DPA announces Windpac, Windshield System for use when it is raining. The windshield itself is water resistant however for extended rainy outdoor use the RainCover will protect the windshield and the microphone. The foam breaks the speed of heavy rain drops, and in addition, the RainCover absorbs the sound of the drop. Because of the characteristics of the RainCover it does not cause any significant distortion to the recorded sound.

Wizzo annouces that Wizooverb W2 version 1.0 RTAS is now available. W2 allows creating stereo room emulations either based on impulse responses or by a proprietary algorithm – and even allows for arbitrary combination of both technologies.

More info in the MacMusic softwares section.

Apple is voluntarily recalling certain lithium ion rechargeable batteries that were sold worldwide from October 2004 through May 2005 for use with the following notebook computers: 12-inch iBook G4, 12-inch PowerBook G4 and 15-inch PowerBook G4. These batteries were manufactured by LG Chem, Ltd. of South Korea. The affected batteries could overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers. The recalled batteries include those with model numbers A1061, A1078, and A1079 and serial numbers that begin with HQ441 through HQ507 and 3X446 through 3X510.

If you have a recalled battery, please stop using it and order a replacement battery immediately.

Plugsound have just released new installers for all PlugSound products to improve OS X Tiger as well as Logic 7.1 compatibility and correct a few "glitches" in other formats.

- Plugsound installers now instal version 1.94
- Charlie's and Ultra Focus' updates are 1.12
- X-treme FX installer brings you the 1.01 version
- SonicBoomBox 's new 1.01 update is compatible with Garage Band 2.0.1 update.

If your Operating System is Tiger, we strongly advise that you update your USB product.

Our friends at Sony Oxford are proud to announce the update of their site. It's certainly not a luxury in view of the quality of their products but, as the saying goes, better late than never…As a result, it's got it all: ultra clean interface, detailed product information, demonstrations, online sales, etc…The catalog doesn't show anything new aside from the following essentials:

- Oxford EQ
- Oxford EQ + GML
- Oxford Dynamics
- Oxford Inflator
- Oxford TransMod
- Oxford Reverb
- Oxford Restoration Tools