The Vienna Symphonic Library adds more Horizon Series titles to its list of collections in Steinberg's HALion and Native Instruments' Kontakt format: Opus 1, Chamber Strings, Solo Strings, Epic Horns, Woodwind Ensembles and French Oboe.

But we have to wait until November to see the release of the Performance Tool for HALion and Kontakt on Mac OS X as well as the other libraries.

M-Audio announces a new driver for its Delta 44 audio interface. This 1.2.1 update fixes MIDI timing and recording issues, fixes OSX unistall problem, fixes compatibility problems with Cubase SX and Peak and fixes audio quality issues with AP249.

This 1.2.1 Delta 44 driver is available in the MM Softwares section.

Ultimate Sound Bank has released a general update for all of their plug-ins : Ultra Focus, Charlie and all six Plugsound Volumes. These plugins are now compatible with latest version of the Apple Audio Units Validator and with Logic 7.

More info on the Ultimate Sound Bank web site.

M-Audio announces a new driver v1.2.1 for its audio interface Delta 66. This new release is a bugfix : fixes MIDI timing and recording issues, fixes OSX unistall problem, fixes compatibility with Cubase SX and Peak and fixes audio quality issues with AP2496.

This driver is available in our Softwares section.

The NI FM 7 synthesizer reads the complete sound library from the classic FM synths. FM 7 is updated to version 1.1.2. and is now compatible with the latest version of the Apple AU Validator and with Logic 7.

This update is available from the MacMusic softwares section.