New bangin' electro-tech
Published Date:
21/08/2010
Modified Date:
21/08/2010
Vox in a box
Electro-House MC Vocals - SoundsToSample -WAV format - £14.99 d/load
The ultimate companion to the ultimate beat, Electro-House MC Vocals features 100s of spoken phrases specifically engineered for maximum dancefloor impact. Dripping with authentic west coast flavour, the collection lends itself to brazen underground house but complements just about every EDM or urban style.
Weighing in at over 80MB, the collection covers the entire spectrum of floorfilling spoken theatrics from singular grunts, laughs and whoops to multi-line multi-tracked raps, rhymes and exclamations.
The sounds are Ideal for use as song-starting toplines or to add sparkle to that perfect dancefloor dub.
Featuring mono, and wide-panned variations, the 16-bit/44.1khz wav files have been recorded using precision engineering techniques.
Employing the sonical sparkle of the industry standard Neumann U87 microphone, the recordings fit perfectly in even the most crowded mixes.
All vocals are recorded at 128bpm.
SoundsToSample
Published Date:
21/08/2010
Modified Date:
23/08/2010
Deep in the house

Deep House Synths & Stabs 2 - SoundsToSample - WAV - £12.95 d/load
A SECOND exquisite serving of smokey synths, floating stabs, warped Rhodes and dusty lo-fi progressions in the latest from the Dual Shaman team, boasting 290+ late-night workouts.
With sound sources from raw Juno 106 waveforms through lush FM synthesis to processed organic samples, this huge pack includes 200 one-shot stabs in a variety of chords ready to be loaded into your sampler and triggered across the keyboard to build your own unique melodies.
Also included are 96 deep and dubby looped progressions, ready-rolled backing and toplines with a range of processing - and MIDI files included for you to tweak at will.
All loops are tempo (125bpm) and key-labeled for your ease.
Please note that drums in the online demo are not included in the pack - this pack ONLY includes synths and stabs.
Download includes:
200 x one-shot chords and stabs PLUS 96 loops and Midi files. All sounds presented as 24-bit Wav files. Download size: 406.9MB (unzipped), 354.3MB (zipped).
Check out the demo, fall in love and buy at:
SoundsToSample
Published Date:
24/07/2010
Modified Date:
24/07/2010
Time for migration

MIGRATON KIT WINDOWS 7 - Laplink Software - £29.99 PC World
LAPLINK SOFTWARE Inc. launches Migration Kit for Windows 7.
The Migration Kit for Windows 7 helps you transfer all of your old files from a Windows XP or Vista operating system on to a clean install of Windows 7.
Microsoft does not offer a direct upgrade path from Windows XP to Windows 7, forcing upgrade customers to erase their entire PC before moving into the latest operating system.
Migration Kit for Windows 7 contains everything that’s needed to make migration as easy as possible.
The clearly-designed wizard guides you step-by-step through the migration process from Windows XP/Vista to Windows 7.
DiskImage 4 Professional Edition and Laplink PCmover are able to image and migrate up to three systems.
The migrations can occur on the same as well as between two different computers.
An Ethernet transfer cable is included in delivery for migration between two computers.
Laplink Migration Kit for Windows 7 is available now at SRP £29.99 inc VAT from PC World
Published Date:
24/07/2010
Modified Date:
24/07/2010
Virtual world

PARAGON GO VIRTUAL - PC - Free download
DON'T lose your music - back up, back up, back up - OR you could go 'virtual'.
You've all probably heard of the 'cloud' system by now (who thinks up these daft names?) where you can keep vast amounts of data in a 'distant' storage facility but does it work? And, perhaps more importantly, is it easy to use?
Well, Paragaon Software certainly thinks so and is encouraging you to give it a go, so, without further ado, read on:
It’s time to upgrade to a new operating system, but the thought of all the unknown issues may hold you back. What if your favorite applications haven’t been updated to work with the new OS? There may be unintentional software glitches or bugs that will damage your host computer. One solution would be to create a virtual clone of your current computing environment to test any changes or upgrades before going live on your own PC, but migration to a virtual machine might be too complex and expensive for an average home user. How do you even begin to go virtual?
Paragon Software Group (PSG), the technology leader in innovative data security and data management solutions, invites you to Paragon Go Virtual with the new easy-to-use, free migration tool created for PC users who want to work in a virtual environment without technical risk.
Paragon Go Virtual
allows you to make a virtual clone of your PC in three easy steps.
Working in a Physical to Virtual (P2V) environment has benefits. Avoid negative system conflicts by creating a virtual clone of your current physical system before migrating to a new computer – try new software in a safe environment and decide whether it works and is exactly what you need before making it a permanent addition to your collection. Or save your virtual environment to a USB hard drive and use it from anywhere at any time, just as if you’re working from your own PC.
With P2V, you can also take advantage of an up-to-date powerful computer while still having access to favorite applications from an old computer. And, if your old computer is corrupted or you lose data in a transfer, but you have a backup image of your old system made with Paragon software, you can virtualise it using Paragon Go Virtual installed on your new PC.
Previously available only to businesses and advanced users, migration to a virtual machine -- because of its complexity and high cost – could be time consuming and complicated for an individual PC user.
Individual users were often required to search for several third-party software tools, and then ensure that these tools were compatible with their new machine before completing the process.
Paragon Go Virtual quickly and efficiently solves these problems by providing a complete solution compatible with all major formats of known virtual machines, including Microsoft (Virtual PC), VMware (Fusion, Workstation, Player) and Oracle (VirtualBox). Further, Go Virtual requires no additional tools for and after the migration process.
Availability:
Paragon Go Virtual
is available for immediate download,
free of charge.
For more information please visit the company website Paragon
Published Date:
18/07/2010
Modified Date:
18/07/2010
Go dotty today

