Are you making your holiday gift list? According to Keyboard Magazine, "If you're in the market for a world/ethnic sample collection, Ethno 2 should be at the top of your list. With a Key Buy award, it's sure at the top of ours." In their December 2010 issue, Keyboard raves, "Ethno 2 puts a staggering amount of world instruments, loops, and phrases at your fingertips at a budget-friendly price. With the original Ethno, the bang-for-buck factor was high. With Ethno 2 it's through the roof."

Ethno 2 is now shipping. Dream Theater's Jordan Rudess was so inspired by Ethno 2, he shot twelve new videos to demonstrate the breadth and depth of version 2's massively expanded 21 GB sound library. See and hear Jordan work his magic once again in these compelling Ethno 2 video presentations.

A self-proclaimed "sucker for world instruments", EQ magazine's Craig Anderton couldn't wait to get his hands on Ethno Instrument. What impression does Ethno make on such heightened world music sensibilities? Right up front, Anderton proclaims, "It's quality all the way: The samples are well-recorded, looped and mapped." In fact, Anderton finds a lot more that he likes about Ethno. "But the big deal to me is the way EI handles loops," he says, adding "...the execution here is superb." The final verdict? "Ethno Instrument is a superb (and painless) way to get into world-class world sounds." Read the full story …

The Ethno Instrument movies are here! You saw Jordan Rudess work his two-handed wizardry with the Symphonic Instrument. See and hear him again, this time with globe-spanning music played solely with sounds from the Ethno Instrument. From haunting Far East melodies to rousing Flamenco dances to transcendent Indian ragas, Jordan's performances demonstrate the incredible breadth of sounds that Ethno Instrument places at your fingertips. Watch his fingers fly as he triggers loops, loop slices and instrument presets - all at the same time. See first-hand how to employ key switching techniques and Loop Slice mode to take full advantage of …

Ethno Instrument 1.0 is now shipping as a Universal Binary for Intel Mac, PowerPC Mac and Windows. In a simultaneous release, version 1.1.2 of the MOTU Symphonic Instrument is also now shipping as a Universal Binary update that includes numerous enhancements and optimizations.