Live has just been updated to 3.0.2. Though information still isn't precise, power gain is on the list. Maybe an Altivec optimisation ???

Multi Delay is a Multi Channel Filter Delay VST & AudioUnit Plugin, featuring up to 10 individual Channels with a Delay and a Filter (Lowpass, Highpass and Bandpass Filter) . Every parameter can be modulated by a LFO or by steps (in sync with the host app).

Cricket by Soundcrack is a live playback and theater sound design software for Mac OS X.2 or greater. Cricket comes with 4 separate track players and can handle 4 stereo files simultaneously. The software supports all common types of sound files with any bit depth.

This easy to use software costs 150 euros for the downloadable version.

The swedish music manufacturer Elektron announces his new keyboard, the Monomachine, wich comes in two models, the SFX-6 (keyboard) and the SFX-60 (desktop version). Monomachine comes with a 6 tracks sequencer (synthesis and effects) + 18 free LFO, 6 delays, an arpregiator and a multidirectional joystick on the SFX-6 version.

The keyboard version costs 1950 euros and the desktop version costs 1350 euros.

Cycling '74 has announced the newest update to Pluggo, bringing OSX Audio Units support.

Pluggo 3.1 is an extraordinary collection of more than one hundred audio plug-ins that work with Mac OS sequencers and audio applications that support Audio Units, Steinberg's VST plug-in format, and Digidesign's RTAS plug-in format.

The update to 3.1 is free for all registered 3.0 users and available to registered 2.0 users at a discounted price of $99. For new users, Pluggo can be purchased for $199.