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News The latest official information on Dangerous Bear products and activities |
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June 30th, 2008 Native Instruments Superpack Announced. This summer special is a discount bundle of Anomaly (both Absynth and Kontakt Editions) , Apokrypha, Dangerous Keyz, DroneWorx and Vision will be on sale from July 1st through August 31st for only $135, 20% off full price if purchased separately. With more NI material coming very soon and being added to the package as we go, and plans for adding special cross-library presets and multis, this collection will grow and evolve. Read more, hear audio, and order here: |
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May 2nd 2008 DroneWorx Released. Made in collaboration with Westgate Sounds, DroneWorx is now available for download in both Native Instruments(wav files with Kontakt .nki Instrument and .nkm Multi files and Absynth .ksd files) and Cakewalk(ogg vorbis samples with sfz definition files and Dimension Pro and Rapture Program files) Editions. DroneWorx is a collection of highly evocative ambient soundscapes, and is both your passport and vehicle to explore new sonic worlds. Each individual format is only $30, and a bundle of both for only $40. Users who preordered will be receiving links over the May 3rd-4th weekend, and new users will get their links on a first-come, first serve basis within 24 hours of ordering. |
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May 2nd 2008 Prometheus Instrument and Preset Updates Released. 49 new presets and free update to WusikEngine version 4.6.2. Users will be receiving download emails, and new users will get the newest engine and presets automatically. |
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March 24th 2008 Resynth Project One For Doppelmangler Released. Fifty sounds for White Noise Audio Software's well-liked resynthesis/sample mangler for only $5. Based on diverse selections form the dBu sample archives. Order here: |
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March 17th 2008 Kontakt Sale. Apokrypha($24, regularly $30),Dangerous Keys($16, regularly $20), and Vision($20, regularly $25) are all now on sale for 20% off or buy Apokrypha and Vision, get Dangerous Keys free. March 17th-31st. |
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March 10th 2008: Prometheus Demo Now Available. A limited function, small soundset taste of the dBu flagship VSTi. Limits include no preset saving and a 30-minute time limit. Download Prometheus Lite: |
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February 15th, 2008: Prometheus VST Released. Powered by the WusikEngine, Prometheus features an 11.5 gigabyte soundset and over 1500 presets. Read more, hear audio, and order here: |
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February 15th, 2008: President's Day Sale On Native Instruments Library Bundles. Two bundles, one for Kontakt, one for Absynth, available for the weekend of Friday, February 15th through Monday, February 19th only. Save over 30% on Apokrypha, Anomaly, and Vision for Kontakt, and Anomaly and CryptoTronix for Absynth. Only $70 for the Kontakt bundle and $50 for the Absynth package. Available on this page only, this weekend only. |
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February 2008: Loop Blowout. The original Dangerous Grooves (NOT the Perimeter Sound Edition) is being discontinued as of this month. It is being blown out at the ridiculous price of $5 for wav and rex2. The sample content itself will live on, in Kontakt(FXD3) and Sampletank(as an Alchemy Expansion Element, summer 2008) and possibly in other projects. New recording with Johann has begun, and new Dangerous Grooves will be released in 2008. |
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January 2008: New Loops Released. Now available in wav format, Dangerous Grooves Perimeter Sound Edition expands to include 5 Volumes. Previously released(and also available in rex2) is Hip-Hop-LoFi. Now also released are Techno-DrumNBass, NeoTribal, and two Volumes of FX loops. Based on drum performances by dBu associate Johann Rucker and edited by Jeff Rhodes of Perimeter Sound, these loops cover a wide diversity of sound, style, tempo and feel. $30. The new Volumes will be released in rex2 over the course of 2008, and current users will have discount crossgrade opportunities. |
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January 2008: Prometheus Updated and Expanded. Sample and preset content which had previously been earmarked for expansion packs for Prometheus have now been added to the base package, more than doubling the size of the instrument's core library to 11.5 gigabytes and over 1300 presets. |
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December 2007: Prometheus VSTi Announced. Based on the WusikEngine, Prometheus offers users a 4.5 gigabyte soundset and hundreds of presets. The soundset includes all-new samples focused on synthesis and soundscaping. Available for preorder at the introductory price of only $75, and scheduled for release in early 2008. |
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December 2007: Anomaly Volume Three Released For Multiple Formats, Full Three Volume Set Consolidated. In association with Westgate Sounds, dBu presents the latest soundsets in the Anomaly series. Developed by dBu Chief Sound Designer Daniel Kemp, Anomaly is available in Editions for Absynth, Dimension, Kontakt, Rapture, Sampletank, sf2 and WusikEngine synths, such as dBu's Prometheus. Users of the previous two volumes have been emailed special links to order discount-priced crossgrades. However, as of this release, the Volumes will no longer be available separately, but will be sold as a single set for $50 per Edition, with discounts for Native Instruments and Cakewalk bundles. |
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December 2007: New Kontakt Products, Announced And Released. dBu has announced and released several new products for Native instruments samplers Kontakt and Battery. Vision 3 is a revised and updated version of the popular first dBu product for Kontakt. Now including elements of both Vision Volumes One and Two and adds a large volume of new material. The collection focuses on layered and stacked synth sounds and includes 1.34 gigabytes of samples and 156 instrument presets. Vision 3 is now available for $25. Apokrypha is a one gigabyte, 235 Instrument collection of audio oddities and heresies. Available now, $30. Dangerous Keyz is a collection of electric pianos and organs including 60 instruments and over 300 megabytes. Essential vintage and modern sounds. Available now, $20. Also announced for release in 2008 were DroneWorx, FXD3, and Konnektions. DroneWorx is a collection of abstract ambiences. FXD3 is a drum, percussion and loop library for Kontakt and Battery. Konnektions is a collection of synth sounds for Kontakt, emphasiszing Kontakt's synthesis engines' deep power. All three are available for preorder. Please watch this page for more information about these libraries and their releases. |
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