Bias has announced that all versions of its audio editor Peak (Pro - DV - LE) have been updated today to version 4.12. These updates fixe some bugs : adds the "Delete" process to the list of processed in the batch file processor, problems with SMDI transfers have been fixed, compatibility with WAVES mono/mono AudioUnit plug-ins has been fixed, fixed a problem when using a mono file with stereo WAVES plug-ins, fixes a problem with the repair click function, fixes a problem where hitting the fade out button rapidly would cause a crash, fixes a problem with 32-bit WAVE files, fixes a problem with some plug-in GUIs when playback stops and fixes a problem with -39 errors in JAM when saving or bouncing to a JAM image.

These updates are free for Peak 4 registered users.

Mac Music is doing his best to manage the classified ads section but there can be some swindler lurking around like the japanese vendor which was proposing a G4 mac for a very cheap price (pretending to be in humanitary mission in Burkina Faso) and asking for a Western Union transfer before the sending of the Mac, quite suspicious so in brief be very careful when you see such a good (too good!) offer in the ads section.

Mac Music ads are updated every day and contains around 13 000 ads managed by our friend Babaille (thanks to him for his nice work).

Cycling'74 has posted a general bugfix for Pluggo in AU/VST/AU for Mac OS X. Pluggo is a collection of more than seventy-four audio plug-ins that work with Mac OS sequencers and audio applications. Effects categories include delays, filters, pitch effects, distortion, granulation, spectral effects, modulators, multi-channel effects, synthesizers, audio routing, reverb and dynamics, and visual display.

This update is available on download in the MacMusic Softwares section.

Emagic have updated the OS X AU versions of EVP73 and EXSP24 to v1.1. Thes versions feature more compatibility, further minor improvements and the EXSP24 now supports the AKAI S1000 and S3000 sample format.

These free updates are available on Emagic web site.

Native Instruments has announced the B4D, a perfect hardware controller for the B4, allowing musicians to control the sound with an authentic drawbar feel, just like the original. The sturdy B4D drawbar controller offers 9 mechanical drawbars, 22 buttons, and 2 knobs for intuitive control over the most important B4 sound parameters. The controller's nine drawbars can access any of the three B4 drawbar groups. With the buttons and knobs you can control the rotary speaker, vibrato/chorus, percussion, recall presets on the fly, and change the volume and overdrive.

The B4 organ controler costs 399 euros.