Moog Music has announced a contest to give away the last Anniversary Edition Minimoog Voyager produced in 2004, the year of inventor Bob Moog's 50th anniversary in music. One lucky Moog fan will be selected on January 23rd at the 2005 NAMM show in Anaheim CA. The winner will have the opportunity to pick up their new Voyager at Moog's booth, number 6016 on the show floor, or have it shipped.

AudioEase updated again the AudioUnit version of Altiverb to version 4.2. because AudioUnit version 4.1.9 failed Logic 7's AU Validation. This is now fixed and the latency compensation scheme has been slightly modified to allow better CPU performance.

M-Audio announced Ozonic, a new FireWire audio interface and keyboard MIDI controler. The Ozonic includes audio and MIDI interfaces with a full-featured MIDI controller which features a 37-note, velocity-sensitive, synth-action keyboard with three zones and assignable aftertouch. It also includes a 4 x 4 analog audio interface working up to 24-bit/96kHz fidelity and includes XLR mic input with phantom power, 1/4" instrument input and stereo 1/4" TRS line ins. The Ozonic also feature two pairs of 1/4" outputs.

The Ozonic will ship in December 2004 and will cost $599.95.

Plogue have updated again Bidule to version 0.7001. This new update features : added speed parameter to Midi buffer, shown/not shown state is now remembered in the Palette, only clicking is needed to delete notes in the Step Sequencer and bugfixes.

Ultimate Sound Bank announces that demo versions of Charlie, Ultra Focus and X-treme FX are available in Audio Units, MAS, VST, RTAS plug-in formats. Plug-in demo versions include between 90 and 130 MB of sounds.

Each demo is valid for a 15 day period.