SoundShuttle by PowerFX is now available as RTAS plugin for Mac OS X. Made for ProTools based systems, SoundShuttle allows users to search for sounds and preview them. More than 40,000 sounds in the PowerFX database can be previewed and downloaded directly.

SoundShuttle is compatible with Pro Tools 6.4 and costs $19.95, including ten free sound from PowerFX website.

PolyRingtone by Andy Drabble is a polyphonic ringtone converter for mobile phones. You can use it to create SP_Midi compatible files, as used for ringtones in modern mobile phones, from standard Midi files which are freely available on the Web.

PolyRingtone is a shareware and is available from the MM Softs section.

Best Service have just released Artist Grooves, available for Mac OS X as a VST and AU plug-in. Artist Grooves is a sound module for Native Instruments Intakt that features original drumkits : Tama Drumkit, Pearl Drumkit, Yamaha Drumkit, Paiste Cymbals, Zildjian Custom Cymbals and Zildjian K-Series Cymbals.

Artist Grooves costs 169 euros.

Symbolic Composer is one of the most advanced and largest music composition language available with over 1000 music algorithms, suitable for modern, dance, classic, electronic, ambient and experimental styles.

Info on this 5.1 version and dowload available from our softwares section.

Digidesign has posted the version 6.4.1 for Pro Tools Mix 24 systems. This version is the final Pro Tools software release to officially support the Pro Tools|24 MIX product line, which are now "legacy products". Pro Tools d24 and hybrid systems (d24 and Mix Farm) have not been tested, and therefore are not supported. However, Digidesign have no reason to believe that it will not work.

This version features : support for Command 8, +12 dB fader support, 23.976 fps support for HD video, hot wap SCSI support and more.