Mac and Music News

Iced Audio has released version 4.0 of their sample library manager AudioFinder.
Key features :
* Add File System notifications so that currently viewed browser column updates when other applications make changes in the current folder.
* Change Gain settings are saved for the next time and now show the value in dB.
* Brand new Auto Crop signal processing feature that works with all bit depths.
* Added the ability to drop a folder on the AudioFinder application icon to play the contents.
* Dozens of User Interface enhancements.
* Fixed the organizer path display to show "..." in the middle when the name is too long.
* New timer views.
* New waveform preview.
* New icons in the Scanner.
* Folders can now be moved to the trash with the Browser.
* Added Escape shortcut to close the Meta Editor.
* Bug fixes.

Celemony has updated Melodyne studio and cre8 to v3.1.2.
Bug Fixes :

Audio transfer using the MelodyneBridge:

* Transferring audio via the MelodyneBridge could in some cases damage previously edited files that have been exported using the Save audio command before.
* Exporting split stereo files could keep the MelodyneBridge from doing further transfers.

Ableton Live and the MelodyneBridge:

* Removing a previously inserted MelodyneBridge (AU version only) from a track in Ableton Live could crash Live.

Known issue: Broadcast WAV Time Stamps:

* Melodyne doesn't recognize time stamps in broadcast WAV files. It can load and save such files, but the time stamps get lost.

AudioRealism has released Universal Binary AU versions of Bass Line and Bass Line Pro for Mac OS X.

The downloads function as demo versions if you don't own a license.

In My Dream App, a competition between different applications ideas submitted by aspiring apps designers, one of the final 18 contestants is Whistler. Whistler is a software that translates your humming, whistling or tapping, into melodies and beats. In addition it is able to load plugins and letting you dress and layer your inputted whistling and tapping in instruments and arrangments.
The winning app design will be coded and put on the market, so if it sounds good, get voting!

Inspired by classic hardware - Latronic Nortron - DSP Audio has released Nortron 1.0, a virtual step sequencer which can control Softsynths and standard MIDI devices through IAC and CoreMIDI.
Nortron is Mac OSX 10.2, 10.3 Panther and Tiger compatible and is available for $200 USD.
More details on DSP Audio website.

D16 group has released a Mac version of Phoscyon, their TB-303 emulation. At this time Mac version is available in Universal Binary format as VSTi plugin (Audio Units to follow).

For more info about Phoscyon visit the d16 group website.

MHC announces Industrial Tones 1.0, a synthesizer which plays an extensive set of industrial waveforms, processing these using a filter, envelopes, an LFO, an ensemble, delays and an effect section which features 133 different effect modes, including their "unique crossfading effects and layered effects".
Version 1.0 has been released as a VSTi for Windows and an AudioUnit version for Mac OS X (Universal Binary) will soon be available.

More details on MHC website.

CharterOak Acoustic Devices will unveil the new M900 Small Diaphragm Condenser microphone, at the upcoming San Francisco AES exhibition. The M900 is the only small diaphragm condenser microphone in the CharterOak line of high quality microphones for recording and broadcast.
Features :
- two step sensitivity switch (-10db and –20db)
- two position bass roll off at 150Hz and 75 Hz
- ships with cardioid, hyper-cardioid, and omni directional capsules.

The M900 is scheduled to ship Nov 1st and will list for around $550 and a sequentially matched pair lists for $1099. The M900 Kit includes flight case, shock mount and wind sock.

Sonalksis has released TBK2 - Digital Grimebox, "The Ultimate Grime", the latest addition to their Creative Elements range, which is a creative sonic degradation plug-in, comprised of a bitcrusher, a downsampler, an adaptive bias and distortion algorithm, and a low pass filter.
TBK2 Digital Grime is available now for Windows and Mac OS X in VST, AU and RTAS plug-in formats. It costs $99.99 / €79.99 but owners of TBK1 will receive a license for free. A demo version is available.

Sonalksis has released FreeG, a free Gain / Fader plug-in that can be used for a variety of applications to increase the control and flexibility of the signal flow in the insert chain of the host - FreeG provides extensive, customizable metering features and settings, and is available for Windows and Mac OS X (Universal Binary) in VST, AU and RTAS plug-in formats.