A new article explaining MIDI compared to audio, by Synthetic.

Everything works out if you can wait: the Pulsar2 card is down to 1200 euros and the Luna to 490 euros.

Digidesign and Emagic announced planned support of Emagic's Logic Platinum for Digidesign TDM systems under Mac OS X. Emagic and Digidesign are working together to deliver this compatibility quickly. Emagic has already worked with Digidesign to implement this, and has displayed a technical preview version of Logic Platinum at the recent 113th AES convention in Los Angeles running on Pro Tools|HD systems under Mac OS X.

Digidesign and Emagic plan to continue their cooperation, not only with their present ongoing commitment to the Logic TDM Extension, but also with upcoming exciting new Emagic products for Pro Tools users, including the EPIC TDM collection of TDM Plug-Ins for Pro Tools users, and Pro Tools-compatible versions of the ES-2 virtual synthesiser, the EVP88 vintage keyboard and ...

Waves is releasing lots of new products this month: version 3.6 for HD users, Restoration Bundle (the name says it all...) and 360 Surround Bundle (a set of 7 plugins specialised in spatialisation, reverberation and dynamic treatments of all kinds).

Metric Halo was at SATIS 'hiding' the Mobile I/O ULN2, a new Firewire interface featuring 2 analogue ins, microphone preamplification, 48 V, 3 outs (monitor, program and headphones), 2 inserts and providing all digital formats (AES, SPDIF, ADAT), plus a World Clock I/O.
The interface works with a 96 KHz sample rate and can store up to 9 "settings" memories (Eq, gain level, Ins...). It should cost around 1200€ and be out for next January.