Hitsquad News for Musicians  

PG-Music updates the Mac version of their music accompaniment software, Band-in-a-Box 2012, with over 50 new features and 101 additional RealTracks.

Image-Line wants to break into live music and performance territory with FL Studio v10.5 beta - featuring a cool Performance mode.

Native Instruments drops the price of their 6 channel audio interface - Komplete Audio 6.

Sonivox is giving out five boxed copies of Wobble - their Dubstep grime generator synthesizer.

Micro Kits 02 is the second twisted drum kits sample pack from Twisted Tools, for use with Maschine, Kontakt, Battery, Reaktor and EXS24.

The HDJ-1500 by Pioneer is designed to deliver quality sound reproduction in a stylish look designed for pro DJs.

Celemony updates their professional recording restoration software Capstan to version 1.1 with multiple track fixing and a new rental model.

Soundation Studio, a web browser based DAW, is adding community and social features to their service.

Show off your microKorg skills and win prizes with the microMadness video contest.

Ableton celebrates their SoundCloud teamup with a music making contest and by giving away free 5 month SoundCloud Pro accounts to Live users.

Traktor Pro 2.5 with Remix Decks is set for a May 30, 2012 release, coinciding with the arrival of its partner DJ controller Traktor Kontrol F1.

AudioThing's Pipes is a collection of pipe sounds for Kontakt which includes cardboard tubes, aluminum spray cans, dreamcatchers and PVC pipes.

Musicrow packed 44 ensembles in one package with the Golden Ensembles 3 for Native Instruments Reaktor 5.

Nuendo Live is a multitrack recording solution fine tuned to capture live performances - be it small clubs or big concert events.

Rack Extensions improve the compatibility of the Reason rack, by allowing third party developers create instruments and effects for Reason.

Avid has bundled their portable audio interfaces - Mbox and Mbox Mini with Pro Tools Express software at no additional charge.

Here at Hitsquad we've been bringing you the top software for music production since 1995, now we present the best programs available today.

The free grant service Good Maker currently has a challenge called 'Make Music' where they are giving away a $2500 grant to whichever project gets the most votes.

Pioneer RMX-1000 is a DJ remixing system that features remix effects and rhythmic sampling.

Analog Anomalies is a free Live Pack for Ableton's Analog Instrument.

The new and improved Audacity 2.0 is now available for Windows, Mac and GNU/Linux, derived from version 1.3.14.

Update: The deadline to enter has been extended to the 11th of April, 2012.

Pioneer's flagship DJ headphones get a new stylish makeover with a black chrome version dubbed the HDJ-2000-K.

Electrolyzium 2 sample pack follows up on the original Electrolyzium, designed by Sunny Lax for Electro House, Progressive and Complextro genres.

Line 6 Mobile Keys is a USB MIDI keyboard controller that is fully compatible with the Mac, iOS and Windows.

Vocaloid Oliver is modeled after the voice of a real 12 year old choir boy, made for the singing synthesis software - Vocaloid 3.

Puremagnetik's Synth700 is a digital recreation of Korg's first analog monosynth, the MiniKorg 700.

XLN Audio has announced a special price reduction offer starting March 1, 2012 for many of their products including Addictive Drums, all MIDI Paks and Kit Piece Paks.

If you're unfamiliar with Ableton Live Clips then check the video demonstration below.

Evolve is a Kontakt based instrument that carries a selection of sounds, rhythm and effects designed for film use.