Pete Edwards is completely cracked ! This freaky young man spend his time on various sound toys making them sound like they never do... and it works well as his company, Casperelectronics counts clients such as Mike Patton, Rahzel or Danny Elfman !

If you want to know what your old "Speak&Spell" can do, visit his web site...

Synk Audio, a leading innovator in adaptive music, announces version 1.6 of their Musicbed DV music soundtrack generation software with Mac Universal Binary support, new music generation features, new surround music features and more than double the amount of royalty-free music content. But what's that ? Well, Musicbed DV is an easy-to-use Mac program for generating custom music soundtracks that match the mood and timing of video and audio projects. Users are offered a unique set of versatile controls for adjusting musical intensity, complexity, dynamics and more, all in real-time.
For more info see their web site.

Apogee Electronics Corporation has just released an update to their Symphony PCI driver to include two new features, VBus and Performance Tuning.
VBus provides unlimited routing possibilities across multiple applications in any Symphony equipped G5 or Mac Pro. With VBus, users have the ability to create virtual hardware buses, which allows for the routing of audio within an audio application or between different audio applications. For example, it is now possible in Logic Pro to record a submix of multiple audio tracks onto a new audio track, which was previously impossible without VBus.
The Performance Tuning feature makes it possible to further reduce the latency of a Symphony system. When set to High Performance, latency is reduced to previously unattainable levels.

For more information see their web site.

Pro-Sounds has announced the availability of "Unstable Oscillators" for the reFX Vanguard synthesizer. This new bank, designed by Lawrence Strand of Electronic Emergency, is made up of 128 rough, tough sounds in FXB and FXP formats. You won't find any "nice-guy" sounds here. Unstable OScillators is pure grit and grime, featuring ripping basses, blazing leads, dangerous rhythms, and more.

Unstable Oscillators is available for €17.95. Previous Pro-Sounds customers can enjoy a 20% loyalty discount via a special link sent via email.

As audioMIDI prepares for the Holiday Season, they like to offer a coupon to say thanks to their loyal customers. From now through the end of the year, take 10% off almost everything in their store, simply use coupon code YEAREND10 during checkout.

That sounded like something we should mention as audioMIDI has always been a great MacMusic supporter.