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Rayzoon has announced that Jamstix 2, “The World’s Most Advanced Virtual Drummer VSTi” according to the company, will be released on 8/20/2007.
Features:

Real-time groove composition using dedicated style and drummer modeling (not static patterns!)
In-depth drummer limb simulation, including triangulation of hand movements, ensures that the grooves are always humanly playable (no ten-armed drummer here)
Advanced feel [...]

Soundfonts.it has released Miles’tone, a new VST physically modeled instrument designed to bring realistic trumpet sounds to your sequencer. Miles’tone is designed to work with a wind controller, but can also be played with a traditional MIDI keyboard thanks to the built-in dedicated envelope generator.
Miles’tone is a simulation of a trumpet, based on a mixed [...]

 

 Miles Davis As A Plug-In [1:46m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Ueberschall has released Liquid Instrument Series Vol. 8 Drums, a new VST that makes it possible to move, pitch, stretch or even delete any single note of the snare, hi-hat, or bass drum loop without affecting the rest of the groove. All loops and single sound loops automatically adjust their tempo to your arrangement.
Try radical [...]

Maizesoft has introduced Maize Sampler, a sample engine that lets you share your samples with musicians around the world.
Features:

Propagation (VSTi export) with pre-defined UI styles
Keyswitching between 12 layers
Disk-streaming
Sample-mapping, velocity layering
16 channels, 4 stereo output, 32 polyphonies
Supports 8, 16, 24 bit sample rate
Built-in simple reverb and EQ
Both VSTi and Standalone modes
Comes with a Soundfont to Maize [...]

Pipeloops has released a new sample library for Kontakt-2, Cavaillé-Coll Organ of the Église de la Madeleine (Paris), that brings the sounds of a large French romatic cathedral organ to your studio. It comprises a small number of select combinations of stops, ranging from the soft sounds of the 8′-Fonds to the full and glorious [...]

 

 Chorale from: Felix Alexandre Guilmant: Sonata for Organ No 5 [1:16m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Vienna Symphonic Library has released the new Vienna Instruments Collection Special Brass.
Description:
Like the recently released Special Woodwinds, the 21 GB Vienna Instruments Collection Special Brass offers resonant rarities that a first-rate virtual orchestra can’t do without.
To create the perfect counterpart for Vienna’s now famous Epic Horns, the team recorded an ensemble of six trumpet [...]

ChocolateAudio, which has just about the coolest name ever, has announced Mock Bass, advanced electric bass library with just about the coolest name ever, too.
The Mock Bass is sampled from a luthier’s custom made electric bass made by Jacaranda, and includes the latest sampling technologies, featuring four string, automatic string switching, fret position selection, intelligent [...]

Toontrack has released EZdrummer 1.1, which introduces new functionalities as well as providing essential bug fixes for all users and compatibility for the recently announced EZX-s. It is required for the Nashville EZX but is otherwise highly recommended for all users. EZdrummer 1.1 is available for both Intel Mac and PC in VST, AU and [...]

Abbey Road Studios and Propellerhead Software have announced that they have partnered to produce the Abbey Road Keyboards ReFill for Propellerhead Software’s Reason.
Abbey Road Keyboards delivers a hypersampled collection of seven unique instruments, recorded using the original equipment at the legendary Abbey Road Studios.
The Abbey Road Keyboards ReFill consists of Reason 3.0 patches with samples [...]

Homegrown Sounds, best known for producing unique pads/textures through its range of sample CDs, has released Astralis, a VSTi designed for making complex sounds easy to produce.
Description:
If interplanetary excursions are your thing, you will love Astralis, a synth to loose yourself in. Astralis is packed with soundscaping features, and is an intuitive. hands-on sound design [...]