AudioFinder by Iced Audio is a sample library manager. This new release v3.5 features : added Full AudioUnit Plugin support, added AudioUnit Presets menu, improved the Waveform Overview to allow vertical sizing, added searching with Regular Expressions to the Scanner, replaced the Scanner's Search ComboBox with the Mac OS X standard Search Field, added Search field Recent Searches menu, added "Suspend MIDI Input" to the Options menu, to temporally enable/disable the MIDI inputs, bugfices and more !

Info and download in the MacMusic software section.

Apple has updated Logic to v7.0.1. This update improves performance, stability and compatibility with several Audio Units plug-ins.

Logic v7.0.1 fixes : Channels Strip Setting error, Guitar Amp mic position setting problem, MIDI device names show up problem, Multi-Instrument Bank Messages won't change when importing a Song from Logic Pro 6.4.3., "Goto Position" window does not switch to current position, "Send to MIDI - Maximum Volume" sends to all channels and not just channel 1, Audio Suite plug-ins process now correctly regardless of whether there are open floating windows, both sides of a split stereo file are converted when performing a sample rate conversion within the Sample Editor.

This release also fixes : Apple Loops playback correctly in sessions with sample rates other than 44.1 kHz, Recycle files consistently import as expected, All Acid Loops transpose in Loop Browser as expected, TDM tracks are successfully bounced even when native bounce is set to "offline", and Ultrabeat several fixes.

This update also improves control surface support, and fixes : Logic Control no longer generates notes in Learn mode, plug-in parameter names are displayed correctly, Yamaha mixers problems fixed, assignments are now possible in the Controls View ans surround joysticks work properly.

An update to the Logic Node application is necessary to maintain compatibility with Logic 7.0.1. The Node update software is contained in the Logic Pro 7.0.1 Update package.

This update is avaiable only via Apple's software update utility

Alesis will unveil at NAMM its new Fusion synthesizer. The Fusion has a new synthesizer engine with seven DSPs for sample playback, analog modeling, FM and physical modeling. The Fusion features up to 180 voices of sample playback, 120 MB of waveforms, 800 programs of preset instruments, 64 Drumkits, 128 GM Programs plus 8 Drum Kits, 40GB free for user, 13 filters types, 20 Reverbs, 10 Chorus, 50 Insert Effects, 4 Band EQ, Pitch Bend Wheel, Modulation Wheel, Aftertouch, and much more !

More info on fusionsynth web site.

Chachacha helps you mix four videos depending on the mix of their sounds. You can control speed, loop points, volume and pan, all parameters can be accessed via MIDI through a MIDI learn function.

This freeware is available in the MacMusic softwares section.

Cycling '74 today announced HIPNO 1.0, a new suite of over forty effects and instrument VST plug-ins for VST, Audio Units and RTAS Mac OS X host applications. Designed by ElectroTap, this package features a mix of granular, spectral, and filter/delay-based plug-ins featuring the unique Hipnoscope user interface. Also included in the package is an amazing set of processors that utilize live video input as a control source, and a new set of modulator plug-ins sure to captivate both the novice and long-time users of Cycling '74's Pluggo and Mode plug-in collections. Some highlights of the Hipno collection include:

- Morphulescence:  a cascaded bank of LFO-modulated morphing filters ready for eruption.
- Vsynth:  a plug-in that uses a live video feed as the spectral source for synth inspirations.
- Deluge:  a quartet of granular processing engines wrapped into one glittering package.
- Shypht:  a pitch-shifting effects system enlivened by pitch quantization, filtering, and feedback looping.
- VcolorTrack and Modulator Vmotion:  a pair of modulator plug-ins to morph and control Hipno, Mode, or Pluggo plug-ins using video color or motion tracking.

Hipno has a suggested retail price of $199 and will be available for purchase in the first quarter of 2005.