Sage Electronics is releasing the SE-Pre 1. A discrete Class A transistor preamp with phantom power and +26dB of output. It can drive anything you can plug behind from vintage gear to modern DAW. Components are hand selected and hand assembled, tested and signed by the builder.

The SE-Pre 1 has not only an exotic wood (preserve rain forests please!) front panel, but is available in modules of 1,2,4 or 8 preamp to suit needs and racks.

The power supply is external (rack format) and can power 16 SE-Pre 1.

Preamp CAN$679/US$469
Powersupply CAN$479/US$319

Ik Multimedia announce the immediate disponibility of SampleTank OS X through downloading. SampleTank OS X is available in format VST or RTAS. This new version 1.1 is proposed at the price of 90 $

For those who can't wait to have their copy, here's foretaste of this superb new version!

Macway annouced that its new range of FireWire ICE FW 800 HD are now available for latest Macs with a FireWire 800 interface! They are 50 % more faster than all the FireWire or USB 2.0 solutions with performances up to 61Mo/s.

Features :
- 2 FireWire 800 ports / 9 pins- 9 pins (allowing the linking of other periphericals)
- 1 USB 2.0 port
- 1 FireWire 400 port
- 1 FireWire 800 9 pins - 9 pins cable
- 1 FireWire 400 6 pins - 6 pins standard cable
- 1 USB 2.0 cable (compatible with USB 1)

They are available in 120 Go 7200 T/min, 160Go 7200 T/min 8Mo, 180Go 7200 T/min 8Mo, 200Go 7200 T/min 8Mo, 250Go 7200 T/min 8Mo with a price from 334 to 681 euros.

After no less than 20 beta versions, Cycling '74 announced the release of OSX versions of the interactive graphical programming environment Max, and MSP, the collection of audio signal processing objects.