Digidesign has announced the availability of Line 6's Amp Farm 2.0 plug-in, which adds compatibility with Pro Tools|HD systems and support for sample rates up to 96 kHz. A free update of Amp Farm 2.0 is available to owners of Pro Tools|HD systems who own the previous version of Amp Farm.

BIAS Deck 3.5, the Bias audio workstation, is shipping. This new release now supports Mac OS X, OMF importing and 5.1 surround mixing capabilities.

Antares Audio Technologies today announced the release of kantos 1.0, a software-based synthesizer for MAS, VST (Mac) and RTAS (Mac). Unlike conventional MIDI synthesizers, kantos 1.0 is controlled by any pitched monophonic audio. kantos 1.0 analyzes incoming audio and instantaneously extracts pitch, dynamics, harmonic content and formant characteristics. This information is then used to control the kantos 1.0 sound engine in ways never before possible with a conventional MIDI synth. Surprising.

Now, Lexicon is shipping a highly sophisticated automation option for the 960L, which has been greatly anticipated since the announcement of its development at the 2002 Winter NAMM Session in Anaheim, CA.

The optional automation feature is available at authorized Lexicon dealers. Customers can purchase a dedicated "key" to unlock the automation feature in their 960L with version 3 software. Version 3 software is a no charge upgrade that will be automatically sent to all existing registered customers and included standard in production units. Customers who register their 960L at www.lexicon.com will also continue to receive the delay and 96kHz algorithm option at no charge.

The 960L automation option allows program changes, pan moves, parameter adjustments, and mutes to be written an ...

Propellerhead Software has announced the release of Reason 2.0. On the menu, more "machines" (Malström, NN-XT), more sounds (Orkester library), more power (detachable sequencer, OS X and multi-processors supports).