Wizoo announces two new virtual instrument packs. Darbuka features 2GB of Arabic and Middle Eastern style sounds and authentic instruments (darbuka, douhola, bendir, riqq, sagat, tura, bongos and shaker). Latigo features 1GB of Latin American multitrack groove performances.

Darbuka and Latigo are compatible with Mac Audio Units, VST and RTAS, for $299.95 each.

Audio Ease has updated its convolution reverb plug-in Altiverb to version 4.1.7. This update features : fixes impulse response menu misbehaved, resolved problems when showing two Altiverb interfaces (RTAS or HTDM) in Pro Tools or fixed a problem with the mute directsound button, and more.

Info on Audio Ease web site.

Music software and soundware publishers, retailers, publications, and industry professionals have come together to form the International Music Software Trade Association, an advocacy organization to pursue their collective interests. The group's charter is to fight software theft through education and create awareness of the impact illegal software use has on the industry and on the advancement of technology.

You can visit www.imsta.org for more information and application for membership.


 

Lucifer VST is a repeat/scratch effect plugin for Mac OS X. This new 1.21 version features : graph/buffer length is now adjustable, loop-offset keys, animated line now shows graph position, PingPong key, Blend Knob, Hyper Knob: Hyper- a multi repeat where the loop is played at 2x speed and 4x speed. The 1x is Lowpassed, 2x is bandpassed, 4x is hipassed. The knob controls the cutoff frequency.

Lucifer and other devilish plugins are available in the MacMusic softs section.

Rootsolutions announces BandAid 1.2. BandAid is the perfect tool to track activity of bands and musicians. Keep track of gig dates and payments, view contact information, keep promo shots, and print lyrics and setlists.

A fully functional demo can be downloaded from Rootsolutions.de and single user license costs US$ 28.00.