W.A. Production has released a free collection of construction kits, samples & loops, MIDI loops, and Serum presets. The Stay Home Stay Safe Freebie includes 3GB of total content. Hi everybody, Roman here from WA Production :) What I would like say is that I wish from the bottom of my heart to all of […]

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Native Instruments has announced the release of three expansions for its Massive X flagship software synthesizer. Rush, Pulse, and Scene each contains 150 presets for the synth tailored toward a certain sound, created by expert sound designers who were involved in the development of Massive X and the creation of its factory library. Made for […]

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Plugin Boutique has announced a flash sale on the Tonelux Tilt plugin by Softube, offering a 44% discount on the tilt equalizer for a limited time. Created in collaboration with original Tonelux designer Paul Wolff, the plugin allows you to get the basic sound in place with a single knob. Go from shimmering bright to […]

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IK Multimedia has announced the launch of its Spring Strings Krazy Deal, offering a 73% discount on two of its virtual instrument for a limited time. Get the “bread and butter” virtual instrument sounds you need for your next song or project with SampleTank 4 SE or compose with a living, breathing orchestra with Miroslav […]

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ProducerSpot has announced the launch of its 2020 Spring Sale, offering a 30% discount on all sample packs for a few days only. The sale features hundreds of titles, including some of the latest releases: Hip Hop Essentials by Diginoiz. Uzi Nation by Smemo Sounds. Fast Life by Studio Trap. Osiris Future Chillwave by Certified […]

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NatLife Sounds has returned with another batch of Sylenth1 sounds with Sylenth1 Trance Essentials Vol. 3, a collection of 64 presets made specifically for Psy, Progressive and Uplifting Trance. The sounds were created by talented Trance producer Soundbreeze. Soundset contains the most memorable Leads, Pads, Plucks & Basslines patches for Sylenth1. In this pack we […]

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Reveal Sound has released its new soundset Spire Trance Essentials Vol. 3, a collection of 100 presets for the Spire synthesizer and 5 construction kits. Most of the presets are transformable by Macro MODs and ModWheel. You can use all presets, WAV samples and loops in your commercial releases without having to pay any hidden […]

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ModeAudio has announced its 2020 Spring Sale, offering a 30% discount on all samples and synth presets for a limited time. Our first sale of 2020 is finally here, discounting every last one of our royalty-free sound packs by a tasty 30%! From treasure troves of vintage drum samples & intricate synth presets to loop […]

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Applied Acoustics Systems has released its new sound pack Kicks & Snares, a collection of 100 drum sounds for the Ultra Analog VA-3 synthesizer and AAS Player plugin. You can never have too many kicks and snares! Resident sound designer Adam Pietruszko signs off on an expertly crafted and clever collection of punchy bass drum […]

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Moog Music has announced a firmware update for the Mother-32 semi-modular analog synthesizer. Combining a flexible analog monophonic voice, robust step-sequencer, and 32-point 3.5mm patchbay for interconnectivity and expandability, Mother-32 is a dynamic standalone instrument that gives synthesists a way to incorporate classic Moog sound into the Eurorack modular world. The firmware version 2.0 update […]

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Audio Plugin Deals has launched a two week sale on Vocalisa Slavic Women’s Choir, offering a 69% discount on the Kontakt library by Impact Soundworks. Discover the powerful sound of Slavic (Bulgarian-style) singing as performed by an all-female chorus: sopranos, mezzos, altos, soloist, and full choir. Vocalisa features many important syllables and consonants idiomatic to […]

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Frontline Producer has launched its new sample pack Stoner and Garage Rock, a collection of hard rock music parts that can be used to craft and reinforce your own groove-laden, riff-filled and harshly distorted jams. Stoner and Garage Rock is aimed at all music producers who want to enlarge their possibilities of expression with real […]

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HighLife Samples has launched the third volume in the Trance Midi Melodies series of sound packs, delivering a fresh batch of MIDI melodies and samples for Trance producers who want to get instant inspiration for their music productions. The pack includes 20 melodies and 20 bass loops in both MIDI and Wav formats (80 files […]

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Plugin Boutique has launched an exclusive sale on the Red Plugin Suite by Focusrite, offering 56% off on the bundle that models Focusrite’s classic Red range ISA 110 equalizer and ISA130 compressor hardware. The Red 2 and Red 3 plugins faithfully reproduce the sonic qualities of the hardware, allowing you to get detailed dynamic and […]

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Plugin Boutique has announced an exclusive sale on the Mandoline by Cinematique Instruments, offering a 30% discount on the virtual instrument featuring the sounds of a flat back soprano mandolin from Ireland, tuned like a violin in G-D-A-E. Our main focus was to create an Mandolin instrument which delivers a natural and organic feel. Our […]

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Sonixinema has announced a sale on the Abstract steel percussion library for Kontakt, offering 30% off during the month of May. Abstract is a steel percussion library like no other. Recorded in exceptional detail and performed with a range of sticks, mallets, bows, this wonderful library features a range of energetic hits and abstract effects. […]

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Kuassa is celebrating a great decade of its vision for a palette of inspiring technology for musicians with the release of Amplifikation 360, a virtual “playground” for stacking pedals, amps, and cabs to create the perfect sound for guitarists. Amplifikation 360 allows you to combine every Kuassa product you own with ease. Try routing Matchlock’s […]

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Fred Anton Corvest has announced its new audio effect for iOS inspired by famous phaser units from guitarist and keyboardist world. FAC Phazer aims to satisfy most fans of phasing effects with a rich sonic palette and an elegant interface. The design development has been inspired by some pedals as well as built in phaser […]

