Jasmine Audio announced today the newest release of their Macintosh-based audio editor, Jasmine Audio 1.8.

The newest release has been rewritten for OS X. As such, Jasmine now has a new Mac OS X interface, a flexible and robust import and export feature, help tags, bug fixes and more. Version 1.8 now allows for support of multiple file formats including MP4/AAC, WAV, AIFF, AVI, 3GPP, System 7, µLaw, and several QuickTime formats. This feature allows for changes in sampling frequency (up to 48 kHz), bit depth, stereo interlacing, and common compression/streaming protocols.

The $30 application is free for 14 days.

It's possible to broadcast your music on the web with NiceCast by Rogue Amoeba, an easy to use audio streaming solution for Mac OS X. This software enables broadcasts from your iTunes library and includes audio effects, a built-in streaming server, broadcast archiving, and voice over. This new version 1.5 supports Live365.com accounts, broadcasts iTunes crossfades and supports Icecast2 servers.

NiceCast 1.0 is EUR40 shareware.This 1.5 update is free.

MTSoftware has posted free VST software for Mac OS X: HostX, a VSTi host application; TsampX, a standalone sampler for OS X; and TdrumX, a standalone drum machine). A spectral filter patch for Max/MSP, "Turn to FFT" is also available for download.

Crossfade Loop Synth is a simple AU instrument - it loads a sample from disk (in AIFF, SD2 or WAV format) and plays it back in the classic sampler way -- i.e., higher notes get shorter, lower notes longer. This new version 1.2 fixes some bugs and adds support for wav. and SDII files. LoopSynth is available for download and is a donationware.

Rayverb by Prosoniq is an inverse retraycing reverb. Raytracing is a technique used in the generation of computer generated imagery (CGI) to create reflective surfaces, so Rayverb allows you to change the position of your sound source within the room, change the material of the walls, apply material from a different ambience or even alter the proportions of the room, all in realtime.

Rayverb will be a VST plugin, but Prosoniq has just posted a standalone version for Mac OS 9 and OS X for download (3.3 Mb).