Mac and Music News
| Feb 17 - 01:24 PM | Music Software > Digidesign |
As you know, running Pro Tools on Mac OS X requires users to have OS Administrator Privileges. So Digidesign works to respond to the many requests received from facilities and schools who cannot grant Administrative Privileges to all of their students or engineers using Pro Tools and has produced a beta version of the Pro Tools v6.2.3 application (Mac OS 10.3.2 only) that removes the Administrator Privilege requirement.
Pro Tools TDM 6.2.3b1 has been posted on the Digidesign web site for download and Pro Tools LE 6.2.3b1 will be posted shortly after the release of Pro Tools LE 6.2.3. These beta versions of Pro Tools will also be included in the Additonal Beta Software folder of Pro Tools TDM and LE 6.2.3 CDs.
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| Feb 13 - 04:49 PM | Music Software > Christopher Penrose |
Christopher Penrose presents Hyperupic, a tools now available for Mac OS X, that allows users to create sounds from digital images. Hyperupic can create AIFF, uncompressed AIFC and SND formatted sounds with 16-bit linear, 24-bit linear, or 32-bit floating point, and can work with TIFF, JPEG, Photoshop, GIF and PNG images. Hyperupic is freeware for Mac OS X and is available on download.
Ed: A NeXT app lives again! Have to take a look at this to figure out exactly how it works. The inspiration here is Xenakis, so I expect this to be quite different from MetaSynth. -PK
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| Feb 13 - 02:10 PM | Music Software > Apple |
This first software update ofthe newest member of the iLife family will upgrade your version of GarageBand 1.0 to GarageBand 1.0.1. "This update clarifies specific alert dialogs regarding system performance." So now, if Apple could made GB a litte more CPU efficient...
Ed: Yes, this one is baffling. An update that does nothing but reword dialog boxes? Think I'll skip that, Apple, unless there's something you're not telling us. -PK
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| Feb 13 - 12:40 PM | Virtual Instrument > LinPlug |
The RM IV by Lineplug is a flexible drum machine that combines analog-style percussion synthesis with a fully featured percussion sampler. The new version 4.0.4 adds support for Mac OS 10.3 Panther and Audio Unit format. The RM IV bundled with more than 170 sample-based and synthesized drum kits.
The RM IV 4.0.4 costs EUR149. A VST demo version is available for download (Audio Unit demo version coming soon).
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