Synapse Audio have released the Poly-850, a new VSTi synthesizer plug-in for Mac OS X, which started out as an emulation of a vintage synth. The Poly-850 features 2 oscillators, one filter for all voices, 3 envelopes, a modulation generator and a chorus effect.

Demo version and OS X version will be available soon. Poly 850 will cost $79.

Augustus Loop by Expert Sleepers is an emulation of a tape-based delay effect, with some extra features to facilitate its use as a looping device. This new 1.1 beta 3 version features : host tempo, audio-triggered record start and MIDI clock out.

info and download are available from the MM Softwares section.

PSP Audioware has announced an update v1.83 for its MixPack, a bundle of 4 plugins (MixTreble, MixPressor, MixSaturator and MixBass). With this update, the latency is compensated in 3 plugins (MixBass, MixPressor and MixTreble), factory and A/B preset bar are integrated in a new GUI and various bugs are fixed.

All info about MixPack (VST, AU and RTAS) available in the MM Softwares section.

Rootsolutions has announced the release of SoundLib 3.0 which allows users to keep track of their sample and sound library. User defined keywords allow for quick searching and mass importing of entire folders or disks is supported, as well as a direct from disk preview of QuickTime compatible files.

SoundLib is available for both Mac OS X and Mac OS 9, and costs $15.

Last week, Griffin technology Inc. announced a guitar cable for Apple's GarageBand. This week, Griffin announces a new cable for the Apple's music software : the GarageBand Microphone Cable with an XLR connector at one end and stereo mini jack at the other.

This major technological innovation costs $24.99.