Wave Arts is pleased to announce Power Suite 5.21, which now includes Universal Binary support for our Mac VST and MAS versions. All our Mac plug-in formats are now Universal Binaries and will work on any Intel based Mac. Wave Arts Power Suite 5 has received critical acclaim since it's introduction last year, and continues to be the go-to "essential" plug-in bundle for many musicians, engineers and producers around the world. Power Suite 5 features the following plug-ins:

- TrackPlug- all-in-one channel strip with 10 band EQ, dual compressors, gate, sidechain EQs, peak limter, and realtime spectrum analyzer (RTA).
- MasterVerb- classic digital reverb algorithms.
- MultiDynamics- multiband compression/expansion processing.
- Panorama- 3-dimensional sound panner with environmental audio effects.
- FinalPlug- mastering limiter/volume maximizer.

The plug-ins are available in all native formats for Mac OS X (AU/MAS/VST/RTAS, all Universal Binary) and Windows 2000/XP (VST/DX/RTAS). The version 5.21 update is free for existing version 5 users. The updates and free demos can be downloaded at :

Cycling'74 announces a bunch of updated versions for Max, Hipno, Pluggo and Mode.

- Max/MSP is now available as version 4.6.2 for Mac OS X and fixes several bugs in the Max/MSP application (problem where saving a prototype, crash problems with complex patches) and in the Max objects.

- Pluggo, Pluggo Junior and Pluggo Runtime are available in version 3.6 featuring : Iniversal Binary versions for both MacIntel and PowerPC Macs, better AudioUnit plugins folder classification, VST 2.4 support, and bugfixes.

- Mode is updated to version 1.3 and Hipno to version 1.1, and both are now available as Universal Binary versions.

Nomad Factory is pleased to announce the release of the Liquid Bundle II. The Liquid Bundle gives you a variety of incredible effects plug-ins. The plug-ins in this bundle include Liquid Compressor II, Liquid Delays II, Liquid Gate II, Liquid Mod II, Liquid Phase II and Liquid Verb II. These tools are ideal for the sound designer, mixer and musician. And although this plug-ins provides intuitive and simple controls, the sound quality they deliver is full and warm. Plus, Liquid plug-ins operates efficiently to avoid over-taxing your CPU resources.

The Liquid Bundle II demo and full product files are available via instant download at :

MOTU has released an Universal Binary version of MX4, their multisynth virtual instrument for all platforms (MAS, AU and RTAS). Universal Binary MAS versions of Ethno Instrument and Symphonic Instrument are also available for download. This means those working in Digital Performer will be able to run those virtual instruments natively on MacIntel computers.

Blue Cat Audio has released a new version of its Phaser and Stereo Phaser directX and VST plug-ins, with a new user interface and MIDI control capabilities. These plug-ins reproduce the typical analog phasing effect and have been modeled after vintage analog circuits. New in these 2.0 versions:

-Brand new skinnable graphic user interface using Blue Cat's skinning language v1.2.2.
-Advanced MIDI control with customizable parameters curve response and MIDI learn.
-All parameters can now be fine tuned thanks to a text-edit popup window that appears when double clicking on user interface widgets.
-User Manual accessible from plug-in UI.

Stereo Phaser: special introduction price is 17 EUR (instead of 19 EUR) or $20.5(instead of $22). Upgrade is free for registered users.