Access has announced its new range of Virus Total Integration hardware synths, complete with a VIRUSControl VST and AU compatible plug-in for Mac OS 10.3 or higher. it includes increased polyphony, 2 new oscillator types, a programmable arpeggiator, 16x2 delay/reverb fx and more. The new TI products link via USB to your computer with VIRUSControl software.

The new Virus TI Line (TI Desktop 1,800 euros, TI Keyboard 2,350 euros and TI Polar 2,350 euros) will ship December 2004.

ApulSoft has ported two new more free VST plug-ins to OS X in VST and Audio Units formats. Big Tick's Cheeze Machine and Slim Slow Slider's Linear Phase Graphical Equalizer are now available as free downloads on ApulSoft web site.

Matriosity 1.2 by Kenneth Hoffmann is a serial matrix creation tool. It allows users to enter in a prime row, either as numbers (1-11, and either 0 or 12 for C) or letters (C, C#, etc.). It then generates a serial matrix, displaying the data as per the users' preference as numbers or letters, and displaying the prime form of the matrix's dyads, trichords, tetrachords, and hexachords.

Info and download on MM Softs section.

Metacorder 1.0 by Gallery Software enables users of CoreAudio hardware running with Mac OS X to create a full function audio field recorder on a Powerbook. Metacorder replaces complex DAW software, rich with functions not relevant to field recording, and instead offers vital location-sound specific functionality such as 30 second pre-record, mirroring and iXML metadata entry, all in a very intuitive and easy to use package.

Info and download on the MM softwares section.

Sonic Studio announced the version 1.9.1 of Sonic Studio HD, their digital audio workstation software. SonicStudio HD has set many precedents for the industry, with such firsts as support for the AES-EBU standard for 24 bit word length and the DVD-Video–mandated standard for 96 and 192 KHz sample rates, as well as multitasking DSP and double precision data paths.