Litlle green men fans, ET lovers and other extra-terrestrial members can now express their joy. You now have access to a special MacMusic group at SETI.
Newbies should know that SETI is not a tibetan ape living on higher plateaus but a world programme consisting in searching for extra-terrestrial life (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence).

This programme uses the calculating ability of million of personal computers around the world. It takes the form of a screensaver working when you're idle. We are now waiting for you to join MacMusic Martians hunters group.

"Beyond the stereo sound : Never 2 speakers without the 3rd dimension..."
is the second part of the article by Franck ERNOULD (translated by Vince y).

More information about stereo, holophonics, QSound, RSS, Spatializer, SRS Labs...

NATIVE INSTRUMENTS announce the Battery 1.3 update for Mac OS X and Pro Tools users on OS X. Battery 1.3 fully supports OS X, including AudioUnits, RTAS, VST, and standalone operation with CoreMIDI and CoreAudio.

The Battery 1.3 update is immediately available to all registered users as a $29 direct download. For users who would prefer to receive the 1.3 update on CD, NATIVE INSTRUMENTS offers a 1.3 update CD for $49.
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Roxio announce that an upgrade of Toast will be soon available on a special download page of their web site. This 6.0.3 update is for Toast 6.0 Titanium or later users. It is compatible with Mac OS 10.2 and higher (OS X v10.3 ) and also includes CD Spin Doctor 2.0.2 and Motion Pictures 1.0.3. with supports in English, French, German, Italian and Japanese.

Digidesign announce that Impact 1.0.2 update for Mac OS X and Windows XP is available. This update fixes audio errors in Impact 1.0 when sharing the same DSP with other MultiShell plug-ins.

Impact 1.0.2 is dedicated to Pro Tools|HD Accel users who have Impact installed, or are adding Impact for the first time. Impact 1.0.2 uses the same iLok authorization that previous versions of Impact use.