Mac and Music News

Prosoniq announces the immediate availability of the new MPEX2 library from their MPEX technology web. Version 2.2 dramatically improves performance for some quality levels, fixes compatibility problems that were reported with 96kHz files and enhances accuracy when processing very long files. The documentation was rewritten to be more comprehensive and a full-featured Mac test project has now been included with the library.

Prosoniq is taking NorthPole development one step further by coming out with a fully functional, entirely free version of NorthPole for VST X and RTAS under MacOS 9 and MacOS X.
NorthPole RTAS and VST is available as a single download.

Rogue Amoeba Software is announcing the immediate availability of Detour, a new audio utility for Mac OS X. Detour provides the ability to choose the audio output device and relative volume for all of your applications. Users owning MiniDisc players will also appreciate Detour's ability to send the audio from a single application directly to the MiniDisc for recording.
A Detour 1.0 for OS X 10.2 and up is immediately available for download and purchase. Detour is $12 shareware, with an introductory price of $10 through July 31st.

The VST to AudioUnit Adapter is a plug-in wrapper that allows users of AudioUnit-compatible applications on the Mac OS X platform (Logic 6, Digital Performer 4 and others) to integrate OS X compatible VST plug-ins seamlessly in to their working environment. It has been successfully tested with Prosoniq plug ins by the manufacturer of the adapter software.

Prosoniq is now shipping OrangeVocoder 2.0 RTAS For Mac OS 8, OS 9, OS X, the new and improved Prosoniq Orange Vocoder v2.0. Orange Vocoder 2.0's analog vocoder simulation plug-in can now receive MIDI. The fastest, most flexible and most transparent-sounding simulation of an analog vocoder available as a Real-Time AudioSuite, RTAS plug-in.
New to version 2.0, Orange Vocoder's built-in synth now receives MIDI information from Pro Tools. Users can activate a plug-in within a session and Pro Tools creates a MIDI node that can be set as an output for any MIDI track in that session.
Along with that powerful feature, OrangeVocoder 2.0 also adds support for Pro Tools 5.3 and higher software, as well as Mac OS X, and is compatible with Pro Tools TDM and LE systems running Pro Tools 5.1 or higher software. Price : $ 199, euros 149

Prosoniq is now shipping version 2 of the highly acclaimed PiWarp VST Mac PlugIn. Version 2 offers support for MacOS X and fixes several issues, both graphical and DSP-related, that have been reported with earlier versions. Most significantly, parameter changes have been smoothed to reduce zipper noise when moving parameters manually or through the automation, support for the latest version of Spark and Peak have been added and some graphics glitches have been removed.
To download this version for free please go to :

Microsoft announce that they will stop the further development of new versions of the browser Internet Explorer for the Mac Intosh platform. At the same time they introduce the last and new version for OSX: IE 5.2.3

Digidesign announce today that Pro Tools 6.1 is now available.

This version cost 225$ fot the TDM version and 86$ for the LE version. The update is not free foe the updates from a version 5.

For the PT 6 users, the update is free and should be purchased through the local Digidesign sailers or on the "Support" web page of Digidesign.The Cd wiill be available for shipping around mid july. Note that Digidesign will not delivered directly thoses update CD's.

Only the registered users having purchased a P.T system (HD, Mix, Digi oo1, 002, 002 Rack, mBox ou Mix Refurbished) AFTER the 1st of april 2003 will receive directly their CD by post in two to three weeks.

In the new functions of this version: update available for Mac and P.C, inter compatibility Avid, compatibility Rewire...
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Mark Of The Unicorn has just released the update of its audio workstation software package shipped with MOTU sound cards. Fully compatible with Mac OS X and with nearly all Digital Performer embedded audio functions.
AudioDesk and Digital Performer can seamlessly exchange projects (without MIDI or surround tracks).
AudioDesk owners have two upgrade paths. Upgrade to AudioDesk 2 for $149 or upgrade to Digital Performer for $395.