Make Music announces that Finale 2006 updated version is now available. This new release of MakeMusic's notation software features : studio View and Powerful New Mixer, Tempo Tap, Integrated Kontakt Player and Garritan Sounds, Resize Noteheads (automatically), Chord Analysis (automatically), Mid-Measure Repeats, Split Measure, Embedded Graphics, Create Coda System and much more.

Finale 2006 is available as pre-order.

MacMusic is proud to publish this interview with Dave Kerzner by our friend Doug Edge from AudioMidi.com. Dave Kerzner, of Sonic Reality and IK Multimedia, has been producing sample and sound design libraries for titles like Sonik Synth 2 and Sampletank 2 for quite some time.

Enjoy your reading !

FXpansion has released GURU in conjunction with Devine Machine. GURU is a sampling beat box featuring 8 engines (each with16 MIDI-triggered Sample Pads, step-sequencer with 24 MIDI-triggered Patterns, Three Aux effect slots and Insert effects slot), Sample Pad Editor (with individual control of Gain, pan, tuning, resonant filtering, Amp/FX envelopes and more), Advanced Step Sequencer (128 steps, 16 channels, 24 Pattern memories per engine and Graphical automation). GURU comes with more than 2GB of sample with material by Yellow Tools, Wizoo, Gearshift and others.

GURU (standalone, ReWire, VSTi, AudioUnit, RTAS) costs $249,00 or 199 euros.

As usual, poor Pro Tools LE users are still waiting for a Pro Tools LE version compatible with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger. And as usual happy and rich Pro Tools TDM users have a new update for Pro Tools TDM. This week, update is number 6.9.2cs1 and fixes several bugs. This release needs a Pro Tools|HD and Pro Tools|HD Accel Systems, with Pro Tools TDM 6.9.2 Software only and Mac OS X 10.4.1 "Tiger" only.

Full list of bugs fixed in the MacMusic softwares section.

Native Instruments announces an updated version of Absynth. This 3.0.2 version adds several improvements and bugfixes : 8 individual outputs in plug-in mode, many fixes in the envelope page, surround LFE fixed. This version also features a new 'Active_Aurora.glo' preset designed by Brian Clevinger, the creator of Absynth, and 64 new "Universal Library Files".