Mac and Music News

Modartt Just announced the launch of Pianoteq. It is a high-class virtual instrument using breakthrough technology, available for PC and Mac with any VST or AudioUnit host. Pianoteq is issued from academic research and results in what they call "the fourth piano generation". This is the very first, and only, piano available that belongs to this generation.

Feature Highlights :
- Responds in real time to pianist's interpretation
- Sounds and behaves just like a real piano
- Extraordinary playability and expressiveness
- Advanced tuning, voicing and soundboard adjustment
- Extremely small (8 MB) and fast loading

The Mac OS X and Audio Unit version of MHC's Ambient Keys is now available as a Universal Binary (Mac Intel compatible). Price is still $99, including the 3 soundpacks (waveform- and preset expansions). The plugin is also available for Windows.

A demo version can be downloaded at

Award winer at this year's Apple Design Awards, FuzzMeasure Pro 2.0 has been discounted 50% to $125 in order to seek a wider audience, and gain a strong competitive advantage in the audio and acoustical measurement software market.

FuzzMeasure Pro is a highly innovative audio and acoustical measurement tool for Mac OS X that is helpful for users ranging from home theater enthusiasts to professional acousticians. With its single-click measurement interface, and interactive graph displays, it makes sophisticated measurement tool very easy to use for home users and professionals alike.