A.W. Loops.

BIG SUMMER NEWS! Sonic Reality has started a Summer promotion called “Summer Sound Off” that saves over 50% off on deluxe sound collections for Reason, Stylus RMX and more!

Summer Sound Off promotion offers

• ReMiX Gold DL Edition – The Ultimate RMX Loop Collection
  The new ReMiX Gold DL Edition contains 15 Sonic Reality RMX Style Paks for download and instant use with Stylus RMX. In this power bundle you get over 8,000 grooves and 100,000 playable one shot slices. Loops include acoustic and electronic drums, percussion, bass, guitars, strings, voices, keys, hip hop sounds, electronic synths, world instruments, full construction kits and more. A complete toolkit of sounds for any style of music to add to your Stylus RMX.
  Now $199.99 (regular MSRP $399.99)
• Sonic Refills Gold DL Edition – 20 Workstation Refills for Reason 4
  The Sonic Refill 4 Gold DL Edition bundle features 20 refills updated with the addition of new Combinator patches, Thor modular synth patches and more on top of thousands of NNXT multi-sampled instruments, ReDrum kits, Dr. Rex loops, Subtractor, Malstrom and other native sounds for Reason 4 users.
  Now $149.99 (regular MSRP $299.99)
• Miroslav Refills Gold Edition – Premium Orchestra and Choir Collection for Reason
  Miroslav Refills bring you the top quality orchestral strings, brass, winds, piano, percussion, choir and other symphonic sounds from the legendary Miroslav Vitous archives and Philharmonik plug-in. Never before has such a complete collection of high quality orchestral sounds been available for Reason 3 and 4.
  Now $149.99 (regular MSRP $299.99)
• Sonic Refills Ultra Loaded – 38 Workstation Refills for Reason 4
  If you combine the 20 libraries of Sonic Refills Gold with the 18 refills of the Ultra Series (taken from Ultra Hip Hop, Ultra Electronic and Ultra Symphonic) you get one ULTRA LOADED package with the ultimate sonic workstation of instruments, synths and grooves for every module inside Reason 4.
  Now $249.99 (regular MSRP $499.99)
• R.A.W. Gold DL Edition – The Ultimate Rex, Apple Loop and Wave Loop Collection
  R.A.W. Gold DL Edition now allows users to download a massive collection of loops in their choice of Rex, Apple Loops and/or Wave format for instant compatibility with every popular DAW and Sampler. It includes the Universal Groove Kit plus 15 Style Paks, over 38 gigabytes of sounds and over 40,000 loops.
  Now $249.99 (regular MSRP $499.99)

The Summer Sound Off promotion will end August 31, 2009.

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eSoundz has announced the Super Sonic SampleTank Group Buy.

Yes, it is time again for another crazy eSoundz Group Buy! This time we’re pulling out 35 different SampleTank libraries in ONE group buy deal!

You can pick 3 downloadable Sonic Reality SampleTank libraries out of 35 choices in addition to TWO IK SampleTank-based plug-ins ALL for as low as just $199! That’s over $600 value for an unbeatable price available for a VERY limited time. The group buy starts NOW and ends on June 30th.

Because the plug-ins from the Super Sonic Promo must be registered by no later than July 6th, 2009 we will charge cards as soon as the lowest price is reached of $199 and it only takes 100 people to do that this time!

Don’t miss out on this incredible Super Sonic SampleTank deal! Customize your ultimate workstation for the lowest price! It’s all conveniently downloadable and flexible to your musical needs. This includes exclusive products you can’t get anywhere else! Remember this offer is only available for two weeks so join up today!

Visit eSoundz for more information.