Griffin Technology today announces the Griffin Lapel Mic. This multipurpose lapel microphone offers quality stereo audio input for recording interviews, lectures and other events. An iPod equipped with the Griffin iTalk voice recorder instantly becomes a mobile recording unit. Griffin Lapel Mic features a standard 3.5mm stereo mini-jack and a swivel clip.

The Griffin Lapel Mic is priced at $14.99 USD, and is available immediately.

We have more info about the new Minimoog RME (Rack mount Edition). The RME is five units high and RME's rear panel delivers all of the same extensive input/output resources that are available on the Voyager via its MIDI IN, THRU, and OUT connectors, four audio input and output jacks, and two accessory port connectors. Presets from the Voyager are useable in the Rack Mount Edition, and multiple RMEs can be chained together with MIDI to achieve polyphony.

The Rack Mount Edition sells for $2,195.00 and production will begin in March.

XP Sound will unveil its new XP202 USB audio interface for Mac at NAMM. It will offer 24-bit/96kHz conversion, a built in equalizer, two adjustable microphone pre-amps, two stereo line inputs, a stereo headphone amp, and mix/balance control.

The SP202 will be available in Q2 2005 for $199.

Celemony Software is presenting its new audio editing software 'Melodyne uno' for Mac OS X at the NAMM show. This small version of the audio software Melodyne works in a similar fashion to a sample editor — except that it offers characteristic Melodyne functions and is therefore the ideal tool for pitch correction, vocal production and the editing of melodies.

Melodyne Uno for Mac OS X costs around $199 US (169 euros) and should be available from March 2005.

TL Space convolution reverb by Trillium Space Labs is updated to version 1.0.3. This update is recommended for all users and fixes several bugs : GUI issues with Avid Xpress, loss of saved wet/dry settings in some sessions, and much more.

Info and download in the MacMusic software section.