The all-in-one suite of guitar software tools, "Guitar Shed" has been updated to version 2.5. This new release includes many improvements and feature additions. New features include: Major overall speed improvements., Chromatic Tuner is much more accurate and less-CPU intensive, Chromatic Tuner start errors fixed, Alternate Tunings now show correctly, Fixed a bug where corrupted Alternate Tunings would crash Guitar Shed on start, Tone Tuner now displays Alternate Tunings in correct order (6th -> 1st String), and more.

GTuner is a software that turns your mac in a guitar tuner. The new version 1.0.1 features : new alternate and open tunings selector in Preferences, improved OpenGL full screen and window view with a smoother and less jerky needle, and escape key now exits fullscreen mode. GTuner is a shareware.

ModernBeats.com has expanded its downloadable library of HipHop soundware with a new modern claps soundset titled "Klub Klapz 1", MAC supported. The soundset is sold as a multi-format product for all major software samplers. Native formats inlcude HALion, EXS24, Kontakt, Battery, Reason's NN-XT, SF2, and Wav.

"Klub Klapz 1" contains over 190 samples of various claps all modeled after popular trends in HipHop production. The soundset is organized into 6 major categories: Solo Klapz, Melo Klapz, Stacked Klapz 1 & 2, Bounce Klapz, and Wild Urban Klapz. The soundset features single and group hiphop style claps, as well as, claps layered with snaps, vocal sounds, metallic jingles, assorted crackles, gritty snares, and many other modern sounds.

All clap samples were recorded using Class A ...

Insignificance is developping a MIDI pattern/step sequencer on Mac OS X.3 using Cocoa and Objective-C. 16 tracks of 8 patterns.

It's free, and feedback could help...

The X Lab has published Troubleshooting MacŪ OS X, Second Edition, a major update to their e-book dedicated to preventing or resolving common problems with Mac OS X.

The Second Edition covers both Mac OS X 10.3 Panther and Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar. The e-book format enables the reader to quickly find the solution to any of the numerous Mac OS X problems addressed in the nearly 500 pages of Troubleshooting Mac OS X, Second Edition. The book is extensively hyperlinked and cross-referenced, both within the book itself and to some of the best Mac OS X troubleshooting information on the Internet.

Pricing begins at US$15.00 for a single-user license. Multi-user and Site licenses are also available. For additional information, visit The X Lab.