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Loops de la Crème has announced the release of a unique drum instrument that reproduces the sound of musicians grooving and improvising together. Magic 70s Drum Crew includes two separate full drum and percussion kits, and a big range of tasty sounds, including some wonderful congas. You get four percussionists (triangle, cowbell, tambourine and congas), […]

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Plugin Boutique has launched an exclusive sale on Bass Engine, offering 50% off the hip hop bass instrument by DopeSONIX. With Bass Engine we have studied the last three decades of Hip Hop production and have the selected the most representative bass sounds of that era. These basses include everything from dusty jazzy upright bass […]

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KV331 Audio has announced the release of BigTone Club Construction Set, a preset expansion bank for the SynthMaster One software synthesizer instrument. Meticulously created by sound designer Nikolas Herz (BigTone), this bank features 60 presets for techno, tech house, deep house and melodic techno genres. The soundset includes: 5 Bass. 21 Drums. 2 Melodic Sequences. […]

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Plugin Boutique has announced a sale on the Zenith by Audiaire, offering 30% off regular on the advanced MIDI processor plugin. Zenith allows any continuous controllers in a device to be modified by an independent sequencer lane, with each lane running at a unique rate and number of steps. As a feature-rich MIDI processor with […]

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Plugin Boutique is offering a 33% discount on two expansion packs for the Bass Master and Khords virtual instruments by Loopmasters. House Bass for Bassmaster features a fresh set of expertly synthesized audio parts, recorded direct via hi-end A/D converters and treated with hi-end analog modeled EQs, tape and pre-amps. Get ready for warm, fat […]

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The global spread of COVID-19 since January 2020 is resulting in a slowdown in economic activity across the world. The impact on India has been limited so far, however, increasing spread of the pandemic in the country over the last few days and the preventive measures being taken by the central and various state governments have severely restricted business activities.

"PVR has opted to insist on not paying any rent for the period of closure. PVR does not own properties and all of its screens operate on rent," said a source in Chennai-based SPI Cinemas which was acquired by PVR in August 2018.

Emkay Global expects PVR and Inox Leisure to post steep year-on-year drop in revenues at 19 per cent and 24 per cent, respectively.

It can be noted that shopping centres and malls, which tend to attract a lot of crowds, have been shut since mid-March, much before the lockdown was announced and if the social distancing strategies continue post lockdown as well, such facilities are unlikely to open.

Last week, 195 retailers and restaurants including Future Group, Aditya Birla Fashion, Arvind Brands, Domino’s Pizza, Adidas and Levi’s wrote a common letter to mall owners for a “collaborative dialogue” between shopping centres and tenants.

SCAI, which counts Nexus Malls, Prestige, Infiniti, DLF and Lulu among its members, has also proposed using only 50% of the parking areas and not allowing any events and promotions to take place in the common areas to prevent large gatherings.

"There are two big trends emerging. One is the relevance of the humble grocer and people have realised that they are so close to you… proximity, and (that’s) such a big benefit. The second would be on ecommerce. With people becoming more averse to stepping out, they would like to place the order from home and receive it at home. "

Over the past few weeks, chief executives of Unilever, Mondelez, Hershey's Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola and Kimberly Clark have said India’s Covid-19 lockdown protocols had led to severe supply chain disruptions and labour shortages, hurting business in the key market.

The 5.7% stake in Hindustan Unilever that is now on the market, was accepted by GSK as payment for the sale of the malted drink brand and other nutrition brands to Unilever, agreed in late 2018.

These channel partnerships have been done in a phased manner, with Flipkart being the first e-commerce platform to enable the availability of its essential products in Mumbai, Bengaluru and Delhi.

Secretary of the Senate Julie Adams has turned down presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s request to search for records of any complaint filed by his former staffer Tara Reade, citing legal advice that she has “no discretion” to release such materials, because they are confidential under current law.

Nearly half of people polled were “not satisfied” with Biden’s response to Reade’s allegations. Only 19 percent said they were “very satisfied.”

President Trump excoriated the administration of President Barack Obama as “human scum” who attempted to undermine him by “targeting” former national security adviser Michael Flynn. 

Former President Barack Obama, talking privately to former members of his administration, said Friday that the “rule of law is at risk” in the wake of what he called an unprecedented move by the Justice Department to drop charges against former White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

Two web designers say they were fired by Amazon for organizing a virtual town hall to hear from the company’s low-paid warehouse staff.

How to keep customers’ cravings alive has become a challenge for restaurants.

The company said it would announce the locations of the restaurants next week, with plans to open them on May 13.

Impossible Foods expects to expand its retail footprint fifty-fold this year, it said, as demand for plant-based meat soars both in retail and restaurants among health and environment conscious customers.

While withdrawing its forecast for two- to three-year sales growth, Domino's said U.S. same-store sales were up 7.1% in late March and much of April, as diners under lockdown ordered home delivery more often.

FirstCry, run by Brainbees Solutions, posted net sales of `174 crore during FY15-16. The company had net sales of `118 crore with net losses were ` 63 crore a year ago.

J&J, already the world's biggest maker of health-care products, is fulfilling its goal of gaining a new drug category with the transaction and dealing a blow to France's Sanofi, which had also courted Actelion.

The company has also built up an auto referencing system for its stores to stock inventory based on target group and purchasing power of customers in a given location.

The total revenue was Rs 239 crore for the period, a jump from Rs 173 crore the year before.

Currently, Toonz Retail runs 107 stores across India and in the coming year it is looking to come up with stores in Rajkot, Raiberali, Lucknow among other cities.

The first-half loss reflected an 11.1 percent slump in underlying sales in Mothercare's home market, which it blamed on wider market uncertainty and "negative press coverage" of its financial restructuring.

The eco-friendly startup commenced operations in early 2016 out of Utagi’s spare bedroom with a personal investment of Rs 24 lakh.