Ableton announces that all registered owners of a Live Lite version that came bundled with a hardware product (Digidesign, M-Audio and others), are now eligible to purchase a full version of Live 5 for $199,00 (Live 5 full version costs $499,00).

This special offer is only available until March 6, 2006,

Mawzer offers preview of the Mawzer prototype in action. Three videos are available and you can now see how to plug the modules, configure them. Mazwer is a new modular MIDI controller allowing an infinite customizable combination of controls. You can cange the configuration in seconds to adapt your studio project or live situation, day afer day, just by pluging Mowzer Modules in the Backplane, assign midi controls in your favorite software, and you're ready to play.

Jump to the video link and just feel how easy it is to build your own controller.

Native Instruments unveiled KORE, its first proprietary USP or Universal Sound Platform, operating both as a stand-alone instrument host and as a plug-in in every major sequencer. Kore integrates all your software instruments and effects into a single, unified interface and gives you total control of your sound and instant, hands-on access with a real analog feel. Kore introduces KoreSound, a universal sound format that shifts the focus from individual instruments toward the sound itself. This new format allows you to manage all the presets for all your software instruments. Thanks to the seamless integration of Kore's software and hardware components, your software instruments and effects become tactile instruments that are highly intuitive and uniform in their operation. NI will also unveil a Kore Controler with integrated USB audio interface.

A full story about new Kore system will be available in five chapters on the Native Instruments web site on March 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd. NI will give full details about Kore during Frankfurt MusikMesse from March 29th to April 1st. Complete version of KORE will be available in spring 2006.

Ableton just released a beta version of Live 5.2b3. This beta version natively supports new Intel-based Macs, adds full VST 2.4 support, and fixes several bugs. This beta version contains only a limited number of presets, samples, sets and lessons. You can unlock this beta version with your current Live 5 serial number, or with the beta serial number provided on the Ableton web site (3006-5523-B867-056F-28AE-4EC7) if you are not a Live 5 owner and want to try this beta on a new Intel-Mac.

Elemental audio today released an update to its Mac compatible RTAS, VST, and Audio Unit audio plug-in analysis suite, InspectorXL. The version 1.0.2 update adds numerous processing improvements, resolves several issues with the prior version, and includes interface enhancements to make InspectorXL easier on the eyes. Changes affect all six of InspectorXL's analysis modules (Spectrum Analyzer, Stereo Analyzer, Statistics, Multimeter, Vertical Level Meter, and Horizontal Level Meter) and Elemental Audio Systems highly recommends that all users move to this latest version.

The update is available for download free of charge to all current registered customers.