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dashByte’s dashMIDI (App Store link) is a free iPhone app that enables the control of Propellerhead Reason over a WiFi network.

According to the developers, “If you’ve ever wished that you could start and stop recording without having to run over to your computer, this is the app for you.”

It looks pretty basic, but it could be useful for some. If you’ve used dashMIDI for Propellerhead Reason, leave a comment with your thoughts!

Features support for the following functions:

• Track selection
• Mute
• Solo
• Click
• Fast Forward/Rewind
• Record
• Stop
• Play

This application requires Propellerhead Reason running on an OS X machine & dashMIDI Server running on the same OS X machine.

Visit: dashMIDI

If you like your Tech House samples twisted, funky and groovy as hell then you’ve come to the right place. 400+ exclusive tech house samples & loops crafted and crammed into an incredible sample pack for only $34.99 AUD

Comprising of a multitude of tech house samples to get your productions rolling including killer tech house beats,slamming tech basslines and bass hits, groovy and hooky tech house synth loops, essential sound fx and an outstanding collection of tech house kicks, hats, claps, snares and percussion.

We love the tech house revolution and know that if you’re looking for exclusive high end tech house samples & loops you will not find a collection this good for the low price tag of $34.99 AUD, period.

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Cockos has updated REAPER to v3.4.

Changes:

• MIDI editor:
  • Action to show raw MIDI data.
  • Better drawing/editing for CC events that occur at the very end of the item.
  • CC lane marquee selection, drag or copy selected CC events.
  • CC lane context menu (select/unselect all events in lane, nudge events, etc).
  • Correct overlapping notes whenever they occur.
  • Ctrl+drag to resize one CC lane only, shift+drag to accordion all CC lane sizes.
  • Finer control of mousewheel vertical zoom.
  • Fix for resizing notes up to the left or right edge of the parent item.
  • Fixed marquee selection for drum-mode notes.
  • Fixes for vertical zoom when user preference is to center on mouse cursor.
  • Improved event list properties dialog.
  • Many actions apply to all selected note and CC events.
  • Preferences for sweeps/ramps to affect only selected CC/velocities.
  • Preserve CC event selected/unselected state.
  • Remove CC events with duplicate times and the same status/channel.
  • Support clipboard copy/paste between piano roll, event list, and some external applications.
• OSX:
  • Preliminary bridging support (to run 32 bit plugins on 64 bit, PPC plug-ins on Intel, etc).
  • ReWire slave support (enable slave mode in prefs/plug-ins/ReWire).
  • Audio Units: bridging/firewalling support, with per-FX options (similar to existing VST bridging).
  • Audio Units: pass through REAPER key commands shortcuts when plug-in GUI is focused.
  • Audio Units: more consistent GUI updating when playing back FX automation.
  • Audio Units/VST: enable text entry in edit fields, pass through other keystrokes for Carbon-based plugins.
  • CoreAudio: improved samplerate changing, detect changes on the fly and reinit device.
  • 64 bit version is now named REAPER64.app, better .dmg labels (shows arch).
  • Improvements to plug-in loading code (fewer crashes when plugins are missing dependencies).
  • ReaNINJAM: better support for removing / readding VST.
  • Spawn new REAPER instance is now supported, basic command line option support.
• Ripple editing:
  • Better behavior moving items left/right followed by up/down.
  • Better behavior when moving items left (configurable in prefs/editing behavior).
  • Better behavior when using ctrl+drag copy of items.
  • Fixed ripple all moving via action, with locked items affecting rippled markers.
• Windows:
  • Better handling of ASIO reset messages when project samplerate is set.
  • Fix for unicode characters in new Vista+ file open/save dialogs.
  • Prevent errors on audio devices that display error messages via MessageBox.
  • Vista+ file dialog for source properties and save track template file dialogs.
• Multi-touch:
  • Windows 7 and OSX 10.6 multi-touch gestures can be mapped to REAPER actions.
  • Per-gesture options for reverse, scaling, disabling inertia, improved zooming.
• Resampling:
  • Fixed resampling for media of more than 32 channels.
  • Internal checks to behave better when out of memory/address space.
  • Decreased RAM use in higher quality modes.
• VST:
  • Fix for occasional dropped keystrokes that are meant to be passed through to REAPER.
  • Internal scanning/resolving tweaks.
• Action: adjust last touched FX parameter (mousewheel/MIDI CC).
• CPU usage: optimizations with high track counts (solo sibling calculation caching).
• Elastique: updated to v2.12 (fixes x64 quality issue).
• Envelopes: preference for double-click to add envelope point, or reset existing point to center.
• Item properties: better-looking fadein/fadeout menus.
• MIDI controllers: fix for occasional disappearing action mappings.
• Mixer: save/restore exact visibility of FX, FX parameters, and sends.
• Mousewheel: enable relative zoom for mice that send finely-grained mousewheel data.
• MP3: fixed poor quality render with VBR encoding on OSX and Windows x64.
• Preferences: save/restore last preferences page visited when closing/opening REAPER.
• RAM usage: drastically reduced memory use when drawing waveform peaks in certain instances.
• ReWire: workaround for Pro Tools crashing on exit when REAPER is ReWire slave.
• Tempo maps: lower CPU use for projects with large tempo maps (helps VST time info as well).
• x64: support bridging/firewalling of x64 VSTs, including 32-bit REAPER in WoW64.
• x86/x64 bridging: internal improvements and bugfixes.

