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Loopstable has announced the release of a free sample pack for its Facebook friends.

Loopstable gives away on facebook page a huge collection of free, hot music loops and samples. It’s a really great opportunity to grab some new fresh samples and create some inspiring music.

In FREE FACEBOOK PACK you can find :

• 5 complete construction kits from loopstable’s commercial releases
• over 150 music loops
• 15 massive drum samples and 1 soundfont kit

and it’s 100% FREE !

The free sample pack is available to download from Loopstable’s Facebook page by clicking “Like us”.

More information: Loopstable

Prodyon has introduced Votox, a sample library for Native Instruments Kontakt.

VOTOX consists of over 250 categorized otherworldly sounds and weights over 2GB. It comes as a multiformat download including KONTAKT 4 (NKI) Instruments, SF2 Source Soundfonts + Bonus Files as well as optional SFZ Instruments. The total download size is around 4 gigabyte.

VOTOX is ideal for those looking for interesting synthetic textures, ambient sounds and hard-to-define instruments for movie scoring.

The relaunch of Prodyon is celebrated with a group buy. At its maximum level participants can get Votox, Enchoir, Polypitch, and music tracks at $35 USD. The group buy is available until April 15th, 2012.

More information: Prodyon / Votox

Precisionsound has announced the release of Orfeo Accordion, a sample library for Kontakt, EXS24, HALion & SoundFont.

Orfeo Accordion is a Multisampled Italian accordion from the 1950s with 5 registers and a separate noise program. All registers have been sampled with belly in/out for all notes, and with release samples. The library contains in total 610 24bit WAV files.

Orfeo Accordion features

• Includes 1 program for NI Kontakt 3, 4 & 5 with scripted GUI, 7 programs for NI Kontakt 2 and all versions above, 6 programs for NI Kontakt 1 and all versions above, 6 programs for HALion, 7 programs for EXS24, and 9 SoundFont program with the release samples in a separate program is available for you who are using other sample formats.
• Registers: Bassoon, Bandoneon, Master, Celeste, Clarinet.
• Note: The full version of Kontakt 3 4 or 5 is required for the scripted version. Orfeo Accordion not work with the free Kontakt Player!
• All formats are included when you buy Orfeo Accordion.

Orfeo Accordion is available to purchase as a download for $49 USD (Additional $11 USD on DVD).

More information: Precisionsound / Orfeo Accordion

Fretted Synth has released SafFronSE, a free SoundFont synthesizer instrument plug-in for Windows.

SafFronSE is an update to the original SafFron MIDI triggered sound font synth with a beautiful UI by Vera Kinter (ArtVera)

Fretted Synth SafFronSE

New in SafFronSE

• Made with the current version of SynthEdit (should fix use of multiple instances of SafFron).
• Can now load sound fonts with layers and velocity splits.
• Load up to three sound fonts with separate controls for on\off, level, pan, course and fine tuning.
• Updated filter with separate envelopes for cutoff and resonance.
• Added a five band equalizer and limiter (the limiter is only designed to work with fast peaks, pushing it too hard with sustained material will result in a not pretty distortion).
• Updated all of the effects.

SafFron SE is available to download as a freeware VST instrument plug-in for Windows.

SafFronSEDownload size: 3.7 MB

More information: Fretted Synth

H.G. Fortune has announced the release of Scapes Wizard 2, a soundscape generator instrument for Windows.

ScapesWizard is a machine for soundscapes with very different control concept by triggering different samples assigned to keys via keyboard, or, using Lazy Sequencer to play the sets in sequence, or at random with varying intervals of step lengths. This is a completely reworked and largely enhanced version to its predecessor offering more dedicated and flexible control in general.

There are two different soundengines: Slow Motion Scapes (Main Slot 1&2), OneShots and Loops (FX, Natural, etc.) (Main Slot 3 & 4), Each slot has got a dedicated soundmodifier (color with resonance) plus pan, & delay with two sets of knobsettings for most controls. You got 2 x 24 samples (= 2 x 2 octaves) in direct access via keyboard and 2 sets to assign waves to keys with an optional pitch offset of +/- 12 semitones at each slot plus a further +/- 12 semitones per wave, slot and patch. So this makes 96 samples in straight access with a tuning range of max. +/- 2 octaves. Lazy Sequencer’s Ghost Mod will move (morph) between the two sets of knobsettings and this motion is visible on the GUI by respective knobs in motion. Furthermore nearly every knob has got a selectable modsource.

H.G. Fortune Scapes Wizard 2

In fact with this machine it is quite important to assemble best matching waves for a project into the wave slots. You can trigger or gate i.e. switch samples with a dedicated tune setting via keyboard (with velocity to contol level) which is ideal for live interaction!

There is kind of keyboard split to trigger a sample of Slot 1 & 2 from C2 to B3 (left side) and Slot 3 & 4 from C4 to B5 (right side). So simply give a key a short push and the resp. sample will play until it’s changed by pushing another key in that resp. range; unless you select KeyMode Gate which allows to play a sample as long as a key is held down. Anyway you can play only one sample in each slot at a time. But those four samples played can give already quite a massive sound.

There is also an SF Slot Mode supporting sf2 files with stereo samples.

Scapes Wizard 2 Pro for Windows (VST) is available to purchase for the introductory price of 49 EUR until 31 October, 2011 (regular 79 EUR). A fully featured demo and a free mini version are also available.

H.G. Fortune is now also offering a collection of free SoundFonts and patches, created by users of H.G. Fortune plug-ins.

More information: H.G. Fortune / Scapes Wizard 2

discoDSP has updated its Corona virtual synthesizer instrument for Windows and Mac.

Corona is a 32- and 64-bit, virtual analog and wave synthesizer for Audio Units and VST hosts featuring 3 VA + WAVE oscillators, 14 oscillator combine modes, 8 destination matrix modulations, 3 LFOs, 3 ADSR envelopes, unison, chorus, delay and limiter effects, high-quality sound and analog modeled filters.

Changes in Corona R2

• SoundFont 2 (SF2) supported by wave oscillators.
• Support for folders with.dwb extension for custom oscillator WAV / SF2 load.
• Super 7 Unison. Modeled Super Saw for parabola, saw, square, triangle and sine oscillators.
• Additional ADR curves on modulation envelope.
• LFO smoothing.
• Phase parameter now working with wave oscillators.
• Modulation matrix unison detune destination.
• Factory and Creation bank presets sorted by type.
• GUI enhancements, sub pixel rendered fonts, new logos and module reallocation.

Corona for Windows and Mac (VST/AU) is available to purcahse for 95 EUR / $139 USD (VAT included where applicable) for single platform licenses, and 114 EUR / $166 USD for Windows & Mac. Previous Corona customers can update to R2 at no cost.

More information: discoDSP / Corona