Mac and Music News

Teragon Audio announces a new product, DualComp-v1. DualComp is a logarithmically modeled compressor with the ability to sidechain. It is currently in alpha testing, but Teragon Audio hopes to have a stable, finished version soon. A VST version for Mac OS X is available as download, and an Audio Units version is coming soon.

Please send all feedback and bug reports to Teragon Audio. Happy testing!

Normally, Java programs on Mac OS X cannot access external MIDI devices. For the last two years, the standard solution has been to download the Plumstone plug-in. Unfortunately, Plumstone only works on the older G3/G4/G5 Macs and not on the new Intel based Macs. Mandolane Ltd have announced a replacement for Plumstone, called Mandolane MIDI SPI, which works on *all* 10.4 Macs - both Intel and G3/G4/G5 platforms. They have also taken over support for Plumstone, which remains the recommended solution for earlier versions of Mac OS X.

Mandolane MIDI SPI is distributed as low cost shareware; Plumstone remains completely free.