This upgrade brings many enhancements and is now downloadable on Apple's website. For details on those enhancements, follow the link !

The plugsound family gets richer; Volumes 1 and 2 are completing it. There are keyboards (vol1) and Fretted Intruments (vol2), a new skin for the window before the next version (2.0) which should be in the pipeline if they continue to follow this rythm.

Little sister of the EMI2/6, the EMI 6/2m is a 6 Ins, 2 Outs USB audio interface with a S/PDIF In Out with a trick: it can change itself into a MIDI In Out. Looking like an ideal solution for nomads and others, it was announced for a long time now. But as Emagic clains its availibility as from now on, you can expect it to be in the shop at Christmas

PINNACLE SYSTEMS AGREES TO ACQUIRE STEINBERG MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA and HAMBURG, GERMANY, December 18, 2002?-Pinnacle Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: PCLE), announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the stock of Steinberg Media Technologies AG based in Hamburg, Germany. Steinberg specializes in digital audio software solutions for consumers and professionals. The companies expect to close the transaction in early January 2003 and have agreed on a total purchase price of approximately $24 million, consisting of $8.2 million in cash and $15.8 million of Pinnacle Systems common stock. At closing, Pinnacle Systems will acquire all products, software, and intellectual property rights, along with all other assets and liabilities of the company. Pinna ...

It certainly appears to be the season for gift giving, and Propellerhead Software and Primesounds are not to be caught napping.
As a registered user, you will receive a download account on PrimeSounds.com that will allow you to download 100MB of samples. Primesounds has more than 48000 samples available for instant download. The samples are categorized based on styles, instruments, format, key, tempo etc and the easy to use search engine lets you find what you need in this massive collection of sounds.
Starting today, Propellerheads will begin sending out the instructions and registration codes needed to get access to the PrimeSounds web site. They're not sending out the codes to all registered users at the same time, since they don't want to swamp the PrimeSound's servers. You will receive your personal code via email within a few days.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to one and all!