Fraunhofer IIS, Thomson and Agere Systems have announced the launching of MP3 "surround". Its caracteristics are roughly the following : high resolution support, the final file size will weigh half as much as a file normally zipped in this norm, format compatible with all existing MP3 players and softwares.

The player/encoder for Mac OS X will be available on December 17th.

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Native Instruments announced that the NI Komplete 2 bundle is now even more complete. Now every purchase of the bundle also includes the drum sampling sofware Battery 2 and the soft synth Absynth 3 at no extra cost.

Updates are not physically included in the NI Komplete 2 package, but will be delivered free of charge after the bundle has been authorized. NI Komplete 2 costs $1149 or 999 euros.

Digidesign has updated Pro Tools to version 6.7cs3 for both TDM and LE systems. This update fixes :

- It was not possible to trim MIDI notes across more than one track at a time, in Pro Tools LE and Pro Tools TDM.
- Using Auto Region Fade In/Out could cause a pop on region boundaries in Pro Tools TDM.

IK Multimedia announces that AmpliTube Live (now including AmpliTube LE) for MacOS X is now shipping. AmpliTube Live now includes the AmpliTube LE plug-in VST, Audio Units and RTAS formats, and features : 3 Amps, 3 EQs, 3 Cabinets, 4 classic effects (Wah, Reverb, Delay, and Overdrive), built-in Tuner, 128 presets (66 for LE version), MIDI foot controllable, and can play live or record on MacOS X.

AmpliTube Live costs $99.