In case you haven’t been paying attention to legal Twitter this week, a pretty big court case is going on between Apple and Epic. There’s a lot to sift through, but the crux of the matter is Epic claims Apple is leveraging its monopolistic advantage in the App Store to require developers to hand over up to 30 percent of the revenue they bring in. ...   Mac Central

If you’re looking longingly at the new 24-inch iMac but don’t want to be tied to a desk, your dream machine may be on the way. In a new episode of Front Page Tech, guerilla leaker Jon Prosser claims that Apple is developing a new MacBook or MacBook Air that comes in colors. ...   Mac Central

Apple on Friday announced it was awarding $410 million from its Advanced Manufacturing Fund to little-known optical manufacturing company II-VI to “create additional capacity and accelerate delivery of future components for iPhone. ...   Mac Central

As rumors swirl that Apple is looking to launch a new HiFi tier for Apple Music, subscribers of Deezer will be able to stream high-fidelity tracks to their HomePod or HomePod mini using just their voice. ...   Mac Central

Apple’s big Spring Loaded event essentially cleared the slate for major product announcements, and we don’t expect anything really big until WWDC in June. Most of the products Apple announced in April haven’t begun shipping yet, though, and there are still plenty of releases in Apple’s services to look forward to. ...   Mac Central

Apple on Monday released updates for iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, watchOS 7.4, and macOS 11.3, which contain critical security patches that should be installed immediately. We’ve seen these types of fixes in other recent updates and can’t stress how important it is to update. Update 5/5: Apple also released iOS 12.5.3 to address the Webkit exploits. ...   Mac Central

Tone2 Audio has released the Dark Vibes soundset for their synthesizer-workstation Icarus2. Tone2 says this sound-set is suitable for Horror, Ambient, Cinematic, Atmospheric,... Read More   KVR Audio

STL Tones has released the May 2021 update for the AmpHub platform. What's new: Added Vicarius Black 30 amplifier model, based on a Victory V30 The Countess MKI. Added... Read More   KVR Audio

Synthblitz Audio has released Spacetrax, a new synth VST instrument plug-in for Windows, saying: Inspired by the new generation hardware synthesizers, Spacetrax comes on board... Read More   KVR Audio

Sound Magic has updated Konghou to v1.2 and Electric Guitar T to v1.1. Changes in Konghou, Chinese Harp, v1.2: Add single articulation sets. Provide a more user friendly... Read More   KVR Audio

Beatport, Beatsource and Native Instruments have announced that Link streaming technology is available now to all Traktor Pro users. Beatport and Beatsource Link are currently available... Read More   KVR Audio

Rast Sound has released Beat Box, a free sample library with multiple solo kits, patterns, phrases and effects, in Kontakt and WAV formats. Details: 115 Samples. 4 Solo... Read More   KVR Audio

Heavyocity Media has announced the release of Mosaic Pluck, the fifth installment in The Mosaic Series line of virtual instruments. Mosaic Pluck continues the mission of Mosaic,... Read More   KVR Audio

Voxengo has updated Elephant, the mastering limiter plugin, to version 4.14. Changes in version 4.14: The 'In Gain' and 'Out Gain' can now be again linked inversely with... Read More   KVR Audio

Plughugger has released Mints, a soundset based entirely on the 'Altoids Minisynth' synthesizer, one of the more curious sampled synthesizers introduced in Omnisphere 2. The Altoids is... Read More   KVR Audio

UVI has announced the release of Hypnotic Dive, a dynamic psytrance-inspired expansion for Falcon 2, available now for $39 | 39€. Here's what they say: Building... Read More   KVR Audio

Toontrack has released Fretless EBX, a new expansion for the company's bass software EZbass. Here's what they say' At a glance, one wouldn't think that removing the seemingly... Read More   KVR Audio

sonible has announced the release of what it describes as 'the world's first multitrack EQ': smart:EQ 3. smart:EQ 3 creates spectral balance in single audio tracks and assists... Read More   KVR Audio

Tom Wolfe has released Aurora, a new soundbank for Arturia Pigments. Here's what Tom says: With a focus on cinematic textures, Aurora contains more than 100 presets... Read More   KVR Audio

FrozenPlain has released Squeaky Gate, a sample instrument based on raw and processed recordings of squeaking metal gates. Squeaky Gate includes 42 presets in categories such... Read More   KVR Audio

Celemony Software GmbH is placing the ARA Audio Random Access audio interface under open source license as well as releasing a comprehensive software development kit. This will make ARA... Read More   KVR Audio

