Cantor is a vocal synth that can actually "sing" from text lyrics. That's right, with Cantor you can finally turn those lyrics into vocals without involving a human being, with a sonic effect ranging from weird to . . . weirder. This 1.0.2 update features : new factory phoneme sets for better intelligibility, new example projects and voice presets, new phoneme parameter "Damp" adjusts spectral slope, context menu in Score editor for tool selection and copy/paste and bugfixes.

This update is available on free download.

Digidesign has introduced the "Gain Control" Digidesign Control Surface Bundles. Now through September 30, 2004, these offers features :

- Customers who purchase a Command|8 will also receive the Bomb Factory Pultec Bundle and the latest version of Pro Tools software (Pro Tools LE or TDM).

- Customers who purchase a Control|24 will also receive the Bomb Factory Pultec Bundle, Bomb Factory Slightly Rude Compressor, and Digidesign 192 AD expansion card.

- Customers who simultaneously purchase a ProControl and a Fader Pack or Edit Pack will also receive the Bomb Factory Pultec Bundle, Bomb Factory Slightly Rude Compressor, Digidesign ReVibe, and Digidesign PRE .

- Customers who purchase a stand-alone ProControl unit will also receive the Bomb Factory Pultec Bundle, Bomb Factory Sl ...

202 Hack is an application that converts sequence information stored in standard MIDI files into a format compatible with Roland MC-202 sequences. You choose one or two MIDI channels, whose note information is then extracted from the MIDI file and converted into the "internal" and/or "external" sequences of the 202. Accent and Portamento can also be coded for.

The new OS X version is today available and costs $15.

Bias has posted an update v1.1.2 of SoundSoap, the audio cleaning solution which easily & instantly reduces noise from your digital video or digital audio files. This update resolves the error: "unknown chunk found in AVI file" when saving out an AVI file in Sound Soap V1.1.1.

You can download the update from the MM Softwares section.

Cacophony is an audio editor made by Richard Banister. It has a number of unique features which set it apart from other similar programs for Mac. Over twenty different file formats are supported with read and write support, and a number of additional formats can be read in. This update fixes some bugs.

You can download Cacophony 1.3.1 from the MacMusic softwares section.