Mac and Music News

Laurent Colson has released version 4.0 of MusicMath, his highly popular music conversion software. This new version is now Universal Binary to support new Intel based Macs and adds the following features:
- Values in Hertz and in Ms can be modified in Delay module to obtain the tempo
- The result in the Tap Tempo module can be copied as global tempo.
- Bug fixing in SMPTE calculation.
- New icon
- Localized version in one application.

Image Line has announced PoiZone, a new synth VST instrument for Windows and Mac OS X (Universal Binary). A public beta version is available via the looptalk
forum. PoiZone is a subtractive synthesizer designed to bring you "professional quality results", without a learning curve that hinders your creativity. The concept behind PoiZone was to design a synthesizer that had the smallest number of controls while providing the maximum flexibility and features.

For more info, visit their web site.

Primo Media has released voxReducer v1.2, a free Audio Unit plug-in for Mac OS X designed to reduce the level of the main vocal track in a stereo music audio file. It will reduce a good amount of the lead vocal track, however, due to stereo effects processing on the vocal track during recording, the vocal track cannot be removed completely.

voxReducer includes four factory presets designed for different musical genres - Jazz, Light Rock, Hard Rock, and Metal.

Arturia updates the Moog Modular V to version 2.2 including Universal Binary support.

Enhancements:
• Universal Binary support
• Vst 2.4 \ Cubase 4 ready
• A new installer, regrouping all previous updates

The Arturia Moog Modular V 2.2 update is free to all registered users and can be downloaded at their website.