The vt3 by Smassey is a new 3-band equalizer plug-in with a crisp, unique sound that's extremely DSP efficient. The plug-in supports Pro Tools LE or Pro Tools TDM, including MIX, HD, and HD Accel. The TDM version operates with 48-bit precision. A trial version is available which has no time limitations and no annoying mutes or beeps in the audio.

The full version adds additional features and is available for $69.

Audio Damage updated DubStation to version 1.1. This new Universal Binary version adds full Mac Intel processor support. The DubStation plug-in is modeled on the "bucket-brigade" style of vintage delay units, and has all the mojo that made those boxes great.

DubStation for MacIntel is available as a crossgrade ($5.00).

MOTU is now shipping the UltraLite, a half rack-space, bus-powered FireWire audio interface that turns a laptop or desktop Power Mac, Intel Mac or PC into a mobile 24-bit, 96kHz recording studio with 10 inputs and 14 outputs. Housed in sturdy yet lightweight aluminum alloy, the UltraLite provides 2 mic/instrument inputs with preamps, 48V phantom power, unique three-way pad switch (-36, -18 and 0dB) and front-panel Digital Precision Trim knobs that provide 24dB of gain in 1dB increments for a total gain range of 60dB. It also features 6 balanced line-level quarter-inch (TRS) inputs (a total of 8 analog ins) and 10 analog TRS outputs. Also included are 96 kHz stereo S/PDIF digital I/O, a dedicated stereo headphone output and MIDI I/O.

Motu UltraLite is now shipping worldwide (MSRP $595).

Pro Tools M-Powered 7.1 is now available and includes additional M-Audio Interface Support (M-Audio Fast Track Pro and JamLab ). Pro Tools LE 7.1 and Pro Tools M-Powered 7.1 both include the following new or enhanced features:

- Default Track Timebase when Creating New Tracks
- Support for co-installation of Pro Tools LE and M-Powered on the same computer
Pro Tools LE 7.1 and Pro Tools M-Powered 7.1 can be installed on the same Digidesign-qualified computer. Co-installation is only supported when Pro Tools LE and M-Powered have the exact same version number.

Cycling '74 released a version 4.5.7 of Max/MSP. This new version contains various bug fixes, adds some new objects features, supports the hosting of the latest versions of Pluggo, Mode, and Hipno (3.5.4, 1.2.4, 1.0.4) using the vst~ object., and adds support for the upcoming Pluggo 3.5.4 update. Max is a graphical programming environment for MIDI. There are 400 objects which are the building blocks of a complete audio application. It can be a sequencer, a synthesizer..