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2008-05-23	Ocean Way Drums receives Key Buy Award in the June edition of Keyboard Magazine In the June edition of Keyboard magazine, Ocean Way Drums Gold was given outstanding reviews… “Stunningly great drum sounds, outstanding mapping and very musical…” “Create a wholly convincing illusion that you spent some major label’s money in some major studio with a major engineer behind a major console.” “Because of good experiences with other Sonic Reality products, I had high hopes fo Read more here.
2008-04-14	Sonic Reality Releases 15 R.M.X Groove paks Sonic Reality Releases 15 R.M.X Groove paks Sonic Reality Inc. is proud to announce the release of 15 new Groove Paks for use natively with Stylus R.M.X! Since the release of the popular Stylus RMX groove plug-in from Spectrasonics, users have had a limited choice of Stylus Groove Expansions. Now every Stylus RMX fan can add to their set up 15 new Groove Paks in native Stylus RMX format made from Sonic Reality s R.A.W. series. Because of their diversity and h Read more here.
2008-04-04	New Rare & Vintage Sound Libraries for SampleTank! Sonic Reality is pleased to announce 4 new downloadable sound libraries for the SampleTank format all with the theme: “Rare & Vintage”. Each library contains hard to find authentic sounds from the 60’s and 70’s as well as uncommon instruments sampled from all over the world.   EXCLUSIVE: GET ALL 4 of these new products in a special GROUP BUY! Limited time offer. SAMPLETANK RARE & VINTAGE BUNDLE. Click here for more info.     Read more here.
2008-01-30	R.A.W Style Paks are now in downloads! Our R.A.W paks are now all available in the download sections. 15 different styles with an average of 1.5GB each that you can get immediately just after purchase. No wait, no shipping. Check here for the list of the paks and more informations  What is a included in a R.A.W Style pak? Each loop in this Style Pak is delivered in 3 formats for the ultimate in groove control and flexibility: Rex - Rex 2 format files for use directly in Reason, Stylus RMX (with drag and drop support), Kontakt or any other Rex 2 compatible DAW or sampler Apple Loops - Apple Loops format files for use directly in Garage Band, Soundtrack, Logic or any other Apple Loops compa Read more here.
2008-01-22	Latest Update on Sonic Reality Sessions with Ken Scott You want to have an inside peak on the upcoming Studio ProFiles Ken Scott Series? Sonic Reality s Dave "Squids" Kerzner takes you behind the scenes with Ken Scott and Bob Siebenberg of Supertramp recreating the drum sounds of the 70 s. Click here for more. Read more here.
2008-01-21	Press release : Sonic Reality Announces the “DownloadCard” and new web site downloadablesoundz.com FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sonic Reality Announces the “DownloadCard” and new web site downloadablesoundz.com  “Sounds instantly available from anywhere in the world” SUNRISE, FLORIDA – January 17th, 2008 – Sonic Reality sound development company is announcing the opening of a new web site: downloadablesoundz.com and the release of a new product called the “DownloadCard” which allows retail stores to sell an unlimited vast growing virtual inventory of sounds for every popular sampler and DAW from SampleTank® to Reason®, Stylus RMX®, Kontakt®, HALion®, Read more here.
2008-01-17	Press Release : Sonic Reality Releases Ocean Way Drums™ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sonic Reality Releases Ocean Way Drums™ “The high end virtual drum instrument with the sound of a multi-platinum studio” Los Angeles – January 17th, 2008 – Ocean Way Studios and Sonic Reality are proud to announce that the highly anticipated “Ocean Way Drums” virtual instrument/plug-in is shipping at Winter NAMM 2008. Two versions are immediately available. Ocean Way Drums Gold Edition which is 24big/48k and 40 Gigabytes in size on 6 Dual Layer DVDs and Ocean Way Drums Platinum HD which has both the Gold Edition discs as well as a high resolution 24bit/96k version that is 80 Gigabyt Read more here.
