Vember Audio has updated Surge, their subtractive hybrid virtual synth for Mac and PC, to version 1.5. Enhancements: • Filters: The new filters in version 1.5 are capable of self-oscillation and can sound anywhere between clean to dirty depending on how hard they’re driven. They are incredibly fast which means that no matter how much they are...

Loopmasters have released Dubstep 2, a brand new Download Pack featuring over 290MB of Dubstep beats, basslines, drum kits and effects, plus bass and atmosphere patches all ready to play in Kontakt, Halion, Reason NNXT and SFZ. This pack moves on from Dubstep 1 by including more single hit sounds, many more patches and lots of single bass sounds so you can...

Udub! Music has announced that Percy “Master P” Miller has been appointed President of the new digital hip-hop label. Joining the label’s advisory board are Ernie Singleton and Jimmy Rosemond, and DJ Clue has been tapped for A&R. A division of Los Angeles-based digital entertainment content provider UrbanWorld Wireless (UWW), Udub! Music...

ManyTone has released ManyBass, a bass guitar sample based synthesizer for Mac and PC. ManyBass comes with a large collection of bass guitar samples, an efficient sample playback engine, and an effects rack. ManyBass contains 2.4 GB of 24 bit, electric bass guitar multi-samples that cover various articulations and playing styles of the real instrument. The...

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is lobbying to amplify the current statutory damages allowed under copyright law. Using the issue of compilations, which are treated as a single work, the RIAA wants each copied track to count as a separate act of infringement. What does this mean? That if someone is caught illegally downloading a complilation...