Mac and Music News

SonicBirth is now available as Preview version 4 , which adds the ability to export as a VST plug-in, and features three new elements : XY pad, Audio file, and Audio player. SonicBirth is an Audio Units plugins designing application which allows you to build your own AudioUnit plug-ins.

Chris Randall announces in his portal Analog Industries that Audio Damage we're eginning to port his products to AU. His already known Mayhen FX suite, Ratshack, Digitalis (Deverb and Discord) will be necessary to add its flaming Ronin. This is the good news for the logic's users that they will solve more of a problem of compatibility of these plug with Fx VS TAU configure.

URS Plugins offers an April promotion enabling buyers of any one of the following products (Native or TDM) to get a BLT Program EQ (Native or TDM) free:

-URS Classic Console EQ Bundle
-URS Classic Console Graphic EQ Bundle
-S series MIX EQ
-FullTec Program EQ

More info on URS web site.

TriTone Digital announces an update to v1.1 and 1.11 for Hydratone. The hightlight of the update are 2 new EQ models, To avalon 737 and amek9080 they add to 550 API and ISA 110. The update 1.11 changes: implement latency message (33 samples) repported to the host and misc code cleaning. HydraTone EQ plug-in is base on multi-staged convolution, and allows to blend both valve based and solid state equalization derived from historic circuits.

AudioEase has just and quickly updated Altiverb v5 to version 5.0.1. This release fixed automation problems in HTDM version, speeds up load times, fixes 'resource not found -192' bug, and adds "alternative IR searcher' for Preset selection.

Mackie has announced the availability of demo version 2.0 of its Audio-Midi sequencer Tracktion. This new release introduces an enhanced MIDI editor, more comprehensive keyboard rol and the ability to map hardware MIDI controllers to filter parameters. This version also adds a new 64-bit mix engine, improved external synchronization support, eight auxiliary sends and returns, and full integration for Mackie Control Universal and C4 controllers.

The demo version is available on Mackie web site and full version will be in shop in May 2005.

Heizenbox the Granulizor v2.2 beta 1 is now available. This release improves Length Quantization, Buffer Record Quantization and Filter synchronization, allows you to assign and change presets with MIDI keyboard and fixes several bugs.

Heizenbox is a granulizor plugin for VST hosts running on Mac OS X

MPEG Streamclip is an application that converts MPEG files (including transport streams) into muxed, demuxed, QuickTime or DV files with more than professional quality, so you can easily import them in Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro and Toast 6.

CreamWare announces Authentic Sound Box (or ASB), two new digital emulations of classic synthesizers. The first one is the Minimax ASB, a recreation of the famous Minimoog, which fully integrates with your computer via USB and offers polyphony and preset management. The second one is the Profit-5 ASB, a recreation of the classic Prophet V synth, with features similar to those of the Minimax ASB.

Minimax ASB will be available in the first half of June, and the Profit-5 ASB is expected in August. Minimax ASB will cost around $899 and Profit-5 ASB will cost $999 (excl.VAT).

JoMoX, just after the limited series of the Neuronium, the private baby of Jürgen Michaelis is preparing the Xbase 999. We knew the original Xbase which is certainly one of the most important beatbox released in the 90's, with its FAT analogue sound, now it's time for a big evolution. The 999 builts up not far a well known japanese product and features:
- Analogue beatbox save the digital instruments of course.
- 9 instruments (Bass Drum, Snare Drum, Lo Tom, Hi Tom, Hi Hat, Clap, Rim, Crash and Ride), all polyphonic, from Hi Hat to ride it's 8 bit samples for the crunch and 16 samples for each instruments.
- MIDI from head to toe
- Improved kick, analogue toms like in the Airbase, HH has a dedicated multimode analogue filter.
- Improved sequencer with still the possibility to control ...

AudioMidi.com announces a "Synth Legends Symposium", which will take place Tuesday, April 19th 7:00 pm at AudioMidi.com (9240 Deering Avenue, Chatsworth, CA, USA). During this event you will see all new products, and you'll find synthesis pioneers to answer your questions. If you want to join Bob Moog, Dave Smith, and Tom Oberheim for this special night on the insight behind Analogue Synthesis, just get your ticket at AudioMidi.com.

This special DAW Nite Event is free but space is of course limited.