GURU takes the best features of hardware beatboxes, drum samplers and loop manglers, and combines them into a unique, inspirational software instrument.

Whether integrated in to your DAW or running standalone, GURU's powerful sequencer with ultra tight timing and realtime groove adjustment is an intuitive and addictive interface with which to quickly write inspiring rhythmic foundations for your tracks.

GURU is ideal for hip hop, rnb, house, techno, electronica, modern pop, garage, trance, drum&bass, breaks, electro, industrial and more - basically any style of music that leans towards programmed, rather than real, drums.

It's also ideal as a programming environment for latin, jazz & other polyrhythmic styles, when used in conjunction with an external sound source such as BFD with the Percussion expander, and can be used as a scratch-pad drum machine for rock.

High-quality built-in effects, including compressors, EQs, delays, reverbs are available right under your fingertips, as well as sample manipulation capabilities like reverse, bitcrusher, and resonant filters all the power you need, whether you want to mangle your sounds or just tweak them.

GURU gives you the hands-on feel which you crave... record performances with a MIDI controller, mouse or laptop keyboard, fire off sequences with a single keypress, drop parts in and out, chop loops instantaneously, and switch grooves on the fly all with sample accurate timing. GURU is a complete beat production worksation environment, ideally suited to live use or for fast, intuitive composition in the studio or on the road.

Instant loop slicing with in-context preview and automatic score detection makes reusing and reprocessing your existing loops a breeze, and even lets you cross-breed and hybridize your loops take the feel from one loop and apply the sounds from another, then drag and drop the results to your host.

GURU comes as a standalone application, and as Audio Units, VST and RTAS plug-ins. It's compatible with all major sound cards and the latest versions of all major host applications - Live, Logic, Pro Tools, Project5, Cubase, Tracktion, Reaper, Acid,

Here are some key features of "Guru":

8 Engines, each comprising:
· 16 MIDI-triggered Sample Pads
· Powerful 128-step sequencer
· 24 MIDI-triggered Patterns
· Three Aux effects units
· Master effects unit
· Advanced Step Sequencer 128 steps, 16 channels, 24 memories per engine, graphical automation, MIDI remote control, tempo multipliers, real-time recording with undo
Comprehensive Pad Editor allowing individual control of the following for each pad:
· Gain, pan, coarse/fine tune
· Resonant filter (LP/BP/HP)
· 3 Aux sends and an Insert effect slot
· Start/end point adjust
· Amp/FX envelope
· 8 velocity cross-fade layers
· Cut groups (choke groups)
· Fast and efficient workflow including automated sample slicing, classification and pad mapping (kick, snare, hat, percussion) with manual slice-tuning capability
· High quality built-in effects suite
· Intuitive mixer view offering a convenient overview of all 8 engines
· Flexible groove/shuffle functions
· Eight stereo outputs
· Built in midi mapping allows you to quickly setup GURU to work with your hardware groove box / drum triggers
· Can load audio loops (WAV/AIFF/REX), MIDI loops, single-hits, complete kits, pattern banks..
· Drag & drop patterns to your sequencer arrange page or direct to a MIDI file (in compatible hosts)
· Includes library of over 2GB of professional sample content, featuring material by Yellow Tools, Wizoo, Gearshift and others.
· Stand-alone application, ReWire device, and VST, DXi, AudioUnit, RTAS plug-in formats, available for Windows and MacOSX.

Requirements:

· 384M RAM (512M or more recommended)
· DVD-ROM, DVD-R or DVD-RW drive (for installation)
· 100MB free hard disk space (6GB for full sound library)
· An up to date version of your host application.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Bug fix only -- Leopard compatibility, preview volume, MIDI export velocities, exported loop file length, plug-in toolbar (Bypass button, etc.) in PT