Version 6.4 of the Digidesign CoreAudio Driver adds the following: Fix for Peak software where clock settings could not be changed from Peak's hardware settings dialog.

The Digidesign CoreAudio Driver version 6.4 is identical to the version included with all Pro Tools TDM and LE version 6.4 installation CDs, and the Pro Tools LE 6.4 web updater. If you already have Pro Tools 6.4, there is no need to install the Digidesign CoreAudio Driver v6.4 again. This download is for owners of supported Digidesign hardware on Mac OS X 10.3.x "Panther" that wish to install the Digidesign CoreAudio Driver without installing Pro Tools.

Version 6.4 of the stand-alone Digidesign CoreAudio Driver has not been tested with Mac OS X 10.2.x and therefore is not compatible. For use with Mac OS X 10.2.x download the previous stand-alone CoreAudio driver version 6.1.2 .

Our friend Scott Shepard at OSXFAQ has still more from the National Association of Broadcasters show. He's edited audio interviews with some major folks at the show, an essential listen if you're into DV! In show 1, Scott talks to Apple's Final Cut HD product manager, training authors for Final Cut and DVD Studio Pro, plus the desktop video folks at AJA and the CEO of Jeo's Plugin's For FCP. In show 2, CinePaint, Artbeats, Bauhaus Software, SmartSound Software, and Backbone Networks are on the hotseat.

Arbiter France has announced the coming availability of an RME interface based on Firewire 800 technology (with backwards-compatibility with Firewire 400). The interface supports up to a whopping 56 channels (including ADAT channels), with 192kHz, 25-bit resolution, four class A preamps, two ADAT ports, a MIDI port, wordclock and S/PDIF with the classic 8 analog I/O.

Ed: Incredible: a dream interface. There's a huge amount of I/O there for ADAT lovers. We'll keep you posted as more details emerge. -PK

Refuse Software is releasing an update of Refuse for OS 9. This software allow to connect Pro Tools and Reason using a rewire link. This new version fixes a bug with the sampling frequency and enhance the user's interface. This 1.1 update is free for all registered users.

Happy 1st Birthday to the iTunes Music Store today! To celebrate, Apple has launched iTunes 4.5, with playlist publishing, radio charts, movie trailers and music videos. There's also "Party Shuffle" mode which is a huge boon for those of us who like to take our whole library and hit shuffle: the new feature lets you designate either a library or specific playlist, make changes to the order on the fly, and even save random plays. Here are features I'm even more excited about, though: iTunes 4.5 automatically converts Microsoft WMA files to AAC, and adds Apple Lossless, with CD quality audio in half the size. This could be iTunes 5, as far as I'm concerned.

In other news, iTunes has sold 70 million songs in its first year, short of Apple's 100 million goal but impressive nonetheless (and some of us still haven't redeemed all our Pepsi caps yet!) So, celebrate the 1 year birthday by downloading a free Foo Fighters tune, courtesy Apple -- the first of a series in which one new free song is released each week.