M-Audio has annouced the release of a new USB audio/Midi interface, the USB Audiophile. Following the Audiophile 2496, this new 24 Bit/96 kHz USB interface provides 2 x analog I/O, 1 x digital I/O (SPDIF), 1x Midi I/O, and an headphone out. Two knobs will allow the user to set headphone and output level. The price should be around 300€/$.
For more details visit Midiman/M-Audio's website.

(Please note that, at the time this news was published, no sign of that release was present on this site... Only the french version of the website was providing infos and detailed about this product).

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 ...