Edirol annouces that its R-4 portable digital recorder is now shipping. The R-4 is a four channel recorder which includes support for Broadcast Wave Format file (BWF). The R-4 can record at audio resolutions up to 24-bit/96kHz on all four channels, and features a built-in limiter, 5 different dynamics processors, 4 XLR/TRS combo microphone jacks with phantom power, RCA analog output, S/PDIF Coaxial Input and Output, built-in stereo microphones, built-in speakers, and a USB 2.0 connection.

Edirol R-4 costs $1,895.00.

Luxonix announces that all of Ravity S, Ravity R and Ravity 16 are ported to Macintosh completely. They feature new structure based on PCM synthesizer module, large preset browser, extremely low CPU load / 32bit sound processing, Hyper Layered MIDI assign System for real-time performance and sound editing, and more...

VST format is scheduled for release in 22 March 2005, and AU format in May 2005.

Cycling'74 has updated Max/MSP to version 4.5.4. Max is a graphical programming environment for MIDI. There are 400 objects which are the building blocks of a complete audio application. This new release fixes arround 45 bugs...

Détails and download in the MacMusic softwares section.

Digidesign announces a new EQ III DigiRack Plug-In, which provides a high-quality 7 Band, 2–4 Band, or 1 Band EQ for adjusting the frequency spectrum of audio material. EQ III supports all Pro Tools session sample rates up to 192 kHz.

EQ III is part of DigiRack and is available as a free download for all registered users.

EastWest has just released Quantum Leap Colossus and Quantum Leap RA. Colossus is a Kompakt based General MIDI compatible 32GB virtual instrument that covers all of the basic musical genres. RA is a Kompakt based "rare and ethnic" sound library plug-in.

RA and Colossus are available for MacOS X in VST, AU and RTAS plug-in formats and cost US$995 each.