2008-01-17	Press release : Sonic Reality Announces Studio ProFiles “Ken Scott Collection” FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sonic Reality Announces Studio ProFiles “Ken Scott Collection” “Access to the master drummers and recreations of the master tapes” SUNRISE, FLORIDA – January 17th, 2008 – Sonic Reality sound development company is announcing the “Ken Scott Collection” as part of its Studio ProFiles line of multitrack drum kits and grooves. For the first time, Ken Scott who has engineered for The Beatles and Pink Floyd and produced classic albums from Supertramp, David Bowie and Elton John is revisiting the late 60’s and 70’s with Sonic Reality’s Dave Kerzner to reproduce classic drum sounds he’s recorded over the years to be made into playable drum kits and loops for musicians to use in their music today. It features multitrack drum hits and grooves of Bob Siebenberg (Super Read more here.
2008-01-15	Sonic Reality Releases Film Orchestra I & II for Sampletank Sonic Reality Releases Film Orchestra I & II for Sampletank Film Orchestra I  "Film Orchestra" title originally done only as a refill for Reason but now available in other formats such as SampleTank exclusively in our downloadable soundz. Includes Dramatic orchestra samples with strings, brass, winds and percussion for film composition with rich orchestral soundscapes, pads, combinations, solo instruments, ensembles and a variety of expressive articulations. Includes multi-sampled instruments for Sampletank 2.5 (474 MB / 200 sounds) Film Orchestra I Film Orchestra 2 is the follow up sequel to the popular "Film Orchestra"  title originally done only as a refill for Reason but now available in other formats such as SampleTank exclusively in our downloadable soundz. It features previously unreleased symphonic film effects, ambient sound Read more here.
2008-01-03	Ocean Way Drums Pre-Order and save +15% on final product price Ocean Way Plug-in library is finished and ready to be shipped after the NAMM. You can pre-order now and save! PRE-ORDER now and get $195 off the original price. This product will be released in January so pre-order today and save! Get 15% off by Pre-Ordering now! Read more here.
2007-10-19	THE WHO - John Rabbit Bundrick: SampleMoog is so good - it does it all... THE WHO - John Rabbit Bundrick: "IK is the way to go!!" Keyboard player with The Who, John Rabbit Bundrick tells us why he loves SampleMoog The Who are one of the greatest rock bands of all time. Highly acclaimed since they hit the scene in London, 1964, they have played at all of the milestone events in rock history - Monterey, Woodstock, the Isle of Wight, Live Aid and many more. They continue playing and touring right up to the present day. Keyboard player John Bundrick, known affectionately as Rabbit , has played with The Who since the late 70 s but has an enviable roster of collaborations that read like a rock who s who - Bob Marley, Peter Frampton, Roger Waters, Mick Jagger, Toots & the Maytals, Joan Armatrading as well as Read more here.
2007-10-19	New Unreleased Song Construction Kits Sonic Reality has released 128 previously unreleased Song Construction Kits in our new downloadable->SoundPaks section. What is it? This is a song construction kit of grooves, bass lines and instrument parts that all work together for music composition. Each set has its own style and tempo but can also be adjusted to other tempos depending on the DAW or sample player it is used with. With a Song Construction Kit you can prototype a song at lighting speed, just by adding layers. The price of each Song Construction Kit is based on its size and range from $9 to $79. Click here to listen some demo. Read more here.
2007-10-16	New Ocean Way Drums Videos released Ocean Way Drums video are available at the Sonic Reality website OCEAN WAY DRUMS is the world s finest sounding Virtual Drum Instrument. It combines the sound of a legendary studio and Grammy®-winning, multi platinum engineering, with top sound designers using the best methods in drum sample programming. Acclaimed engineer/producers Allen Sides and Steven Miller assembled their favorite drum kits at Ocean Way Studios and developed a unique, discrete multi microphone recording and mixing technique. This technique captures the sound of each instrument with startling spacial clarity and enables the end user to independently adjust each drum and cymbal within the kit from tight and dry, all the way to wide and ambient." These pristine 24-bit 96K and 48K drum hits were then programmed using Sonic Reality’s powerfully expressive I-Map&tra Read more here.
