Now available for the Mac, CDxtract is a program/sample converter that supports virtually every single sample format both ways. It can also read the samples before converting them. The following program formats are currently supported: Akai S1000 / S3000 / S5000 / S6000, MPC 2000/3000, Roland S7xx, EMU III / ESI / IV / EOS / Soundfont, Tascam GigaSampler/Studio, Emagic EXS24, Digidesign SampleCell, Creamware Pulsar STS, MESA, NI Reaktor map, Steinberg Halion, VSampler... as well as the following sample formats: Kurzweil, Wav, AIFF, SD2, MPC .snd, and Pulsar .s... Not bad ;-)

Transcribe is a great shareware that allows you to easily write out any kind of piece of music. Once the sample is loaded, Transcribe slows it down (without changing its pitch), and displays the fundamental notes on a piano keyboard, making it very simple to transcribe a music partition.

Dragan just released a new VST plug-in which analyses frequencies in real-time. 4 view modes are available, and best of all, it's a freeware...

SoundLib is a shareware that helps you manage your growing sample and sound library. If you are tired of searching through stacks of CD ROMs, floppies, and DAT tapes, SoundLib is for you. Enter basic or detailed information, then print a media label for a variety of formats.

MacAudioLab, makers of Mac audio tutorials announces the release of the a comprehensive tutorial for MOTU Digital Performer 3. “The Complete Digital Performer 3 Series” is a 5 CD-ROM set that covers over 5 hours of in-depth video tutorials on Digital Performer. The CDs can be viewed in a large Quicktime window format – up to 720X480 window. PDF documentation accompanies the CD-ROMs for a searchable archive of topics as well as where to find them on the CD-ROM.