The new control surface, dubbed Mackie Control, is a fully automated touch-sensitive control surface for MOTU Digital Performer manufactured by Mackie Designs.
Mackie Control provides nine 100-mm motorized touch-sensitive 1024-step Penny & Giles faders. The unit includes programmable rotary V-Pots on each channel strip, along with MUTE, SOLO, SELECT and REC/READY buttons. Dedicated assignment buttons give Digital Performer users instant access to any mixing parameter on any track, including EQ, dynamics, I/O settings and plug-ins. A large, backlit LED strip provides a detailed, comprehensive readout of channel settings and plug-in parameters. Dedicated channel- and bank-switching buttons provide quick access to any track in a Digital Performer mix. Transport, zoom, scrub and shuttle mode buttons, along with a large ergonomic jog/shuttle wheel, provide complete control over Digital Performer’s main transports and zooming/locating features.

After months of hard labour, here is finally the new version of your site. Indeed, some graphics and other details are still to come but most of the new features are there except for something coming up soon that should please the old time MacMusic's members...

Apple today announced it has acquired Emagic, a leading provider of professional software solutions for computer based music production. Emagic's most popular product, Logic, is actively used by over 200,000 musicians around the world. Emagic's Windows-based product offerings will be discontinued on September 30, 2002. Emagic will operate as a wholly owned division of Apple. Your comments...

Metric Halo has upgraded its software plug-ins to support the Pro Tools | HD platform. Are concerned, both SpectraFoo (realtime audio analyzer) and ChannelStrip (eq, compressor, etc.)

PSPaudioware release the Lexicon PSP 42, a digital stereo delay and phrase sampler plug-in (VST format; MAS soon!) based on the legendary Lexicon PCM42 processor famous for its distinctive sound and unique concept.
Lexicon PSP 42 has been carefully designed to accurately reproduce the flexibility and warmth of this renowned classic. This has been accomplished by incorporating precise tape saturation algorithm and a delay line operating with variable sampling rate which simulates physical properties of vintage tape machine delays.