Mac and Music News

Smartelectronix announces an update to version 0.9 for its LiveCut plugin. This new version now features Universal Binary support, Audio Units version, support for VST 2.4, fade in and fade out for declicking. This release also fixes a panning problem. LiveCut is a plugin dedicated to breakbeat Cutting inspired by Nick Collins library for SuperCollider called BBCut.

PlugAdmin by CodeOperator has been updated to version 1.4. This release now adds support for Intel-based Mac computers, includes new menu items, a new option "show binary type", adds administration support for Audio Units and MAS plugins (can be turned on/off) and fixes several bugs. PlugAdmin is designed to administrate all types of audio plugins on your computer.

Our friends from Hardmac/Macbidouille announced a "little" change in the MacBook Pro which is of huge interest for us musicians. Apple has changed the Main Logic Board of MacBooks Pro coming from repairs and maybe in the line coming to shops now. The change affects the tension regulator (the source of noise some mac users complained a lot and for a reason), so no noise hopefully now at last. Next, this MLB change may be the sign of the future availability of Merom or Core 2 Duo CPUs in the MacBook Pro line… Great, isn't it?

This new MLB starts up with OS X 10.4.6 and higher, no more in in 10.4.5.