Mac and Music News

Apple announce that a special support page in now available on his web site.

This new support section for Mac OS 10.3 Panther contains articles, tutorials and downloads for Panther. Users can also report bugs to Apple, or join technical discussions .

Litlle green men fans, ET lovers and other extra-terrestrial members can now express their joy. You now have access to a special MacMusic group at SETI.
Newbies should know that SETI is not a tibetan ape living on higher plateaus but a world programme consisting in searching for extra-terrestrial life (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence).

This programme uses the calculating ability of million of personal computers around the world. It takes the form of a screensaver working when you're idle. We are now waiting for you to join MacMusic Martians hunters group.

"Beyond the stereo sound : Never 2 speakers without the 3rd dimension..."
is the second part of the article by Franck ERNOULD (translated by Vince y).

More information about stereo, holophonics, QSound, RSS, Spatializer, SRS Labs...

NATIVE INSTRUMENTS announce the Battery 1.3 update for Mac OS X and Pro Tools users on OS X. Battery 1.3 fully supports OS X, including AudioUnits, RTAS, VST, and standalone operation with CoreMIDI and CoreAudio.

The Battery 1.3 update is immediately available to all registered users as a $29 direct download. For users who would prefer to receive the 1.3 update on CD, NATIVE INSTRUMENTS offers a 1.3 update CD for $49.
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Roxio announce that an upgrade of Toast will be soon available on a special download page of their web site. This 6.0.3 update is for Toast 6.0 Titanium or later users. It is compatible with Mac OS 10.2 and higher (OS X v10.3 ) and also includes CD Spin Doctor 2.0.2 and Motion Pictures 1.0.3. with supports in English, French, German, Italian and Japanese.

Digidesign announce that Impact 1.0.2 update for Mac OS X and Windows XP is available. This update fixes audio errors in Impact 1.0 when sharing the same DSP with other MultiShell plug-ins.

Impact 1.0.2 is dedicated to Pro Tools|HD Accel users who have Impact installed, or are adding Impact for the first time. Impact 1.0.2 uses the same iLok authorization that previous versions of Impact use.

Chicken Systems announce a minor update of "translator", a soft wich converts sampler formats.

This news version fixes bugs in foreign language versions (german version for example) and offers support for more formats.

Access Music released OS6.5 for the Virus C, KC, Indigo2 and rack XL. OS6.5 features a brand new low pass filter algorithm which has been carefully modelled after the Mini Moog. The self-resonating "Analog Filter" which comes in 4 variations (1 pole 6dB/oct, 2 poles 12dB/oct, 3 poles 18dB/oct and 4 poles 24dB/oct) even exceeds it's role model in terms of flexibility. On top of that, the saturation of the virtual Ladder filter is controllable using Access' new DCE (Discreet Circuit Emulation) technology.

The update comes with 60 new sounds by Howard Scarr, Ben Crosland and Matt Skaggs which have been especially programmed for the new filter.

OS6.5 is free of charge and available now from the Access website. There is also a new section which outlines the filters capabilities with loads of audio examples.

Bitcarel Softwares annonouce RAW. This software enables you to surf and record internet's audio to MP4-AAC. You can record multiple radio streams, Hollywood movie trailer soundtracks and news webcasts at the same time. Recorded files are iPod compatible. RAW offers AppleScript support for third party developers.
RAW needs Mac OS X 10.2 or later (Panther compatible) and costs $20.00