Rephrase by Leap Frog Audio is a phrase editing virtual instrument. Rephrase imports monophonic audio files and automatically splits them up into notes. Notes can be played back in-order, allowing changes to timing, pitch and volume of each note via MIDI. it also features modulation - vibrato and tremolo effects, a resonant filter and reverb.

Rephrase will cost $199 and the Mac version will ship early 2005.

Dont' dream, you can't win a Moog but a trip ! Moog Music is offering the chance to win a trip for two to Ashville for the Asheville Film Festval, which will feature the new Moog documentary movie. You will be also invited to tour the Moog Factory.

The contest closes on October 3rd, complete rules are available on the Moog web site.

We announced the audioUnit version of DHF Superior on 8th September. Now comes the 1.3 version which features : new Tama snares, new graphics, E-Drum support and save, sound preview and midi playback in construction window, new manual , project files and tutorial for Logic, Pro Tools, DP & Cubase and more.

Full features list and download available from the MM Softwares section.

There was a bug with 4.0.2 version of Live (posted yesterday) : multiple outs of plug-ins will not be available after loading a song. Live 4.0.3 is now online. It should fix the problem with multiple in/outs of plug-ins are not available after loading a song. You do not need to uninstall a previous Live version to install Live 4.0.3. You can install the new version in parallel.

More info available on the ableton web site.

Ableton Live has in the last few hours posted a new update for Live 4.0.1 to 4.0.2.
This should according to the Ableton forum fix the sample rate bug that was not fixed within Live 4.0.1. Thought this was a worthy post since the bug effects working in Protools with Rewire with the problem being am on a mac G5 in OS 10.3 using Live 4 and Protools 6.4. I am running all my Protools sessions at 24 bit 96 kHz. When launching Live 4 as a rewire slave everything comes out at the wrong pitch, when I check the audio setup it says that Live 4 is running as a rewire slave at 44.1 kHz and there are no options that you can change in that menu. That's the best I have for now.

ps clouvel : list of bugfixes : program change messages sent to the ReWire Slave were not correct, crash when loading a ...