Musicians form the Vienna Philharmony and Vienna Symphony orchestras played for this jewel. More than 1.5 million of samples, DVD, 24/96. Just the kind of things to melt your internal ear ;)
The whole collection will be available in 2004, you can start to save for it…

MAGMA's 2- and 4-Slot CardBus-to-PCI Expansion solutions have received official approval by Digidesign for use with Pro Tools|HD.
According to Digidesign's tests, the Pro Tools|HD system running Pro Tools 5.3.1 software supports up to 48 tracks of record and playback. Track count is based on tests using 24-bit/96kHz audio. Track count will increase as bit/sample rates and edit densities decrease. Results were achieved using an Apple Titanium (550, 667, or 800 MHz) PowerBook G4 with 256MB RAM running OS 9.2.2; the MAGMA Series 2-Slot and 4-Slot CardBus chassis (Model #'s CB2, CB2S, and CB4DRQ-D1); and four DigiDrive FireWire drives.
MAGMA are exhibiting their portable Pro Tools|HD solutions at AES booth 1253.

UK Distributers ARBITER have announced a new low retail price for Steinberg's Houston Control Surface. Previously retailing at £999.99 inc. VAT, the hardware controller for Cubase VST, Cubase SL/SX and Nuendo now benefits from a new lower retail price of £699.99 inc. VAT.
Quite a drop.

She is here, David Vincent has seen it but nobody believes him.
Nobody? only one: Lepetitmartien :)
Compatibility as her cousin with Protools, Logic…

Native instruments has just released the demo version of its virtual sampler, Kontakt .
Two versions of the demo can be downloaded:
- the first one contains the instruments banks (18,1 Mb),
- the second one is a "light" version (7,8 Mb).