It's a very strange news : Apple has send a very short and laconic press release this early morning to inform us that the AppleExpo Keynote will not take place this year. The Paris AppleExpo '05 will normally start on September 20th at 11h00.

On this Sunday MacMusic invites you to discover, or rather to savour, a real gem. One of our members, Mr.T, and a well-known one because he is a regular forum visitor, made, on his own, a musical video of his music "A real mother fucker". As strong as Coppola and Spielberg put together, and unintentionally, Mr.T is some kind of living ad for Apple since he produces the absolute evidence that on your own with a Mac, you only need a (big) touch of talent to work wonders. So I invite you to go and watch this video in which lascivious dancers, obstinate drummer and wavy skeletons are skilfully mixed, and they're all serving Mr T.

And of course you could not imagine watching this sweet video without having a look at another real nugget : the making-of !

Peti is a unique VSTi, which uses hybrid FM synthesis technology to emulate the sounds of the Harmonium, a member of the Reed Organ family, also known as "pump organ". The Harmonium in its smaller form is widely used in north Indian music and, as derivation, in pop and rock music too for its full and sweet sound.

A demo version 1.0 VST is available in the MacMusic software section.

It's a very good news for all NS-10 nostalgic people : Yamaha announces its new reference monitoring line, the HS serie. This white-coned reference monitors serie comes with three cabinet models : the HS50M (70W) at $249, the HS80M (120W) at $449 and subwoffer HS10W at $599. They will be available in October 2005 and they will replace current model MSP10 Studio.

These new monitors will be sold and packaged individually.

Digidesign introduced the Mbox 2, a next-generation USB-powered audio/MIDI production system that builds on the performance and simplicity of the original Mbox. Mbox 2 comes with the Pro Tools Ignition Pack, an impressive collection of powerful plug-ins, creative applications, and additional tools to help professionally produce and promote music. With the addition of the Pro Tools Ignition Pack, Mbox 2 includes more than 50 plug-ins and instruments. The new MBox 2 features :

- Four simultaneous inputs with analog and digital I/O
- Two analog inputs (XLR and 1/4" jacks) and two analog outputs (1/4" jacks)
- Two channels of S/PDIF digital I/O (RCA)
- 48V phantom power for condenser mics
- 24-bit/48 kHz audio
- MIDI in/out