SONiVox's Playa is a Hip-Hop virtual instrument plug-in for MAC and PC packed with fat sounds, pro features, and an interface that is ridiculously easy to use. Whether you're using a MIDI keyboard, MPC pad controller, or just your computer by itself, Playa gives you serious control over your music. It's a slice of music and beat-making paradise! Playa serves up over 400 instruments and 50 pad layouts, all in an interface that's guaranteed to have you laying down cutting edge beats and music in no time. Playa interfaces seamlessly with your DAW and MIDI controllers so you can just it hook up and start laying down grooves the way you're used to. Like a glove, Playa fits your style.Price: $149.95
SONiVOX follows up its groundbreaking hip-hop virtual instrument Playa with the Playa: Aggro Electro Boom, a Playa-style virtual instrument that serves you up some seriously aggressive, electronic, and boomin' hip-hop instruments. Sonivox Playa sample collection and virtual instrument deliver sounds that give you the power to easily create and compose earth-quaking, body-shaking tracks. Whether you're using a MIDI keyboard, MPC pad controller, or just your computer desktop, Playa: Aggro Electro Boom will have you busting some serious contemporary beats.The Sounds:Sonivox Playa: Aggro Electro Boom comes with over 4GBs and 450 cutting-edge instruments and pad layouts, all meticulously produced by SONiVOX's award-winning sound design team. Born from vintage analog synthesizers and hi-end signal processors, these sounds sit perfect in today's high-end music tracks. Treat your music to the most aggressive leads, fat analog basses, electro drums, and psychedelic pads. It's what's hot, and most importantly, it'll take your tracks to the next level.The Playa Interface:Learn. Map. Create. It's that easy. 16 programmable pads and 127 keys provide all you need to keep the creative process going and you don't need a doctorate to use it. Need more bump? No problem. Playa: Aggro Electro Boom incorporates an intuitive sound-layering functionality allowing you to easily stack sounds until its just right. Need more groove? Dial up the retriggering mode, and take master control of those fast tempo or stuttering articulations. FX? Aggro Electro's got you covered — a sweet chorus, delay, and a just-right 4-band EQ. For those of you with tweaky fingers we've even included fully programmable filter and amplitude envelopes. Bottom line, whether you are composing on MPC pads or jamming out on the keys, Aggro Electro's sample engine will have you laying down top-selling music tracks in no time.