Nice intro video for the Hobnox Audiotool that offers an introduction to creating beats.
AudioTool is like Reason for your Web browser.

Ableton has released Orchestral Instruments - four sampled instrument collections representing the four sections of an orchestra. The instrument collections are available individually or as a bundle.
The Orchestral Instruments are seamlessly integrated into the Ableton Live environment and use a technology called SmartPriming to manage system resources efficiently, providing big symphonic sound with a minimum […]

SONiVOX MI has released Anatomy, a sample library for Kontakt that features exclusively human body sounds.
Anatomy offers over eight-hundred instruments that “twist and transform the human body into one expansive collection of physiological melody and rhythm. Anatomy sonically explores the human condition in ways never dared attempted previously, delivering you a deep, diverse & rich […]

Rayzoon has released BonzoPak - a John Bonham style drum library for Jamstix virtual drummer VSTi.
I’m a little iffy on the whole idea of cloning a dead musician’s sound, but I’m sure there’s a place for this.
If you’re interested at all in the idea, check out the Rayzoon demos - like Little Bitta Love & […]

Overview of The Pianoid.
The Pianoid synthesizes not only the sounds of a piano, but their behavior as dictated by the specifics of a musical performance. The Pianoid is an idealized piano model. Users can create and save as presets the characteristics of any existing piano or related instrument, such as a harpsichord, glockenspiel — even […]

Clavia has released the Nord Wave Manager, an application that allows Nord Wave users to create Sample Instruments from any standard audio file and download these to the Nord Wave synthesizer through its USB interface.
Highlights:

Creates mono or stereo samples from an audio file (.wav format)
Easy to map samples across a keyboard range
Graphical interface for setting […]

The Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology has released an open-source Windows framework for developing virtual synthesizers:
SynStart is a simple and straightforward free open source framework for audio programming in C++. It embeds all the interfaces and book keeping routines required to build stand-alone real-time sound generators for the Windows platform: A polyphonic […]

Cakewalk has released Cakewalk Studio Instruments, designed to be an easy-to-use and affordable consumer software instrument collection for Mac and PC. Cakewalk Studio Instruments has an estimated street price of $49.99.
Cakewalk Studio instruments provides a Drum Kit, Bass Guitar, Electric Piano, and String Section that can be played stand alone or can compliment popular consumer […]

IK Multimedia and Sonic Reality have announced their latest collaborative effort, Sonik Instruments, a series of virtual instrument plug-ins dedicated to focused collections of rare and top-of-the-line instruments and sounds. The first announced of this series are SampleMoog, SampleTron, and Studiophonik.
Each of these Sonik Instruments offers a full synth-sampler engine powered by SampleTank with an […]

The Vienna Symphonic Library team has released VIENNA INSTRUMENTS Collection SPECIAL WOODWINDS, which is now available from Vienna’s worldwide network of distributors and dealers.
Description:
The Special Woodwinds Collection is a 29 GB cornucopia of exotic treasures for symphonic and orchestral works. A special gem is the bass flute. With its velvety, earthy sound, it expands the […]

Native Instruments has released updates for Spektral Delay and Vokator.
Spektral Delay 1.6 including Universal Binary support
Native Instruments has released Spektral Delay 1.6, an update for its unique FFT-based effect processor. The new version brings Universal Binary support, allowing users of Intel-based Macintosh computers to utilize the full potential of this outstanding creative sound design tool […]

Digidesign has announced the Pro Tools Ignition Pack 2 and Pro Tools Ignition Pack 2 Pro — powerful bundles of creative software and tools available free with all Digidesign Pro Tools|HD and Pro Tools LE systems.
“We worked diligently to compile the best software from some of the world’s top audio companies. Whether virtual instruments or […]

2007 NAMM Show: EASTWEST announced a new virtual instrument collection themed around the Beatles, Fab Four Virtual Instruments.
The result of more than a year of research, equipment acquisition and recording, Fab Four Virtual Instruments — unaffiliated with or endorsed by Apple Corps. Ltd. — presents a faithfully executed, incredibly accurate and comprehensive collection featuring the […]

Precisionsound has released Retro Gadgets - First Chapter, a collection of samples from bizarre old electronic toy instruments.
To prepare these old toy instruments for use in a DAW-based studio, they fine-tuned each note exactly so you can add retro flavor without any hassle. Every note of the instruments’ natural range and sound possibilities […]

Garritan, a developer of software instruments and soundware, announces a revolutionary new user interface for sampled and synthesized musical instruments. The revolutionary interface allows the user to select, load, manipulate and mix software instruments […]