Soundware round-up
Native Instruments Infinite Escape£44
Minimal house is the subject of NI’s latest Expansion, giving everyone 1.5GB of construction kits and one-shots for embellishment or origination of their own ultra-chic dancefloor numbers. It is particularly amenable to Maschine and Battery users, who get the deconstructed sources of said ‘songs’ in the form of 40 Groups (complete with MIDI patterns) and 45 Kits, respectively, plus 70 Massive and Monark presets. The beats are crisp and glitchy, basses tight and subby, melodics delicate and subterranean, and production is pristine. One of the best Expansions yet, we dare say.