REAPER (Rapid Environment for Audio Prototyping and Efficient Recording) is designed for the recording, arrangement, editing, mixing and rendering of audio.

Price: USD 60.00 / USD 225.00

Visit: Cockos

Piano Arpeggio Loops : Arpeggios are quite fancy and they can add great melody to your track. This pack contains 62 piano-arparpeggiated piano loops in the keys of A, C and D. All loops are acidized and carefully beatmapped at 100b bpm. All files are available in Acid Pro Wav and Apple Garageband AIFF.

Piano Arpeggio Loops can be purchased for USD 8.95

Vocoder Beats : This pack is a little experimental, but we like to be deviant at Splurgo Audio. This pack contains 27 loops in the key of A and C. All loops are acidized and carefully beatmapped at 90 bpm. All loops are available in Acid Pro Wav, vocoder-pk1to be used on your PC and in Apple Garageband Aiff.

Vocoder Beats can be purchased for  USD 4.95

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Mr. Alias Pro : Some of the big changes include drawable/saveable/loadable waveforms, a bank of 128 new patches, skinning improvements (including new “Wood” skin), host-syncable LFOs, more modulation options, and lots more.

Among the changes in this version is a new license keyfile system. To get the plug-in out of “demo” mode, a valid keyfile must be present. These are in the process of being e-mailed to all registered users.

This update includes many more bug fixes and new features. Most of the additions are detailed in the updated user’s manual.

Changes in Mr. Alias Pro v2.4

• Added drawable waveforms (256-sample)
• Added secret loadable waveforms (4096-sample)
• Unlock demo version with license key file
• Made Randomize button automatable
• Added option to apply MIDI mapping to whole bank by default
• Added mod wheel and pitch wheel as mod sources
• Added skinnable indicator in main menu for assigned modulation routings (”dot.png”)
• Can use png for skinning background images (”bg.png” and “page2.png”)
• Added “Wood” skin
• Changed folder structure in MrAliasPro folder
• Added new default bank with 128 new patches (old one still included)
• Included “Amateur” bank from non-pro version
• Dragging multiple patches at once will load all of them
• GUI size is saved only with default bank and plugin state
• Added “settings.ini” file
• Last used patch/bank folder is remembered in settings.ini
• Last used drawable waveform folder is remembered in settings.ini
• Added skin selection from main menu (saved in settings.ini)
• Added support for user-defined default patch (”Init.MrAliasPatch”)
• Shift-click Reset button to reset whole bank to default patch
• Added current value display to right-click control menu
• Added link to user’s manual from main menu
• Added previously non-modulatable parameters to mod menu (experimental, new ones in red)
• Shift-click / Shift-Alt-click randomize button to randomize mod matrix
• Added modulation source selection to control popup menu
• Added option to sync LFOs to host tempo
• Added “P” button for assignable envelope
• Fixed bug with channel pressure as modulation source
• Fixed bug with saving mod matrix to bank
• Fixed bug with large modulation of certain parameters
• Fixed bug with formant filter blowing up
• Fixed AU version not working on some systems (Mac OS 10.6.1)
• Added AU effect version
• Fixed envelope release bug with “micro” monophonic mode
• Glide knob now shows for “micro” monophonic mode
• Fixed bug when loading banks containing programs with no mod matrix data
• Added button to toggle interpolation on waveforms (default off)
• Added hard clipper after limiter
• Upated manual with more detail about effects, waveforms, etc.

Price: Mr. Alias Pro is available as a donationware instrument for PC and Mac (VST/AU). A demo version can be downloaded from the Insert Piz Here website.

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