Musical Sampling has released Atelier Series Fauxgorian, a legato male vocal Kontakt library intended for cinematic and electronic contexts, for Kontakt. Here's what they say:... Read More   KVR Audio

UnitedPlugins has announced the availability of Expanse 3D, a new plugin by JMG Sound (Jason Gibbins). UnitedPlugins comments: Jason's Expanse3D takes advantage... Read More   KVR Audio

iPhone, iPad / Education / Reference: Mahler Translations contains over 2300 English translations of the German words and phrases found in the symphonic works of Gustav Mahler. Now in-app purchases feature complete and alphabetized translations for each work that you can share with your orchestra...   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Tools / Metronomes: Created for musicians by musicians. Grooveloop reimagines the metronome in a fun and flexible way, allowing musicians to visually create loops of complex rhythms. Part practice tool, part beat making playground. Features: • Add up to 32 beats to a repeating...   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Instruments / Synthesizers: Create your own sounds and melodies Multiple adjustable parameters Become the best EDM producer HOW TO USE: You can change form of sound wave, volume and frequency. Two ADSR Envelope modules and LFO allows adding and adjusting special dub step effects....   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Tools / Tuners: Introducing Guitar Tuner, from the maker of the popular music app tomChord! What the users are saying: 'This is the only chromatic tuner that I tried on here that actually works.' - dharris (USA) 'Great app, love the noise cancellation thingy and it's probably the...   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Tools / Audio Editing: A mobile recording studio. Record or import audio, swap microphones for different sounds, change studios, edit, color label, sort, share and store your recordings anywhere. Use standalone or connect an external microphone or interface and get the hifi sound of...   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Portable Studio / MultiTracks: The mikme app is a smartphone-sized, audio-visual studio crafted to elevate your content and keep your audience captivated. Created to pair with mikme microphones, this little powerhouse on your phone allows you to create, monitor, edit, and infuse...   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Tools / Audio Editing: A mobile recording studio for music, podcasting, voiceover, filmmaking and more. Record or import audio, swap microphones for different sounds, change studios, edit, color label, sort, share and store your recordings anywhere. This free version comes with 3...   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Education / Games, Ear Trainig: Aural sense is the basic capability for music training. However, many music students usually ignore its importance. It's also very difficult for music teachers to cover all aspects in classroom. In order to solve this problem, the Ear Training Grade...   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Instruments / Drums: Welcome to the Lite version of DrumsLive. Find out the ultra-realistic sounds and the ultra-low latency of DrumsLive! In the full version, there are three settings for the latency values??. This free version is limited to one drum kit and the MIDI In notes...   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Tools / Tuners: 'Audio Tone Generator - ATG' is a powerful Audio test reference signal generator app for iPhone. This app creates the reference audio test signals as Sine-wave, Frequency Sweep, White Noise and Pink Noise, and has a high precision of CD quality and a frequency...   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Education / Training: Compatible Pianos: GP609?GP607?LX-17?LX-7?HP605?HP603A/HP603?HP601?RP501R?RP102?KIYOLA KF-10?DP603?F-140R?FP-90?FP-60?FP-30?FP-10?GO:PIANO(GO-61P)*?GP:PIANO88(GO-88P)?GO:PIANO with Alexa Built-in(GO-61P-A)*? Incompatible with iPad Pro 9.7 inch. Make sure your...   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Tools / Controllers: User comment: a must for windcontroll-players! byg-sax - Mar 9, 2017 all the essential parameters like breath, pitch-bend, velocity, mod-wheel etc. are monitored in separate bars! so its very easy to check out, what the values send by your windinstrument (CCs...   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Tools / Metronomes: Smart Metronome turns your iPhone into a simple, stylish and very accurate metronome! It contains three modes; Normal, Repeat and Program. Normal Mode Start practicing instantly, just like with any basic metronome. Enjoy its beautiful look with realistic...   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Portable Studio / MultiTracks: The power of a digital audio workstation in the palm of your hand. Release your creativity with up to 32 high quality audio tracks. Record multiple takes, harmonies, solos, and experiments. No more worrying about bouncing - each instrument can have...   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Education / Sheet Music & Tablatures: Large catalog of quality sheet music We have a large catalog of 100,000 songs and we add over a hundred new scores every week. Our scores have been carefully crafted by professional musicians, who are music teachers, composers and engravers....   440Software

iPhone, iPad / Instruments / Percussions: Whether you're already a dab hand or a tabla novice but have always wanted to learn, this app will help you live the dream! Introducing TABLA: the best and most comprehensive app of its kind on App Store. This user-friendly app transforms your...   440Software