PSP Audioware has updated the Lexicon PSP 42 and PSP 84 plug-ins to v1.5.3. The update includes x64 VST PC preliminary builds which run natively on 64-bit Windows XP and Vista operating systems.

Other changes include :

• AudioUnit PowerPC <> Intel-Mac session portability issues resolved.
• Unresponsive GUI controls now work fine in Digital Performer.
• Default bank feature added, which allows user to specify the bank file to be automatically loaded on plug-in startup (the factory bank can always be restored by apple/ctrl clicking on the default bank icon).
• PC/PPC/Intel-Mac bank/preset file portability issues resolved.

MOTU has announced the release of a new maintenance update for Volta, its virtual instrument plug-in that allows users to play and automate modular synthesizers — or any hardware equipped with control voltage (CV) inputs — from their favorite host audio workstation software. Version 1.02 has numerous enhancements and is recommended for all users.

Volta v1.02 is available as a free, downloadable update for all registered Volta users. For complete details, see the PDF documentation included in the updater download.

CME unveils the WIDI-XU, a stunning "flash disk-like" wireless MIDI interface. The WIDI-XU is the smallest member of the WIDI family, needing no MIDI IN/OUT port, just an USB plug.

Simply plug it into your computer, to enable wireless Duplex MIDI data transfer with other CME WIDI products. The WIDI-XU is quite compact and cheap, making it a great choice as a wireless MIDI system for computer use. The WIDI-XU even provides one-to-multi communication; one WIDI-XU can connect to many wireless MIDI devices, up to 64 MIDI channels. The WIDI-XU also has the same capability as other larger WIDI products, for example: 80m maximum wireless range, powerful error correction with automatic notes-off and on-line detection etc.

Main features :

• USB class compliant for Win XP and Mac OS ...

FabFilter today announces the release of Timeless 2, the successor to the original Timeless delay plug-in.

Key features :

• Two independent delay lines with tap feature and host tempo synchronization with fully adjustable offset
• Classic perfectly modeled tape delay mode that changes the pitch when the delay time changes
• Unique time-stretch mode that speeds up or slows down the sound, keeping the pitch constant when the delay time changes
• Individual delay line panning
• Freeze button to keep repeating the current delay line buffer
• Two independent multi-mode filters with 11 different filter characteristics, based on FabFilter's unique digital filter technology
• Unique mid/side processing mode that lets you delay the mid and side signals ...

Here's a new Pro Tools Corner issue by our VIP Moderator Brian White from audioMIDI.com.

"On top of all the fancy new UI enhancements and fantastic sounding Virtual Instruments, Pro Tools 8 has made significant improvements to many of my everyday workflows. Playlists have always been a great way to keep track of alternate takes in Pro Tools, allowing you to easily craft the perfect composite performance or "comp" by piecing together different takes. Pro Tools 8 has enhanced this process infinitely by allowing you to view, edit and audition a track's playlists within its new "Playlists View." This week at the corner I will show you some tricks that will cut your comping time in half and share what's new with playlists in Pro Tools 8."

if you have a Pro Tools related question that you would like Brian to take a shot at answering or have any feedback, please post-it in our Mac ProTools Forum or Pc ProTools Forum. Brian will do his best to select the questions that seem to stump the most people.