This month RecordingMusicien (july/August) propose for free a light version of the fully usable small brother of Tera2. It is available as a Mac/PC, Vst/AU format. In addition the journal propose four pages on a detailled analysis of this soft, including some unbelievable presets.

Quite a hit, better follow this magazine !

Arturia's products are mainly used in conjunction with hardware interfaces. In particular, the Moog Modular V, minimoog V and CS-80V need proper MIDI keyboards for optimal performance. In that context, and following some concerns raised by customers, Arturia is interested in knowing more about the way you work - or plan to work - with MIDI keyboard controllers.

Thank you for taking their brief on-line survey.

IK Multimedia is proud to announce that T-RackS 24 analog modeled mastering software for MacOS X is now shipping. T-RackS is dedicated entirely to audio mastering with actual physical models of tube circuitry. It offers a complete workstation made of 4 discrete processors. This standalone version for Mac OS X features :new Authorization Wizard and an easy step-by-step guide to authorizing.

T-RackS 24 for MacOS X is now available at $/€299 MSRP. Users that bought T-RackS 24 after 1st December 2003 can download it for free from the user area on www.t-racks.com Users that have purchased it previously can upgrade for a price of $79/€89 online.

SoundFont Synth is an Audio Unit plug-in designed to make the synthesis of natural instruments using Sound Fonts, available to GarageBand or any other Audio Unit compatible host. SoundFont Synth has been updated to v1.1.1 and now features :handndles 'All Notes Off' correctly and can now be placed in ~/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/Components as well as /Library/Audio/Plug-ins/Components.

SoundFont Synth is shareware and costs $15

A new resource package on editing GarageBand loops was launched today by the GarageDoor. It includes the GarageBand Scales Catalogue, which contains over forty scales in GB format to play and analyse. These scales, ranging from the common major, minor and blues to colorful scales like Hungarian Gypsy, Neapolitan and Balinese, can then be used to modify regular GarageBand loops and expand the user's loop library with exotic variations.

The GarageDoor - Tips & Tricks for GarageBand users contains tips & tricks, home recording ideas and links to new sounds and loops. The GarageDoor aims at desktop musicians from beginner to intermediate level, and has pages on live & Midi Recording, effects, mixing and mastering, music theory and GarageBand desktop equipment.

The Scales Catalogue and exotic loops tutorial can be found on thegaragedoor web site.