BIAS Inc. unveiled Peak 3.1, a new version of the award-winning digital audio editing application. This upgrade adds support for QuickTime 6, encoding audio with Dolby's AAC, and several other feature enhancements. Based upon the recently released Peak 3, Peak 3.1 is native for Mac OS X and will also run under Mac OS 8.6 - 9.x. The upgrade will be available free of charge for owners of Peak 3.

"Since our recent release of Peak 3 for Mac OS X, we've been hard at work continuing to add features and improve functionality," said Jason Davies, VP of Worldwide Sales for BIAS. "We're pleased to be offering Peak 3.1 to owners of Peak 3 at no charge. The upgrade includes a number of features and enhancements that they will really appreciate."

Support for QuickTime 6, Dolby AAC Files and More ...

Lexicon, Inc, introduces the new MPX 550, a true stereo dual-channel processor featuring 24-bit A/D and D/A conversion and 24-bit internal processing. This latest in Lexicon's line of acclaimed MPX series processors provides both balanced analog I/O's and S/PDIF digital I/O for maximum flexibility. Powered by Lexicon's proprietary Lexichip, the MPX 550 has
255 presets (plus 64 user definable) with classic true stereo reverb programs, as well as dual programs that combine two independent effects plus digital compression in four routing configurations. A host of other reverb effects, including Ambience, Plate, Chamber and Inverse, as well as Tremolo, Rotary, Chorus, Flange, Pitch, Detune, 5.5 second Delay and Echo are also included.

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Edirol Corporation announced the release of their latest combination USB audio capture and MIDI interface, the UA-20. The UA-20 is an efficient USB Audio/MIDI solution for the PC and Mac with a suggested list price of $215. This 24-bit USB bus-powered audio/MIDI interface is ideal for laptop users who don't want to compromise audio quality for portability.

The french site, MacBidouille, just published some pictures and a PDF showing the futur Pro PowerMacs coming soon. The news case contains 4 PCI slot, 1 AGP, up two 6 IDE drive, SDRAM, and an audio input minijack (coming back). Decide for yourself!

(07/23) Apple just forced Macbidouille to remove the pictures, but we've found another copy here...