Native Instruments REAKTOR is noted as being extremely powerful, but extremely complex. REAKTOR guru Brent Kallmer saves the day and shows you the ins and outs with a in-depth series covering the important features and functions of this awesome software suite.

RG is a unique groove plug-in that is far more than just a "virtual Rhythm Guitar player ! New released RG 1.5 included 'Muted Guitar' model.

The Hip-Hop Beast takes a westcoast approach to sound design. Hip-Hop Beast comes with an impressive stock library of instruments. Finally a library has successfully delievered that Big Westcoast sound that is common in Dr.Dre,Battlecat,Dj Quik records.

'Urban Royalty' lets you make beats that sound bigger than King Kong! 'Urban Royalty' is a killer collection of 10 expertly crafted Construction Kits, fit for a beat-making king. These Kits are in the style of Drake, Usher, Trey Songz, and many other hit makers. This product is available in Acid/WAV, Apple Loops, REX and MIDI formats.

It's finally here! The follow-up to the highly acclaimed "Cinematic Percussion" brings you even more amazing percussion loops - perfect for a multitude of musical cinematic settings. Trust us, there are no sloppy seconds here; Cinematic Percussion 2 features pristinely recorded taikos, toms, snares, dumbeks, timpanis, frame drums, and so much more. There are a total of 30 percussion construction kits all featuring multiple musical sections and variations allowing you to create full-length percussion tracks from intros to endings. There is over 4.5 GB of original material here and over 1,100 files. In addition, its all been formatted in Acidized WAV files, Apple loops, REX, RMX, and Kontakt formats (KLI Series). Cinematic Percussion 2 is a library that truly delivers in both quality and quantity.

Create extraordinary images in less time than ever before with Perfect Photo Suite 7. With seven powerful products, you'll have everything you'll need to solve the most common problems in digital photography, maximize your creativity and realize your photographic vision.

All You hip-hop, rap, illbient, down-tempo and trip-hop fans looking for a NEW sound - This is what you've been waiting for!! This sample collection will take your music to new heights! THREE top-notch music producers giving you all their flava in one downloadable sample collection!

Left brain, right brain. Digital Performer 8 is designed equally for both, with insiprational features devised to ignite your creative muse, combined with state-of-the-art studio production technologies engineered for the most demanding, world-class recording and production environments.

Create extraordinary images in less time than ever before with Perfect Photo Suite 7. With seven powerful products, you'll have everything you'll need to solve the most common problems in digital photography, maximize your creativity and realize your photographic vision.

This massive 8.4 GB collection (3.5 GB of 24-bit WAV files) of Electronic, Industrial and Dramatic Filmscapes is the perfect choice for Film, TV, Documentaries, Video Games, Sound Design, Trailers, Commercials and Songwriting. TITAN Filmscapes showcases composers and films such as Hans Zimmer, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Cliff Martinez, Chemical Brothers, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Dark Knight, Inception, The Social Network, Contagion, The Book of Eli and many others!

Xcode provides everything developers need to create great applications for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Xcode 4 has been streamlined to help you write better apps. It has unified user interface design, coding, testing, and debugging all within a single window. The Xcode IDE analyzes the details of your project to identify mistakes in both syntax and logic, it can even help fix your code for you.

Built on a clean slate for OS X, Sound Forge™ Pro Mac provides a contemporary application environment that’s perfect for recording, editing, processing, and rendering broadcast-quality audio master files. A fresh statement on audio editing software, Sound Forge Pro Mac includes a comprehensive suite of mastering, restoration, and repair tools for immediate results.

Get Hidden Insider Secrets on Beat Making Tips and Neck Popping Drum Pattern Swings! Boost your beat making production levels and energize your pattern swings. Don’t give up on your Beat Making Skills, there is HOPE!!!

If your BMW is more than one year old, it might be time to update the BMW sat nav software. Contained on a sat nav DVD, BMW updates the software every six months by adding new POIs streets, restaurants, lodging, points of interest, and other miscellaneous items. Especially if you are on the road a lot and depend on your GPS navigation system to guide you around traffic jams, you should be prepared to update BMW navigation software at least every year.

