Apple just released a fix for the broken Java after the 10.3.9 update. This time, not only you have some stuff to download but there's some command line to type (SIGH!). The good point is, it's only for users who happen to have multiple Java apps open simultaneously. You have then to restore the Java Shared Archive. The steps, different if you're using Java 1.4.1 or 1.4.2 are detailed in the following link at Apple website.

It seems Apple has put together as quick a fix as they could, as the Terminal work necessary for a full restore is not as elegant as usual. Now, I've got some command line (ooch) to do, I must leave you ;) lpm

Apple Expo 2005 will take place in Paris at Paris-Expo (Porte de Versailles) from 20 to 24 September. The Apple Expo 2005 Keynote presentation will be held at the Palais des Congrès in Paris, on Tuesday, 20 September at 10:00 am. You can register now online for this event.

Arturia announces the Vintage Collection pack, which bundles four virtual reproduction of analog synth by Arturia : the Moog Modular V, the CS-80V, the ARP 2600 V and the MiniMoog V. This bundle will be available for one month only - June 2005 - for $649.

Quietly behing the Musikmesse, Soundtower updated their editor for this little box of tricks: the Dave Smith Evolver. it's now version 1.4. All right, the screencapture is from a Windows computer, but I can assure you it's for OS X ;)

Yellowtools is teasing with a new and innovative sample manager, Independance, which will include a "Flexible Modifier" (you could load sound libraries of recorded instruments into hardware and play them with a MIDI controller, tempo sync LFOs), a Mixer with unlimited number of busses, a performance tool to "humanize" your samples (with Legato mode, 53 presets), a Mapping tool, and surround support.

Independance is coming soon....

According to Washington Post, Apple payed Corey Greenberg, tech editor for NBC's "Today" show, a healthy sum of money to hype the iPod in news shows. Corey Greenberg also in a similar way hyped products from other brands, charging a fee of 15.000 apiece to talk up their products on news shows...

ps clouvel : Hey Apple, I really think iPod is very cool stuff too, and I wrote a lot a very stuning news about it..wanna some cash too !

Digidesign announces two new plugin bundles, the Producer Factory and the Producer Factory Pro. These two bundles are available for both Pro Tools LE and Pro Tools M-Powered systems and feature :

Producer Factory Bundle (retail price of $99)

- moogerfooger Analog Delay
- JOEMEEK Meequalizer VC-5
- JOEMEEK SC-2 Photo Optical Compressor
- Cosmonaut Voice
- Digidesign Maxim

Producer Factory Bundle Pro (retail price of $399)

- moogerfooger Analog Delay
- JOEMEEK Meequalizer VC-5
- JOEMEEK SC-2 Photo Optical Compressor
- Cosmonaut Voice
- Digidesign Maxim
- Bomb Factory BF-3A Classic Compressor
- Digidesign D-Fi
- Tel-Ray Variable Delay
- SansAmp PSA-1
- moogerfooger Ring Modulator
- Voce Spin
- Voce Chorus/Vibrato

SonicBirth is now available as Preview version 5, which adds : resonant lowpass and highpass, gui bug fix for the XY pad element, new low cpu usage sine generator, now uses the first MIDI device by default, horizontal and vertical sliders, bug fix regarding input/output types, new and smaller element icons, and more...

SonicBirth is a plugins designing application which allows you to build your own AudioUnit plug-in.

Digidesign announces SoundFuel SOLID, a synthesizer plug-in for Pro Tools|HD systems, developed by SoundFuel in collaboration with Digidesign. This plug-in recreates the warm and analog sounds of '70s and '80s synthesizers while also offering modern patches that are perfect for dance or electronica. Solid is currently supported by Pro Tools|HD and Pro Tools|HD Accel systems running Pro Tools 6.7.

SoundFuel Solid costs $495.

Nomad Factory (with Tascam) has released Essential Studio Suite plugin bundle, which features processing using a double floating point, with up to 192kHz sample rates supported. The bundle includes Multiband Compressor, Essential Channel, Essential Graphic EQ, Essential Compressor, Essential Noise Gate, Multiband Loudness Maximizer, Loudness Maximizer, Tube/Tape Warmer, and Retro-Vox.

Essential Studio Suite (Audio Units, VST, RTAS, HTDM) costs $399.

Just checked for a version for a friend, tried the update preferences and… bingo, a small security update of 1.1 MB. Right now I don't have details on what it does exactly.

EDIT: it's for iSync.

At NAB, Apple's senior director of audio and video marketing Frank Casanova presented the new iChat AV version 3. Wiredmetro reports that "Casanova called up a producer at one location, and a video editor at another. The middle "guest" wasn't a person at all. It was the output of Final Cut Pro 5. In this manner, the post house can now be seen anywhere - in fact, in more than one place at the same time. What this means is that the material being edited can be reviewed and commented on by people nowhere near the editing facility."