Mac and Music News

Cycling'74 has posted a general bugfix for Pluggo in AU/VST/AU for Mac OS X. Pluggo is a collection of more than seventy-four audio plug-ins that work with Mac OS sequencers and audio applications. Effects categories include delays, filters, pitch effects, distortion, granulation, spectral effects, modulators, multi-channel effects, synthesizers, audio routing, reverb and dynamics, and visual display.

This update is available on download in the MacMusic Softwares section.

Emagic have updated the OS X AU versions of EVP73 and EXSP24 to v1.1. Thes versions feature more compatibility, further minor improvements and the EXSP24 now supports the AKAI S1000 and S3000 sample format.

These free updates are available on Emagic web site.

Native Instruments has announced the B4D, a perfect hardware controller for the B4, allowing musicians to control the sound with an authentic drawbar feel, just like the original. The sturdy B4D drawbar controller offers 9 mechanical drawbars, 22 buttons, and 2 knobs for intuitive control over the most important B4 sound parameters. The controller's nine drawbars can access any of the three B4 drawbar groups. With the buttons and knobs you can control the rotary speaker, vibrato/chorus, percussion, recall presets on the fly, and change the volume and overdrive.

The B4 organ controler costs 399 euros.

Released July 16th, Max/MSP 4.5 is a major update : complete ReWire slave support , visualization tools for audio signals, anti-aliased oscillators with a warm, analog sound, new preset management system and more.

Today Cycling'74 has posted a 4.5.1 update, which is a bugfix.

MacMice has annouced a new midi Keyboard, designed for use with Apple Garageband software. The GarageKey has 37 full-size, professional quality, velocity sensitive keys. It has octave up and down buttons discretely placed on the rear panel. And, it is plug and play compliant with OS X USB-MIDI. It's clear acrylic over bright white styling, and its bright white keys, are made to precisely match Apple's desktop styling.

The GarageKey will costs $129.99 and will be available in October.

Numerology is a MIDI sequencer with a modular sequencing environment designed for performing musicians. It works by giving the user an organized workspace within which they can quickly create and connect together a variety of highly functional sequencing and MIDI event generating modules. As a fully modular environment, the user can construct sequencing instruments that fit their own unique and twisted requirements.

Info on this 1.4 release available in the MacMusic Softwares section.

Minnetonka Audio Software has announced shipment of its first software application for the Macinstosh OS X platform: Surcode Dolby Pro Logic II. Like the, SurCode PL II for OS X allows broadcasters, game developers, video producers, and audio professionals everywhere to easily encode surround sound into stereo delivery formats for television, games, cable programming, music applications, and many other media.

Pro Logic II is priced at $495USD.

Studio ease 5.0 helps minimize the time spent on management and administration chores of your studio(s). The system consists of a number of related modules that are accessed from a central main menu : contacts, archives, audio tools, budget, contacts, cue sheet, invocing and more...

StudioEase 5.0 costs $60.