Apogee Electronics announces its 20th anniversary :"For Two Decades, Apogee has been the professional's choice in digital audio hardware, by offering innovative technology and sonically high products year after year. From the original analog filters back in 1985 to the AD-8000 in 1997 and now the AD-16X and DA-16X, Apogee has led the way in making digital audio Sound Amazing".

To celebrate this 20th anniversary, Apogee wants to give one lucky person a Rosetta 200 and a Mini-MP..follow the link !

A free stuff makes always happy. Thanks to Solid State Logic for offering a free version of a VST - Audio Unis clone of their famous LMC-1 listen-mic compressor. This download is available after registration on the Solid State Logic web site.

Blue Microphones is now shipping the Snowball USB Microphone, designed for desktop recording applications such as podcasting. The new Snowball USB features : USB connectivity, dual capsule design with 3 position switch (cardioid, cardioid pad, omni), capable of handling a wide variety of instruments and vocals, rugged ABS construction.

The Snowball retails for $155.

At the AES SoundToys (formerly Wave Mechanics) is announcing the new SoundToys TDM Effects Bundle for ProTools TDM on Mac OSX. The new comprehensive effects bundle includes nine effects plug-ins for professional audio, sound design, post production, and audio for gaming : EchoBoy, SoundBlender, FilterFreak, PhaseMistress, PurePitch, PitchDoctor, Tremolator, SPEED and Crystallizer.

SoundToys TDM Effects Bundle will be available in early Q4 2005 for $1,195.00.

Cakewalk has announced Dimension Pro, a new Mac virtual a synthesizer that combines real instruments with advanced synthesis. It offers an abundance of sounds that range from pristine realistic acoustic instruments, thumping basses, cutting leads, to complex, evolving atmospheres, along with sound-sculpting engine with analog sound generation.

It will be available in VST, DX and AU plug-in formats from early November 2005 at $359.