The Thermal Pack 1.0 by Levelground Media bundles three AudioUnit plugins : CrunchEQ 1.0 (10 band graphic equalizer & 5 band parametric equalizer), Fattenizer 2.0 (which "fattens" audio signals and enhances audio tracks) and Vintasion 2.0 (which adds vintage style character to your individual tracks or mixes).

Thermal Pack bundle costs 52.85 euros (intro pricing until 7/5/04).

Universal Audio today added support of the Digidesign Pro Tools platform with the 1.2 software release of UA plugins. Universal Audio announces ProTools HD Accel support for all UA plugin : 1176SE Limiting Amplifier, 1176LN Limiting Amplifier, LA-2A Leveling Amplifier Emulation and Pultec EQP-1A (Cambridge EQ and DreamVerb coming soon).

TDM v1.2 is a free upgrade for existing Universal Audio customers who already own one of UA's classic TDM plug-ins. TDM Version 1.2 is also available as a free 14-day demo download.

I am an owner of a MAC G5 DP 2.0

After experiencing a lot of serious probles, including the DESTRUSCTION of a 200 G FW ewt HD, I wrote to M-audio, end on 18 of june, M-audio released this letter:
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You are receiving this bulletin as a registered owner of an M-Audio FireWire product.

Attn: IEEE 1394 "FireWire" Users

Thank you for purchasing an M-Audio FireWire product. Reports have come to our attention of isolated problems when hot-plugging IEEE 1394 (aka "FireWire") devices. (Hot-plugging refers to making 1394/FireWire connections when one or more of the devices--including the computer--is on.)

When hot-plugging, there are rare occurrences where either the FireWire peripheral or the FireWire port on the host computer is render ...

Mackie posted an update 1.5.1.16 of its Mackie Tracktion software. This new version fixes a large list of bugs : M-Box Fix, Hypersonic Fix, fixed a problem that could make the mouse get 'stuck' after right-clicking some VST interfaces, fixed a midi input bug on the Mac, fixed a bug that could make the cursor get stuck, and more...

Scarbee Imperial Drums (S.I.D.) is now available in Kontakt format (version 1.5.3 and DFD extention are required). Now every tom drum has its separate output allowing the end user for a more precise control of such drums in the mix. Scarbee Imperial Drums is recorded in 24bit/88 khz high definition resolution and provides nearly 30,000 individual drum samples on 3 DVDs.

S.I.D. costs $369 (ex VAT) and the S.I.D. in Kontakt format is a free update for registered HALion 2 version users.