CDs & Sound Banks by Instrument news

Cinematique Instruments sets a focus on weird, odd and rare instruments which will add subtle and individual character to your music production.

XLN Audio has announced the release of the Ballad Grooves MIDI Pak.

Sounds And Effects announced that Hidden Objects Percussion ReFill has been released.

SPL has announced that it will be launching five new products at Musikmesse 2010, including the new Analog Code plug-in "DrumXchanger".

The Songwriters Drumpack comes in Ballad, Mid-tempo, Halftime, Up-tempo and Shuffle styles in full four to eight bar grooves.

The Audiowarrior Mountain Banjo Reason Refill is an Open G-tuned virtual banjo designed to add true stereo-sampled banjo character, spirit, and musicality to your songwriting compositions.

Featuring a five-piece Premier Artist Birch drum kit, this downloadable drum sample collection features "bright tones and plenty of attack," according to Drumwerks.

Prime Loops announced the arrival of "NYC Piano Sessions", 600Mb of grand & upright piano loops.

Korg M3 Volume #5 - Vintage Synths is Kid Nepro's fifth collection of sounds for the Korg M3 Workstations, and is now available.

DrumXchanger is a plug-in designed to replace drum sounds in multitrack sessions irrespective of their level.

Puremagnetik has released TrapKit for Ableton Live 8, Kontakt and Logic. TrapKit is "a vintage 1960's Ludwig drum set recorded in a large reflective room with a vast array of microphones."

Odd-Time Odyssey is a collection of odd-time signature drum loops in Song Sets.

Puremagnetik has released Analog Drums for Ableton Live 8, KONTAKT, and Logic.

Beta Monkey Music announces the release of Odd Time Meltdown II in REX2 format.

Urbanic Guitars is a dynamic guitar sample collection.

"Micro Synths" is the first release in next new FatLoud series – "Micro".

Pettinhouse has announced the release of AcousticGuitar Free, a Stereo Steel-strings Acoustic Guitar sample library for Kontakt (2+) coming directly from its "big Brother" AcousticGuitar.

Over 1GB in weight, Essential Drum Loops Combo Pack is a selection of Prime Loops' best-selling Drum Loops Sample Packs, with 850+ Professional Drum Loops at a special discounted price.

For the Winter NAMM show of 2010, Sonic Reality announced "Neil Peart Drums Vol. 1: The Kit," a sample library for BFD2 and Infinite Player, powered by KONTAKT, as part of the Drum Masters series.

PM Grand contains a collection of 9 instruments and 50 looped clips optimized for Ableton Live, Native Instruments Kontakt and Apple Logic.

For this new collection, Prime Loops says many of the sounds were created using Modular Synthesis, thanks to the Moog Voyager and her relevant extra boxes.

Drum Addict is the 3rd and final sample pack in the Addict Trilogy - This one concentrates on drum loops and is designed to compliments its sister releases Synth Addict and Bass Addict.

Prime Loops have released Bass Addict, the 2nd instalment after Synth Addict in their Addict Trilogy.

This is the last in the MPC60 series of sample packs - It includes: Layered Drums, Vinyl Drums, Various Drum Machines, FX, and some synth sounds.

Killer Keyboards includes 32 New Programs — 16 new combis and 5 new Rhodes Electric Piano multi-samples.