Once again, NATIVE INSTRUMENTS raises the bar with KONTAKT 5 — the latest version of the industry-leading sampler. KONTAKT 5 takes a bold leap forward with 37 new filters, four new on-board studio effects, updated time stretching, a new instrument bus system and more. As you will see from the newSTUDIO DRUMMER, for example, it's a deep-rooted update to the KONTAKT platform, allowing us — and you — to create even better instruments and more powerful, expressive sounds.

SPARK DubStep's powerful, user-friendly interface makes beat- and bass pattern-creation easy, especially when using the step sequencer situated at the top of the default centre panel. Hardware drum machine enthusiasts will feel right at home here. Thanks to advanced looping modes cleverly combined with the XY pad's real-time slicing and filtering controls, users will be producing breaks in no time at all.

Computer Music is the complete guide to making music with a computer. We help potential musicians get the right software and hardware and show them how to use it. We enable computer owners to develop their musical interest and expertise. Each issue comes with extensive interactive tutorials, in-depth product reviews, glossaries, frequently asked questions and interviews. There are also major news reports and detailed features plus a full of samplers every issue.

Cakewalk has done it again, this time taking their flagship DAW SONAR to the next level, adding tons of new features and functions. SONAR X2 is here and Eli Krantzberg is the man with the plan, showing you all of its ins and outs.

Called GibbsCAM 2012+, this new version includes tremendous speed and performance improvements, including a rendering option specifically geared for multi-axis parts, improved cutting strategies and many productivity enhancements. The new version includes improvements for all levels of GibbsCAM, including the Mill and Lathe Production, SolidSurfacer, Radial Milling, MTM and 5-Axis options.

From getting a great tone to releasing the final mix, today's musicians must master every element of the music production process. SONAR X2 is there every step of the way and takes each element to the next level of power and usability. And thanks to the revolutionary Skylight user interface, SONAR X2 lets you move seamlessly among the elements, instantly going from recording to editing to mixing and back again. And do it all with a single Smart Tool. It's genius.

Integrated CAD systems such as Pro/Engineer will have so many commands and options that navigating them has become confusing. Creo addresses the problem by dividing Pro/Engineer into a family of applications targeted to specific tasks. The idea is that each app will contain only those functions needed for a specific activity.

The French Harpsichord library features a double-manual instrument by renowned French builder Nicolas Pigalle. The instrument – built in Dijon in 1771 – features an “enchanting sound with singing clarity and a substantial bass”, as Professor Beur-mann explains. These qualities - along with its huge tone which also manages to bring out its deli-cate, sophisticated finesse and detail – make it is an excellent representation of the French style. “It is one of only two surviving harpsichords from Dijon, a city once so rich in musical tradition, the other also being by Pigalle.”, he continues.

The slick, rich tone of a rare traditional Italian harpsichord is stunningly captured in over 1,600 individual samples and patches for all leading samplers. The Italian Harpsichord III library features an instrument built around 1690 by an anonymous maker. Featuring three sounds - a front and a rear 8' register as well both together - it allows for the traditional rich and slick Italian harpsichord tone, offering additional flexibility by choosing the adequate 8' or using the gentle 2 x 8' combination with its inspiring and complex harmonics.

Aperture combines the control and speed pros want for demanding photo tasks with the easy learning curve iPhoto users need to step up to an advanced photo tool. It has been fully optimized for the Retina display on the new MacBook Pro, letting you browse and edit high-resolution images with remarkable clarity and resolution. And with a new unified photo library, you can now move seamlessly from iPhoto to Aperture — and back — without having to import, export, or reprocess your photos. Aperture is packed with innovative adjustment tools to refine your images, including a revolutionary Auto White Balance that uses skin tones to correct color casts, and a professional Auto Enhance that applies Exposure, Vibrancy, Curves, and more with a single click. It also includes powerful Brushes for painting image adjustments onto parts of your photo, and dozens of ready-to-use professional photo Effects. You can share your photos directly to Facebook and Flickr, add them to your Photo Stream, and showcase your best work as an impressive coffee table-style photo book or as stunning slideshows that weave together photos, audio, text, and HD video.