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Sonart Audio has released 20 collections of sounds and is launching a new download shop.
Each library in the series contains more than 1Gb of new material. Libraries contain samples, loops and new virtual instruments (bass, guitars, pianos, electro pianos, synths, symphonic strings, drums).
The libraries include:

SONART JAZZ | 500 24bit samples (1.2 GB)
IBIZA HOUSE | 3,420 [...]

 

Nucleus Soundlab has released Tempest, a source for electronic bread and butter sounds, as well as a source of inspiration for darker, harder and ambient electronic styles.
You can preview Tempest with the demos below. More demos at the site.
Description: 
Tempest is loaded with a collection of widely usable sounds using Albino’s unique features: Evocative, moving digital [...]

 
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Applied Acoustics Systems has released Ultra FX for Ultra Analog VA-1, the third title in its Sound Bank Series.
Description:
Ultra FX is a must-have complement of highly customizable sound ideas, room tones, and sound effects perfect for sound designers doing films, animations, or video games. It’s also a whole lot of fun!
You can preview Ultra FX [...]

 
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MPCsounds.com has released Vintage Machinez 2, a drum library for the Akai MPC500/1000/2000/2500/3000/4000 featuring over 2,100 hip-hop style sounds. The library comes as 3 separate MPC soundsets (Parts 1-3) or can be purchased together as one large collection.
Drum machines in Vintage Machinez 2 include: Boss Dr. Rhythm 55, Boss Dr. Rhythm 110, Casio PT-30, Casio PT-68, [...]

 
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Jason at KeyToSound sent us word of a contest that they are running that is probably the first ever synth sound scavanger hunt.
KeyToSound’s NexSyn has a cool feature, NetNotes, that lets you share, browse, preview and download synth sound presets via the Internet.
Here’s a screen capture of the NexSyn preset browser that shows how this [...]

 

Nucleus Soundlab has released Butterfly Effect, a new patchset for the Image-Line Sytrus.
Sytrus brings FM, additive and subtractive sound design together in a semi-modular fashion.
You can preview the sound library below.
Description:
Butterfly Effect uses these methods together to sculpt a breathtakingly fresh, innovative set of patches. Sound Designer Richard Lichten has concentrated on complex moving and [...]

 
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Nucleus SoundLab has released a new patchset for NI Massive that harnesses Massive’s possibilities for maximum musical effect.
Description:
DataBank One is a labour of love, created over the course of 6 months by experienced sound designer Jeremy Janzen. The 100 included presets run the gamut of Massive possibilities - wild multitrack sequences, heavy basslines, lo-fi arpeggios, [...]

 
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Sinevibes has introduced Planet X, a new cutting-edge sound library for Roland Fantom-S, Fantom-X and Juno-G.
You can preview the library below.

Description:
Planet X is a cutting-edge sound library for Roland Fantom-S, Fantom-X and Juno-G. Basing on over 10 years of our experience in sound design with this synthesizer platform, these meticulously-crafted patches deliver unbelievably more than [...]

 
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Galbanum has introduced Architecture Waveforms Cakewalk Edition, a collection of over 2,500 meticulously designed wavetables provided in standard .Wav sample format for use in Cakewalk Rapture, Cakewalk Dimension Pro and other supported synths and samplers.
The collection offers:

Vast expansion of available timbre pallet for wavetable synths
Newly developed timbres offering fresh, unique starting points which stand out [...]

 

Puremagnetik has just released Test Run - a free Live Ready sound library, with over 100MB of sound content.
Test Run contains a collection of the best sounds from past Puremagnetik packs and is available for immediate download. Test Run is compatible with Ableton Live 6.0.5 and higher.
Puremagnetik is a subscription service for Ableton Live [...]

 

Pro-Sounds has announced the immediate availability of two new sound-sets: Yemski Sound-Scapes (for Albino 3) and 1984 (for PPGWave 2.v).
1984, a bank of 128 presets by sound designer Bryan “Xenos” Lee, combines the distinctive, characteristic sounds of the 1980’s with his own somber, chilling creations that reflect the dystopian world described in George Orwell’s classic [...]

 

Pro-Sounds has announced the immediate availability of Metamorphosis for Arturia’s CS-80V Vsti synthesizer.
Metamorphosis is comprised of over 150 presets designed by sound designer Bryan “Xenos” Lee. This new bank combines the sinister styling of Bryan Lee with the legendary sound of the CS-80V to provide producers of film scores, video games, and other audio for [...]

 

MultiBoost Pak, a unique collection of multi-patches for use with Stylus RMX.
NSL lead sound designer Jeremy Janzen has focused on pushing the boundaries of whats possible with RMX multi-patches - creating totally new grooves from the core sample material included with RMX. Layering, chaos, muted layers, fx, and edit groups are all put to full [...]

 
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Master Songwriter HALion3 Workstation, from AudioWarrior producer Greg Giametta, includes a large selection of top-quality, professional-grade instruments, including flexible auto-strumming acoustic and electric guitars, a non-weighted MIDI keyboard, analogue synth racks, world-percussion, organs, pianos, the legendary one-man-orchestra Wurlitzer theatre organ, and more.
Three Drum Track Builders have 100’s of drag And drop intros, fills, grooves, outros [...]

 

NAMM Show Update: Celemony Software presents two new Melodyne Sound Libraries for the multi-track editions of Melodyne: cre8 and studio. The two DVDs, “the voice vol. 1″ and “the voice vol. 2″, offer first-class choral phrases with which – thanks to Melodyne technology – the voicing, tonality, phrasing and tempo of each voice can [...]