XO Wave is a digital audio workstation designed to meet the needs of audio and video professionals. Though still under development, XO Wave provides a wealth of features as well as a simple and elegant interface. Features include non-destructive recording, editing and mixing, real-time crossfades, fully configurable mixer, Quicktime and AVI synchronization and, of course, infinite undos. This 7th beta includes a number of minor enhancements as well as a number of bug fixes, which should improve performance and usability, especially in the edit window.

XO wave beta is available on free download.

The Minimoog Voyager Editor-Librarian is a program that is designed to be the ultimate tool for organizing and creating presets for the minimoog Voyager. Through a MIDI connection, this program can pull single presets or the entire bank of presets from the Voyager.

The voyager Editor costs $79. The Mac version is announced available for October..just wait...

ApulSoft has ported several freeware open source plug-ins to VST and Audio Units formats for Mac OS X. Following plugins are now available on free download :Bram's SupaPhaser, TobyBear's Decimator, TobyBear's and Bram's MadShifta, BetaBugs Crayon Filter, TobyBear's CowDelay and Black Water Reverb.

Note that if you are a plug-in developer on Mac and would like to have your plug-ins ported to OSX VST or AU, you can contact ApulSoft. Good news !!

Zebra is a virtual synthetizer plugin that combines subtractive/additive synthesis with a powerful modulation engine. This new version of Zebra (v1.5 build 10) is a bugfix version : MIDI Learn doesn't reset previous assignments when assigning a new CC and fixes Legato Mode works properly now in double or quad Voicings.

Info on u-he web site.

Audio Hijack Pro by Rogue Amoeba allows user to record audio from any app on the Mac. This update v2.1.1 features a new 'Add to iPod' script, improved handling of RealPlayer files, fixed several Timer-related bugs, including never-ending one-shot timers, fixed issues with AppleScripts causing crashes, as well as providing better AppleScript error dialog.

Audio Hijack Pro 2.1.1 is available from MacMusic softs section.