DOTS - Earphones - Radiopaq - £14.99 (inc VAT)
THESE mini-masterpieces will drive you dotty - in a very good way of course.
If you're fed up of your tangled, and often bulky, earphones, then go dotty today and discover the sounds you've been missing.
The diminutive, dynamic designer dots are an outstanding, affordable range of metal earphones packed with great features to enhance the audio experience for music-lovers of all tastes.
Key features.
The world’s smallest earpiece delivering great sound quality, noiseisolation and comfort
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Unrivalled audio performance and quality for price.
Fresh and trendy colour options in a contemporary metal finish.
Designed for flaunting.
A thoughtful, elegant bead design, is complemented through a choice of seven funktastic, darn-right flauntable colours. Accessorising is all the rage and there is a dots. headset to go with every outfit, mood and season.
Quality and Performance.
A snip at under £15, the remarkable robust metal dots. earphones produce a sound quality to rival far more expensive plastic models. Performing to the highest acoustic standards Radiopaq’s dots. bring Hi-Fi, high quality, affordable audio output, to everyone, everywhere.
Small Comfort.
Sporting a unique ultra-tiny sound driver (50 per cent smaller than most standard earphones) and based upon nano-acoustic technology, Radiopaq dots. come with a selection of three sizes of silicone ear-cushions to provide a customised earpiece. This is more comfortable to wear than other traditional sized and more bulky or rigid options.
This ear-cushion choice combined with the small driver, creates a better fit especially for those with diminutive delicate ear-canals such as children and women. What’s more the snugger fit delivers excellent sound isolation as it effectively cuts out more of the ambient background noise, reducing the maximum volume needed to clearly hear the playback and thus allowing safer audio levels to protect the ears.
The dots also feature a soft rubber silicone cable finish, helpfully making the cable tangle-resistant – so no more knots or messy pockets. To ensure best sound quality during transfer, dots. also feature a gold-plated, 3.5mm stereo jack plug so are perfect with any iPod, iPhone, or other MP3 and MP4 players.
Available now from HMV, Game, amazon.co.uk, tesco.com and other fine
establishments.
Check them out here: RADIOPAQ
Published Date:
11/07/2010
Modified Date:
11/07/2010
Hardstyle heroics

HARDSTLYE EVOLUTION - VIPZONE - WAV - d/load 15 euros
FOLLOWING on from VipZone's excellent catalogue of kits for devotees of the Hardstyle Trance genre comes this add-on kit packed with new sounds that'll have your brain melting within minutes of firing it up.
Comprising 133 royalty-free Hardstyle loops and files, this is a top-notch pack recorded in high quality - and it's VERY LOUD!
What you get is enough on your plate to make complete tracks from this one kit, or, better still, combine these loops with the thousands of others from VipZone's Hardstyle range and you'll be banging away for a long time to come.
Another great and fun use for them is - yes, try it and see - to slap the loops into a drum and bass track. DnB usually starts around the 165pm mark but VipZone's 145bpm loops slot in seamlessly if you want to try something different.
Because of the hi-tech, up-to-the-minute recording technique, all VipZone's loops timestretch with ease without any loss of quality whatsoever.
However, make sure you wear your trusty Sennheiser headphones when making and monitoring your track or your neighbours will be on the phone to the police as the Hardstyle kick-loops alone are powerful enough to rattle everyone's window frames for miles around.
What you get in this 145bpm collection: lead loops, plenty of the Hardstyle 'pig grunt' vocals, 32 Hardstyle/Jumpstyle Kick Loops (each played with different notes), 15 Kick Loops, 10 FX, 10 Claps and 10 snares - and all for the bargain price of just FIFTEEN euros.
Electro, Trance, Clubstyle, Dance and, of course, Hardstyle
are the genres VipZone prides itself on and has built a solid reputation over the years for top quality, so, suffice to say, this pack will not disappoint you.....
But don't just take my word for it. As always, VipZone gives you a 'try before you buy' option and you can listen/download a demo from the site at anytime of the day to suit you.
Check it out here: VIPZONE
Published Date:
11/07/2010
Modified Date:
11/07/2010
Hit the decks


DIGITAL DJ - MAGIX - PC/MAC DVD £39.99 +£2.99 p+p or d/load £39.99
ONE of the world's leading (and most respected) international providers of software, online services, and digital content, has announced the release of Digital DJ.
A good music mix is essential for any party, and with MAGIX Digital DJ, mixing music on your PC and letting individual tracks fade into each other has never been easier.
Thanks to the automix function, your PC will do all the mixing itself, and the integrated sound analysis makes sure you always find the right track.
Use your headphones to preview your audio material or apply sound effects while you are mixing music.
The integrated mufin technology means that you can select a starting song and create a list of similar songs which you can then integrate into your playlist manually, or use the automix feature.
Simply start the DJ software and mix your favourite music! Whether your songs come from iTunes® or from your computer's hard drive, simply drag and drop files onto the deck or into the playlist and you're ready to go!
Using the preview function, you can quickly and easily test whether the selected title fits to the current song and can be integrated into the open set.
Your audience doesn't hear beat matching of songs and testing of various effects - the DJ can preview everything through his headphones, and the dance floor keeps moving from one perfect transition to the next.
So, 'hit the decks running' and churn out those choons!!
For all the info you need - including product videos - visit
MAGIX
Published Date:
27/06/2010
Modified Date:
27/06/2010