2007-10-09	Samplemoog is shipping Order now and get 50 FREE exclusive patches from Sonic reality. Crossgrade /Upgrade is here : http://www.esoundz.com/details.php?ProductID=1663 Samplemoog full version is here : http://www.esoundz.com/details.php?ProductID=1661 Read more here.
2007-09-25	Samplemoog Pre-Order is open, buy now and receive free exclusive patches The most powerful and diverse plug-in of Moog sounds ever made featuring sampled sounds from 16 different legendary Moog instruments programmed by IK Multimedia and Sonic Reality and done in cooperation with Moog Music Inc. EXCLUSIVE! Pre-order SampleMoog from esoundz.com and we will offer a set of amazing free patches only available for download here. Remember to refer your friends to get more epointz as well! Esoundz.com offers more bang for the buck than anywhere else! Check this page for more info. Read more here.
2007-09-23	Super Promo : $229 for the 15 WAV Acidized pak, only this week! This Week is Wave Week!   For this week only we re offering our members the unique opportunity to buy the full WAV or Appleloop 15 paks for the same BLOW OUT price of the summer REX group buy which is only : $229! That s is like getting them for $15.20 per disc (a savings of over 70% off)! Each Disk contains lots of great loops in many styles, from Vintage Rock to Modern Hip-Hop, World, Latin, Nashville, and Motown style grooves in 24bit high quality Acidized Wav or Apple Loop AIFF format, expertly looped with flexible tempos and more... Includes more than 12,000 loops! Note : Limited stock available. This low pri Read more here.
2007-09-19	Exclusive Bonus Disk FREE for any Sampletank 2.5 purchase!!! EXCLUSIVE BONUS DISK! Sonic Reality has put together a special bonus disc including many previously unreleased sounds for SampleTank 2.5 and it is only available here on esoundz! It comes with a variety of world instruments, orchestral sounds, unique midi/slice grooves plus one of a kind out-take sounds from Sonic Reality and IK s upcoming Studiophonik. Test drive mic mixing an ambient rock drum kit and use SampleTank 2.5 s new effects system to produce the sounds with more power than ever before! Over 580 megs in size this disc is jam packed with extra sounds to add to your SampleTank 2.5 set up. This Bonus disk is offered FREE for any purchase of the new Sampletank 2.5 XL or Sampletank 2.5 XL Crossgrade purchased from Read more here.
2007-09-06	Purchase Miroslav Gold Refills and get the full Sonic Refills Silver Bundle Purchase Miroslav Gold Refills and get the full Sonic Refills Silver Bundle (Volumes 1-5) For Free Now until Sept 30th ONLY! Esoundz is adding a tremendous value to an all ready awesome deal. Purchase our incredible Miroslav Gold Refill Pak and we will send you all 5 volumes of the Sonic Refills Silver edition. Priced separately, these volumes would cost more than $250! The Silver Bundle is the perfect collection to supercharge Reason. You get 5 volumes of incredible sounds delivered on a single DVD: Synths 1 Synths 2 Read more here.
2007-08-08	Summertime to Upgrade!!!   Summertime to Upgrade This Summer eSoundz.com is offering a chance to upgrade your R.A.W. Paks and Reason Refills to the FULL Gold Editions for an incredible price! If you ve ever bought a single R.A.W. Style Pak, Sonic Refill or Miroslav Refill you can upgrade to that series Gold Edition which gives you all of the titles in that series at even better savings than ever before! Or, you can upgrade to the new "Reason Triple Gold Bundle" which gives you all three Gold Editions: R.A.W. Gold, Sonic Refills Gold and Miroslav Gold all for the lowest price and the onl Read more here.
2007-07-23	Inside Home Recording tests Sonic Reality s loop collection R.A.W. Universal Groove Kit "is a solid package!" Inside Home Recording tests Sonic Reality s loop collection Here is the full article. You can download the full Podcast here. Sonic Reality s R.A.W Universal Groove Kit was featured on the June 23rd podcast of Inside Home Recording, a web source for home studio recording. Reviewed by Derek K. Miller, one of the show s hosts, the Universal Groove Kit offers a "solid package" for the money and is recommended by Inside Home Recording. Here are some other quotes from the podcast review: Read more here.
