If for you Sibelius only evoke the Lemminkaïnen or the Oceanides you probably didn't leave too much the Finnish plains. Anyway during the last years the London company Sibelius Software Ltd has became one of the leader in the musical composition and notation.

The version 3.0 is coming, with a lot of new functionnalities (around 170) including the mp3 export option on CD or internet, the use of 30 new plugins and also 164 sampled instruments from Kontakt player (specially developed for Sibelius by Native Instruments).

on Sibelius web site you'll find: a demo version, as well as the update program informations along with the list of local dealers.

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Wave Arts announces Version 4 of Power Couple, a pair of music production plug-ins : TrackPlug (a 64-bit 10-band EQ + compressor, expander-gate) and MasterVerb (a reverb). This version 4 offers a new user interface, a cross platform Preset Manager, an Undo feature and A/B Buffers for easier editing, and is AudioUnit, VST and MAS on Mac OS X Panther (10.3) compatible

Power Couple 4 is available for $249.95. Registered users can upgrade from Power Couple 3 for $50 or upgrade from MasterVerb or TrackPlug for $100. A demo version is also available on Wave Arts web site.

SoundHack announces SoundHack Spectral Shapers, a group of four VST and AudioUnits plugins based on the SoundHack program, the underground sound design tool widely used in music and film.

Spectral Shapers, the first release in a series of three groups of plugins, will expand on the filters in SoundHack, and explore new spectral techniques as well. Spectral Shapers bring timbral morphing and reshaping into the realtime interactive mainstream.

The four plugins in the Spectral Shapers group are all filters which emphasize the reshaping of the timbre of sound: +morphfilter, +spectralgate, +spectralcompand and +binaural. Each plugin works as a group of 513 coordinated filters, performing with both macro- and microsonic focus.
Spectral Shapers can be automated by MIDI controller message ...

Intuem, the Midi and audio sequencing software is now available as version 2.1 for mac OS 10.3 Panther. This new version for Panther adds audio capabilities with AudioUnit instruments, AudioUnit effects and a full audio and MIDI mixer.

The update is free for version 2 users, and a 70 euros upgrade is available on the Intuem web shop. We also noticed that a new education section is now open on the Intuem web site.