Drum and Bass legends Aquasky join forces with Loopmasters to launch an exciting new sample label Monster Sounds! Alongside exclusive sample packs from Aquasky themselves alongside their cut up house alter-ego Black Noise, Aquasky have dug deep into them rolodex to bring you packs from top artists and producers from around the world in various cutting edge genres and styles, with the aim to release a pack every few weeks. Watch out for packs from Sy & Unkown, The Baker Brothers, Lee Mortimer, Kanji Kinetic and Organ Donors alongside some very exciting vocal-based packs tapping their huge network of top MCs and rappers focusing on the different sounds emanating from across the States kicking off with East Coast Rap Pack and Dirty South Rap Pack!

RØDE Microphones is extremely excited to announce the release of its RØDE University audio education course for the Apple iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. This free app includes all the video content from both the musical and broadcast syllabus from RØDE’s award winning website, rodeuniversity.com.

Tek’it Audio new VST effect plugin “8eqp” is available now. “8eqp VST” is a fully parametric 8 band equalizer with a particularity, a fixed center frequency range. Each band offers Q-factor, gain and center frequency controls.

The developers call it Audiogmented reality. Hear some nice streetperformance? Share some citysounds? On a party? Share a voice message with your friends on Facebook? Got something to say what doesn’t fit in a tweet? Use Shoudio! Listen to other random Shoudios from people and places all over the world! Tune in to channels. Subscribe to users or channels through iTunes.

Kapture Pad extends Ableton Live’s capabilities by allowing you to take snapshots of all mixer and device parameters in your set and recall them instantly. The inclusion of snapshot morphing makes Kapture Pad not only an indispensable live performance utility but also a mind-bending sound design tool.

Harmony Systems announced the worldwide availability of Delora gbTouch 2, an iPad application that functions as a remote controller for the Apple GarageBand Mac application program. gbTouch 2 adds significant professional style control surface features, and the ability to change the look of the app with a simple preference setting.

Steinberg today releases LoopMash, a mind-blowing music app for creatively mixing and rearranging beats, tunes and effects. Now available for your iPhone and iPod touch, this inspiring mobile instrument lets you choose from over 40 presets and 250 addictive loops ranging all the way from ethno to disco.