Happy you owners of the 828, MOTU has released the driver version X in public beta so you can use it NOW! Go retrieve it! Be careful anyway, it's BETA!

For the Logic wanabees, an interesting bundle available until 08/29/02.
The BIG Box bundle
include Logic 5/48 tracks, the ES1 (virtual synth), the EXP24 (virtual -again- Fender Rhodes and the EXP24 (virtual -still-sampler)
Great for us and unexpensive too! But be patient, I'm waiting mine for 2 weeks… boohoo…

There was a time when it was available only in TDM/RTAS or MAS. It's over now, you can have it in VST too. Sacrified to the simple mortals in some way…. Channelstrip will make your day for less than 300$.
Compressor, EQ, Noise Gate, Phase Inverter… a "real" channel strip - hmm something under that ;) - now poors can afford it ...

Need Logic 5 and its magic dongle to mix projects with way too many faders? No more!
Mackie and its Mackie Control will make users of programs like Nuendo, cubase SX or DP happier. A modified version of the HUI without the monitoring section, the 2 pres among a few things. It can be extended by blocks of 8 faders.

Edirol Corporation announced that their new UM-550 5x5 USB MIDI Interface is now shipping.
The newest in a long line of Edirol MIDI interfaces, this 3/4 rack unit provides a 5 input – 5 output MIDI switching interface. The UM-550 is the little brother of the UM-880 and contains many of the same features – ideally suited for the MIDI studio with fewer devices. The suggested list price is $240.