Emagic offers the first Logic version optimized for the Apple Power Mac G5. As the update to Logic Platinum 6.2 is available on the same day as the G5 itself, Logic Platinum customers can profit immediately from the performance of Apple's new flagship computer.

This new Logic Platinum version is available in the form of the Version 6.2 update, and is a requirement when running Logic on the G5. All registered owners of Logic Platinum 6.x can now find this as a free download.

Hi! Dear friends - Macmusicians, sound engineers, producers, sound designers, guitarists, bass players, plumbers and taxidermists: From now on, you can be listed on the huge MM members yellow pages which is now online.

Applied Acoustics Systems announced the release of the Lounge Lizard EP-2 Electric Piano for Mac OS X. The Lounge Lizard EP-2 new features:

- Now includes key release model for even greater realism
- Choose between the Lounge Lizard's original pickup model
acclaimed for it's growl and bite, or a new secondary model
specifically designed for crystal clean tones
- All effects modulation and stereo delays sync to host tempo
- Support for MIDI program change for hands-free operation
- New browser interface makes finding presets quick and easy
- Optimized DSP engine for 3 times greater CPU performance
- Support for Digidesign's RTAS plug-in format for Pro Tools 6.x
- Support for OS X

Sound Keys, the French monthly magazine, mentions MacMusic in its July/August issue, under the "on the net" column: "...60 Euros... and to be sure it's not a lot, as MacMusic is surely one of the best web sites on computer assisted music.

Sound Keys is onto its 8th. This summer issue has, among others, an excellent review of virtual instruments (the commercial and freeware ones).

TC Electronic revolutionizes audio restoration with the new Restoration Suite for the PowerCore Platform. The Suite includes a very powerful DeScratcher, which is based on brand new research by Noveltech in Finland. The Restoration Suite offers three real-time Plug-ins for the most critical applications in audio restoration: Denoising, Declicking and Descratching.