A Mac editor suitable for the Kenton Control Freak Studio Edition, Control Freak Live and Spin Doctor is now available for free download. The editor has a full range of features, and allows the dumping of Control Freak profiles. At present it's OS9 only, but an OSX version will be released as soon as the MAX environment full release is available for OSX. A separate editor will be made available for the 8 slider Control Freak Original shortly.

You can download the Control Freak Mac editor from the news section of the Kenton website.

Well, I just had an e-mail from the company telling me that they were about to upload OS X versions of their well-respected Delay Pack and Vintage Warmer plug-ins to their server.

I don't see them on the website yet, but their positive reply to my question about OS X updates at least means they're coming very, very soon (unlike, say, Digital Performer, arf!)

OS X updates for the remaining PSP plug-ins to follow.

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Plug-in Authorization for Mac OS X!

You want to Upgrade to Pro Tools 6.0? Make sure to have an iLok USB Smart Key around to handle your plug-in authorizations. As Mac OS X does not support floppy drives, all plug-in authorizations for Pro Tools compatible plug-ins and software options are now done through Pace's iLok USB Smart Key.
This is concerning:

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To learn more about the iLok Smart Key and why it is required to run plug-ins with Pro Tools 6.0, click :

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iLok Smart Key cost $40.00

Tentatively called the VZ8, this software sampler offers the spec and performance of the hardware Z8 Performance Sampler as a VSTi (Windows) and an Audio Unit (Mac OSX).[p]

Capable of up to 24-bi t/ 96kHz performance, extensive polyphony for each instance and 16 audio outputs, the sampling engine of the VZ8 is almost indistinguishable from its hardware equivalent with over 30 filter types including 2, 4, and 6-pole lowpass plus various highpass, bandpass, notch reject, peak, phase shifting filters, a voweliser and an assortment of combination filters. As on the original Z8, the special ?triple? filter mode is also available for the more adventurous to create their own outrageous and unique filter combinations.

The VZ8 also features the same comprehensive modulation matrix as its hard ...

A new plug in from Native for Bass, fruit of the alliance of NI and EastWest