BitHeadz released an update of its Unity line of audio software. The new 3.3 version includes updates for Mac OS X Panther, as well as the inclusion of Osmosis 3 for Mac OS X. The Unity 3.3 update offers enhancements for Mac OS X 10.3 and adds new MESH timing technology and a multi-timbral plugin. Osmosis 3 is a utility for converting Roland and Akai samples to the Unity DS-1 and Sample Cell formats.

A minor update of the OS 9 version is also available. Both updates are freely downloadable on the BitHeadz web site.

Eowave announces his new poducts range at NAMM show '04 :

There's still the Eobody, a 16 CV inputs interface to convert analog signals from any type of sensors to digital signal. Eobody has been produced in cooperation with the Ircam.

The 4 Bugs: Analog Stereo Effects Series for synths and other digital devices with Filterbug (low pass 24 dB filter), Ring o'Bug (ring modulator), Sci-FiBug (sequenced 8 step filter) and SpaceBug (analogue delay).

The Persephone : A New Instrument inspired from the first electric keyboard with a sensored ribbon virtual keyboard, an amplitude controler and a real analog sound source. Great for imitating sounds from horrors movies from the 1950s... The Persephone can also be used as a controller.

During NAMM '04 show, Bias announced that the new version of Peak 4.1 will include Roxio Jam - the professional Redbook standard CD burning software for Mac OS X - and SFX Machine LT, a limited edition of the popular multi-effects sound design plug-in. The inclusion of Jam with Peak, creates a complete solution for stereo recording, editing, processing, and mastering. The addition of SFX Machine Lite adds additional sound design features to Peak.

Peak 4.1 will be available Q1 2004 for 499 euros. Upgrades from version 3.2.1 and earlier will be 149 euros. Customers purchasing Peak 4 after Jan. 1st 2004 will be entitled to a free downloadable upgrade.

After the ION, Alesis decides to reduce the recipy of its VA synth to a smaller package. The Micron is a 37 keys VA synth, using the same engine as the ION, and it features 8 voices and 4 multitimbral parts. Each voice is 3 oscillator, 2 multimode filters, 3 envelopes, 2 LFO, Sample and Hold, and a tracking generator.

TC just announced along with the 1.8 version there will be an AudioUnit version of the Access Virus looking a lot like the TDM version.