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Impact Soundworks developer Will Roget shows how to easily load our SHREDDAGE electric guitar sample library into Kontakt, amp it up and immediately begin playing riffs! Narration by product designer Andrew Aversa. For more about Shreddage, read below:

From the halls of Valhalla (http://impactsoundworks.com ) comes SHREDDAGE, the most realistic rhythm guitar sample library ever! This KONTAKT-format instrument is specifically designed for rock and metal playing! Customize your own tone, play the fastest riffs, and write anything you want. These aren't loops, these are the real deal!

See a very different way of trying out different plug-ins and effect chains to see what works best in the context of your mix. Rather than being limited to simple bypass A/Bing, Kenny shows you how to compare very complicated options.

This video will help you understand what it is to use a filter. Cool like an ice cream sunday.

Toontrack Music release the next product in the Toontrack Software Tools line, EZmix.

EZmix is a simple, yet powerful, mixing tool that gives you access to a huge array of mix presets for the whole gamut of mixing needs. Whether you need to mix drums, vocals, guitars, bass or keyboards this is your tool.

Simply connect EZmix to a channel strip in your sequencer like you would any plug-in, pick a preset for the instrument or sound on that strip. Done. For demo purposes or in full on production EZmix will cut your studio time, speed up and enhance your creative process from the initial hook to the final track.

EZmix is a Mac and PC compatible, AU, RTAS and VST plug-in delivered with a wide variety of mix presets, with a heavy accent on your drum mixing needs.

System requirements are: Windows XP SP3 or newer, Pentium 4 or Athlon processor with 512 MB RAM. 32 and 64 bit Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 are supported. Mac OS 10.4.11 or higher, G5 with 512 MB RAM (Intel based Macintosh recommended). Only 32 bit hosts are supported under Snow Leopard.

20 MB of free hard disc space, an Audio Unit, VST or RTAS host application. Professional sound card recommended.

You can watch the video here: http://www.toontrack.com/products.asp?item=69

An overview of Total Studio 2 Bundle by IK Multimedia. 12 award-winning IK Virtual Instruments and Effects plug-ins covering all of your studio needs. This is video one of two, second one can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m4BUaHAdP0&feature=related

If you have plugins that you use all the time you can add them to your favorites in Pro Tools. I know that I have a giant list of plugins and can often get lost in that list, so favorites is very cool and handy.

What you have to do is click on inserts like you are going to add a plugin to a track. Then instead of clicking on the plugin, hold down the ctrl key (command on Mac) and select the plugin. Once you ctrl select the plugin, it will be added to the favorites list. Which will appear above all of your current plugin categories.

You can also de-favorite the plugin by ctrl-clicking on the plugin in the favorites list.

Nice little Pro Tools tip to save you some time, check it out!

This video gives an overview of what's new in Native Instruments Kontakt 4 in a few simple steps.

This video explains how to find the sound you are looking for in the Kontakt 4 browser.

This is a video of Toontrack's EZplayer pro software. There are two parts you can get to the second part by clicking on the link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc_T8wFmxeM&feature=related

For those of you who don't have 55 gigs to spare using BFD2, Fxpansion is creating a product called BFD ECO. BFD ECO is a streamlined version of BFD2! Weighing in at around 4 Gig, so it is great for using on a laptop. BFD ECO comes out in about a month.

An easy but powerful software instrument for acoustic drums. BFD Eco is a streamlined, fun and affordable software instrument for acoustic drums, based on the award-winning BFD2 engine. Optimized for flexibility and power while being incredibly easy to use, BFD Eco is provided with an extensive built-in library of drum sounds and patterns, and is also compatible with the wide range of FXpansion and 3rd-party add-on expansions.

Check it out at http://www.fxpansion.com/index.php?page=103