The one drooling over the classic Ursa Major racks can spin in joy and sing all day long, one of the "reverberators" himself Mr Christopher Moore re-release the Ursa Major Space Station SST-206.

Based on 150MHz 24 bit Motorola DSP chips, and using the original algorhythm the original sound should still be there, along with AES-EBU I/O, and of 24 bits 44.1 or 48 khz audio. The unit itself is no more a 3U rack but what looks like a remote with knobbies.

With the power available from the Motorola chip, Moore says that he was unable to resist the temptation to pull out all the stops and render a stunning new reverb program he simply calls "room." The reverberator is controlled by twelve potentiometers that provide instant, intuitive access to all the important parameters.

Price $1195.00. Note, the SST-206 is not CE approved yet.

While we happily roast (at least in Europe ;) TFPRO (Ted Fletcher, the guy behing the ex Joemeek line) is still busy like ants and prepares a rack (still unnamed, go with an entry below and win a P3 if yours is chosen ;) dédicated to EQ in mastering.

So what's this beast? It's a developement of the Trident-MTA "A" line, based on a Barry Porter design. Specs as of today are:

The P9 features, 2 channels of...
- NO POTS! All switched settings (rotary and toggle)
- 4 bands
- 12 EQ gain stages
- boost/cut per band (24 gain positions in total)
- Mid Q shaping (2 bands)
- 11 input and output gain settings
- All inductor based EQ
- 3 way high pass filter
- 3 way low pass filter
- input clip meter
- post EQ 9 LED meter
- eq bypass switch

Price and availability TBA

Emagic softs and products can be now purchased on the Apple Store.

Granted Software released ReMIDI 1.0, a handy MIDI performance assistant featuring automatic chord generation and arpeggiation. ReMIDI is a tool that enhances keyboard performance to by automatically changing notes into chords and chords into arpeggios or strums.

The Chord Assistant includes 27 different chords.
There are two Performance Assistants: the Arpeggiator and the Strummer. The Arpeggiator plays the chords in a variety of ways and supports a variety of tempos, intervals and durations. The Strummer addresses a major keyboard performance problem - getting a realistic strum effect.

ReMIDI 1.0 is directly downloadable from the Granted Software website. Registration is only $14.95 (U.S.) per single-user license. ReMIDI requires Mac OS X 10.2 and higher.

It's ready to go: the second generation of ABSYNTH is now available worldwide. Sound designers, musicians and producers can look forward to working with this most advanced and multifaceted synthesizer, which breaks all boundaries with its sophisticated new features. There has never been a synthesizer with such a dynamic, flexible and impacting sonic spectrum. Sampling and granular sampling, revolutionary envelope functions, synchronization of rhythmic sounds to song tempo, Mac OS X support, new filters and oscillators, integrated libraries for fast sound creation and much more provide unparalleled creative freedom for sound designers.