sound library

Kid Nepro has released their Patch King Ultimate Reason ReFill, a collection of five ReFills for Propellerhead Reason.

Features:

• Five ReFills:
  • Drum and Bass
  • Killer Keyboards
  • Vintage Synthesizers
  • SP1200 Library
  • Midi Mix.
• Over two gigs of new samples with thousands of amazing new sounds.
• Over 100 New Drum kits will have you creating killer beats in no time.
• Hundreds of New REX Loops with super cool beats that will jump start your tracks.
• Great Keyboards, Killer Synths and a Super Phat Mix Of Samples.

The Patch King Ultimate Reason ReFill is available now for $125.

Brickwall Audio has released Advanced Distortion, a free Kontakt instrument.

In Advanced Distortion you’ll find crazy drum kits, hellish atmospheres and also a selection of bonus loops, all programmed using only the drums in Advanced Distortion!

This is a free product, and a lot of work was put into these sounds – donations are welcomed! Special thanks goes to Joseph Pyne for recording his guitar!

Advanced Distortion is a free download from the Brickwall Audio site.

Native Instruments has announced the release of Maschine Drum Selection, a Kontakt-powered instrument providing a selection of drum kits adapted from the Maschine factory library.

Maschine Drum Selection contains 20 full drum kits adapted from the factory library of Maschine, Native Instruments’ new groove production system. Maschine Drum Selection is ready to play both as a standalone instrument and as a plug-in in all major instrument hosts, delivering gritty urban kits, heavily processed acoustic drums as well as vintage analog samples for various electronic music genres.

Maschine Drum Selection offers soundshaping controls for all sounds, and includes a flexible graphical step sequencer that can be used to set up intricate grooves directly within Kontakt Player and Kontakt 3. All kits are also included in additional formats for direct use within Kore 2, Kore Player and Battery 3.

Maschine Drum Selection is available for download purchase in the NI Online Shop for $59 USD / 49 EUR.

Andre from Cuesounds discusses new sound libraries for the Percussa AudioCubes.

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Native Instruments has released Urban Arsenal 2, a  a new soundpack focusing on urban styles.

If you’ve used Urban Arsenal 2, leave a comment with your thoughts!

Description:

Created in collaboration with established urban music producers and sound designers, the latest entry in the KORE SOUNDPACK range delivers a further assortment of professional groove material and instrument sounds for use in KORE 2 and the free KORE PLAYER software instrument.

Expanding on the first collection, URBAN ARSENAL 2 provides even more authentic hip-hop grooves and drum kits, which can be easily tweaked and transformed through the advanced sound shaping and control features of the KORE platform. Over 1,000 sampled drum sounds form the basis for 40 groove sets and 32 drum kits, including material created by CLP, Dobie, Montana Beats and ProjectSAM. With over 15,000 overall groove variations, a powerful “Instant Remix” function and many other creative features, URBAN ARSENAL 2 makes it easy to lay the sonic foundations for contemporary hip-hop tracks. The groove material of URBAN ARSENAL 2 is complemented by a variety of sample-based instrument sounds, offering an assortment of brass, strings, basses and leads with a special focus on analog synthesizer tones. Additionally, the sound pack includes over 80 new presets based on the integrated engine of the MASSIVE synthesizer, with a range of inspiring leads, sub basses, pads and other sounds specifically designed for urban music styles.

Similar to the first collection, many sounds in URBAN ARSENAL 2 have been processed and pre-mastered using a range of premium outboard gear, including a special “dubplate resampling” process in the acclaimed “Dubplates & Mastering” studios in Berlin for authentic vinyl feel.

URBAN ARSENAL 2 is available for download purchase in the NI Online Shop for a suggested retail price of $119 / 99 €.