Lightning Review The deviants at Dark Side Of The Tune have unleashed their latest sample library, Queen’s English, a spoken-word dealio from everyone’s favorite fun-gal, Miss T, an English dominatrix. The disc is broken down into six sections, Fetish, Mistress, Street, Food, Bible and Vulgarity. Some of the sound bites flat out don’t work,...

Native Instruments has announced that they are now in bed with Abbey Road, the famed British recording studio. Sounds like the collaboration will yield more KORE packs, but you never know with NI. Here’s the crux of their engagement announcement: Combining Native Instruments‘ industry-leading expertise in music software design with Abbey Road’s...

Samson Technologies has released the Q2U Microphone Recording Pack with HP20 headphones. Samson designed the Q2U as a quality microphone to meet all live sound and digital audio recording needs. A dynamic handheld microphone, the Q2U features both an XLR output and a USB I/O allowing it to be plugged directly into a live sound console or any computer with a USB...

SPL has released their Vitalizer MKII plug-in for Mac and PC in all the popular flavors. The Vitalizer, modeled after SPL’s hardware version, is a unique and comprehensive tool to add character and life to any music production via their patented filter technology for sound optimization. Features: » Patented technology for automatic sound...

The mysterious URS has upgraded their Strip Pro to version 2.0 status. All 30 Input Stages have been upgraded to add a more weighted effect with improved vintage odd and even harmonics. The Input Stage Bypass makes it easy to keep your settings and A/B the Input Stage effect. The Compressor section gets a Fast AttackAlgorithm that recreates the fast attack...