Antares Audio Technologies announced the release of Antares Tube, a multi-format plug-in designed to model a wide range of analog tube effects as well as effects unavailable from any actual hardware.

With V.5 software, your d8b can now be used as a controller for Pro Tools and any other HUI supported DAW.

One of the best-selling Cubase books ever published in Germany is finally available in an English language version. Officially authorized and co-written by Steinberg, "Cubase SX/SL - Reference" includes the official manual for Cubase SX/SL, an exclusive 50-page tutorial by Cubase-guru Mark Wherry, plus a foreword by Steinberg CEO Manfred Ruerup.

Lapjockey announced the release of Flatpack, a new ReFill sound source for Reason. Flatpack combines a mix of rare analogue synths and drum machines, with more modern and experimental synth kits. Inspired by Reason, Flatpack is a series of samples, loops, patches and song templates to expand the self-contained synth studio within Propellerhead's popular software.

Besides eliminating the tedious job of sorting and converting audio, Flatpack extends beyond the conventional sample CD by providing a broad range of material for Reason. 24-bit reproductions of classic synths and drum machines appear instantly as multisampled NN19, NN-XT and ReDrum patches.

Load up the "FP 808": the samples are recorded long and bright, allowing ReDrum's length and tone controls to mirror the decay and snap ...

On Mac OS X, add a personnal touch to your Midi set.
You can use the photos (by scanning them or copying on the web site) of your Midi instruments (synth, FX...).

You put the image (tiff format) in this folder : /Library/audio/midi devices/generic/images.

And now, you get the real image of your musical set in AudioMidiSetup.