Heard thru the grapewine, from a respectable source… Mr. Curtis could issue analogue chips as he did with the famous CEM some (long) time ago. An hint is the new Curtis chip you can find into the Evolver from Dave Smith (of Sequential fame)

Sonic Reality UFO is a sample format management tool. It is aimed only for Sonic Reality sound libraries like Sonic Station and Sonic Capsules. Each title has inside an export script to UFO. UFO translates, updates samples and patches, installs, from SR library source into Kontakt, Reason NNXT, Battery, HALion, EXS24mk2, SampleCell/Unity, Sampletank, Giga, SoundFont 2 and VSampler (UFO is Mac and PC). More ressources will be available from esoundz as soon as they are developed.

Shipping and available as a free download for registered Sonic Station and Sonic Capsules users from esoundz in March, 2003

An update of the sequencer Metro edited by Sagan technology is
available.

Levelground Media, a company providing media content, processing solutions, and digital audio processing plug-ins, today announces the release of their debut products, Vintasion 1.0 and Fattenizer 1.0, for use in MAS recording environments.

Vintasion 1.0 and Fattenizer 1.0 offer recording musicians and engineers of all skill levels the ability to enhance individual audio tracks and project mixes by adding user tunable vintage style 'coloration' with Vintasion or 'fattening' with Fattenizer via their special algorithmic configurations.

Plugsound 1.8 brings users several major new features, and a completely redesigned user interface. This new free update brings the Plugsound collection to the forecourt of instrument plug-ins.
Mac users can  download the MAS or RTAS update now. VST users on Mac and PC will have access to the update shortly. The update is available exclusively via online download, and is provided free of charge.

New features include:

- Integrated Reverb effect with Level, Time and High damping knobs
- Extended MIDI control: 29 MIDI continuous controllers allow full remote editing of Plugsound and creative real-time manipulation
- Optimized engine: about 15-20% more voices: one of the best sample-based player on the market today
- Global 32-bit mode, allows the user to stay in 32-bit while browsing presets
- Compatibility and timing improvements
- OS X versions will be provided as a free update.