2007-06-15	R.A.W Universal groove kits reviewed in Pro Sound News May 2007 This month, Rich Tozzoli's Continuing adventures In Software find him taking his loops raw and adding harmony long after the signers have gone home. the R.A.W Universal Groove Kit is a serious collection of more than 5,000 24 bits loops consisting of drum, percussion, instruments and groove elements. Produced by Sonic Realith Inc. ... Click here to read the full article. Read more here.
2007-06-11	Simon Collins Tribute to Genesis Using IK Multimedia Software and Sonic Reality Sounds Sunrise, Florida -IK Multimedia and Sonic Reality are pleased to announce the release of a new single from Simon Collins featuring, for the first time in his career a cover of a Genesis song paying tribute to his father Phil Collins’ work with the band. The song, “Keep it Dark” from the album “Abacab,” was chosen by Simon and co-producer Dave Kerzner of Sonic Reality. Read more here.
2007-05-25	Universal Update for Sonik Synth 2 Now Available Universal Update for Sonik Synth 2 Now Available MacIntel compatibility and other enhancements A download for the new Sonik Synth 2.1 is now available, providing compatibility for IK Users with Mac Intel Systems. Sonik Synth 2 users may download this software update for free from the IK User Area. In addition to Mac Intel compatibility, Sonik Synth 2.1 can now be opened as a standalone application. There are also several other enhancements that have been implemented into the Sonik Synth 2.1 update: Improved Stretch™ algorithm Improved Pitch/Shift and Time/Stretch algorithms BPM Syncable LFOs Smoother MIDI CC response Improved load time when loading instruments Improved search function reliability Pro Tools 7.x fully compliant Improved Audio U Read more here.
2007-04-15	IK Multimedia / Sonic Reality Hits Cable Television Original score for four television shows using IK software air on The History Channel The History Channel, an internationally known cable television station offering programming related to historical events and people, will be airing programming with musical scores featuring IK Multimedia products. On Easter Sunday, April 8th at 9pm EST, tune in to The History Channel for "Banned From The Bible II" and hear an original score by Jason Camiolo using sounds from SampleTank 2, Sonik Synth 2, and Miroslav Philharmonik. AudioEngine|west, an audio production company with high-profile clients such as American Express, Coca Cola, AOL, and BMW, worked on all of the audio post-production, featuring sound design by Aaron Casey, Read more here.
2007-03-28	Musikmesse '07: Moog Music Inc® Strategic Alliance Announced Musikmesse '07: Moog Music Inc® Strategic Alliance Announced IK Multimedia, Sonic Reality, and Moog Music Inc. join forces for new sample-based products focused on vintage analog synths IK Multimedia and Sonic Reality are proud to announce a strategic alliance with Moog Music Inc® to bring out sample-based products focused on legendary Moog synthesizer sounds. In an effort to present the flavors of Moog synthesizer history as playable sounds, Sonic Reality has sampled the entire range of vintage Moog synthesizers and together with IK Multimedia, they have created "SampleMoog," the first comprehensive collection of Moog samples available as a plug-in powered by SampleTank. "While ther Read more here.
2007-01-16	Sonic Reality News at NAMM More Information coming this Thursday Read more here.
2007-01-16	The first esoundz IK/SR demo contest! The first esoundz IK/SR demo contest! From now until December 15th win BIG prizes in the first esoundz.com user demo contest! Use your IK and SR products to make your own USER MUSIC DEMO and win an amazing bundle of IK and Sonic Reality products! For more information, click here. Read more here.
2006-07-13	Sonic Reality’s R.A.W Gold Bundle and 15 R.A.W. Style Paks Released! 15 R.A.W. Style Paks each based on a different genre of music contain pro quality 24 bit Rex2, Apple Loops and Acidized Waves for instant compatibility with every popular DAW and Sampler with total control of the groove. Additionally, 2 powerful multi-style mega collections are also available: R.A.W. Universal Groove Kit sports over 15,000 loops in Rex, Apple Loops and Wave formats on 4 DVDs and includes thousands of groove elements unavailable in the R.A.W. Paks. The massive R.A.W. Gold Bundle includes both R.A.W. Universal Groove Kit plus all 15 R.A.W. Style Paks for a total of over 43,000 loops and 38 gigabytes on 19 DVDs! Read more here.
