Guitare Rig is a complete solution for guitarists. It will be available worldwide in stores starting June 14th (today !!). Guitar Rig is a software (amplifiers, effects...) and a foot controler. Guitar Rig costs 449 USD/euros.

EastWest Sounds is proud to announce the release of Sounds of Polynesia, a compilation of indigenous instruments and native vocals recorded primarily in New Guinea.Instruments included featured: Garamut, Manus, Pate, Pahu Mango, Pahu, Kundu, Tin Can, Bamboo Stomping tubes, Kwakumba, Pan Pipes, Water
Flutes, and more.

Sounds of Polynesia includes a special version of Intakt Sampler and costs USD 219.

AudioRealism is a new company based in Uppsala, Sweden and was founded in 2003 by Mike Janney. They announce the upcoming release of BassLine for Mac OS X. BassLine is the recreation of the Bass Line Synthesizer. Analog modeling techniques have been employed to create a DSP-algorithm that accurately emulates every aspect of the original Bass Line.

BassLine will cost 95 USD/euros.

Apple is proud to announce that more than 250 million copies of QuickTime 6 have been downloaded in less than two years since its release. QuickTime is Apple's standards-based software for developing, producing and delivering high-quality audio and video over IP, wireless and broadband networks.

QuickTime 6 is by far the most popular version of QuickTime ever distributed.

LinPlug posted a new version (2.0.2) of Albino. Albino 2.0 is a VST and AU plug-in synthesizer for Mac and features a modular, extensible design with three oscillator modules, two filter modules, two envelope modules and eight effect modules. This update 2.0.2 a bugfix release that effectively squashes the following bugs: arpeggiator note length problems when stopping a song, problems with fast successive MIDI program changes and improved song restoration when preset banks have been changed.

Albinon 2.0.2 is a free upgrade.