2005-10-06	Sonic Reality and Qup Arts join forces Sonic Reality and Qup Arts join forces Sonic Reality and esoundz.com have been appointed by Qup Arts to be the exclusive worldwide resellers of classic Qup Arts CD and CD ROM sample library titles and are working together to create newly programmed downloadable sound sets in popular sampler formats such as Reason® refill, HALion®, SampleTank®, Kontakt, EXS, Rex, Acidized Waves, Apple Loops and more. Read more Read more here.
2005-06-10	Studio Profile Series: Multitrack Loop Libraries Announced! Studio Profile Series: Multitrack Loop Libraries Announced! October 2005, Sunrise, Florida –Joytown Productions and Sonic Reality are pleased to announce the STUDIO PROFILE SERIES, multitrack loop libraries for ProTools, Cubase, Nuendo, Logic and more. Featuring top quality drum loops from legendary players like John Blackwell (Prince, P Diddy, Cameo, Lauen Hill) and Danny Gottlieb (Pat Metheny Group, Blues Brothers) to genre specific grooves and phrases covering every style of music. Read more or visit studioprofiles.com Read more here.
2005-04-15	Dave Kerzner & SR appear in Yamaha Ad Dave Kerzner & SR appear in Yamaha Ad   Sonic Reality CEO Dave Kerzner recently appeared in Yamaha's latest 2 full page ad promoting their Motif keyboard line and its integration with today's digital studio. Click here for a preview of the ad. Read more here.
2005-04-03	Dave Kerzner shows Miroslav Philharmonik and CSR: Classik Studio Reverb on sonicstate.com! Dave Kerzner shows Miroslav Philharmonik and CSR: Classik Studio Reverb on sonicstate.com! Get a sneak peak at IK's latest orchestral workstation and high end digital reverb plug-in. Sonicstate.com caught up with Dave Kerzner at the IK booth during the Frankfurt Musik Messe. Dave explains how Sonic Reality and IK have taken the legendary Miroslav orchestra and choir libraries as well as unreleased archives and put them into a new highly affordable orchestral workstation plug-in! Then, get a first look at IK's latest announcement, CSR: Classik Studio Reverb plug-in and listen to them both in action. Read more here.
2005-01-25	Keyboard Magazine on Sonik Synth™ 2 and AES 2004.  Keyboard Magazine on Sonik Synth™ 2 and AES 2004. “Morsels of keyboard-centric goodness.”    “It appears that Sonik Synth™ 2 was well-worth the wait, as it features 8GB of all-new sound content, gobs of effects, the super-cool STRETCH™ synthesis engine from SampleTank® 2, and 16-part multitimbral capability,” writes Ken Hughes in Keyboard magazine's coverage of the 117th Audio Engineering Society Convention in San Francisco. Click here to visit Keyboard magazine's website.       Read more here.
2005-01-05	Sonic Reality and IK Deliver Star-studded NAMM Show  Sonic Reality and IK Deliver Star-studded NAMM Show    This year's NAMM show in Anaheim, CA was the most exciting yet for Sonic Reality and IK Multimedia, as they showcased an outstanding new product line (including Sonic Synth 2) and announced several new products. Read more here.
2005-01-05	Dave Kerzner shows Sonik Synth™ 2 in West LA Dave Kerzner shows Sonik Synth™ 2 in West LA Dave Kerzner recently gave a special demonstration of IK/SR's latest synth workstation plug-in at West LA Music store. You can now read an in depth interview and view video clips from the seminar! Learn about Sonik Synth 2 and why this powerful synth workstation plug-in is such an incredible tool for music production! Click here to see the interview and watch video clips for an in depth look at Sonik Synth™ 2, from co-creator Dave Kerzner of Sonic Reality. Read more here.