After months of doubt, it would seem that Creamware is set on continuing its support for the Mac platform. It's financial standing has been rectified by the contribution of new capital. The development under OS X however, demands resources in terms of competence, hence the call to those ready to code under OS X and Linux. Let us hope that it will be heard and will allow this innovative software to carry on.

For those interested, once on the Creamware site, go to "forums", "general", "creamware and linux", the links will lead you onto other useful forums....

Charismac Engineering Inc. announced Mac OS 10.3 (Panther) support across their product line. Charismac has updated and qualified their RAID software, disk utilities, SAN Management and CD/DVD mastering and duplication software applications to run with the latest version of Apple's operating system. Qualified products include: Anubis RAID, a powerful software-based striping and mirroring utility. Anubis RAID allows users to format, partition and benchmark both single hard disk drives as well as multi-disk arrays. Discribe, a universal CD/DVD mastering application. Discribe allows you to create your own data, audio and video CDs and DVDs with virtually any CD or DVD recorder on the market, past or present. FibreShare, an intuitive, reliable storage area networking (SAN) software package that easily allows multiple users to have instant access to shared fibre channel storage in a multi-user SAN environment.

Beta Monkey Music has announced the latest addition to its already versatile drum loop library. Groove Construction Kits: Acoustic Drum and Cymbal Samples features five sampled recording drum kits, with nearly 900 (595 MB) individual drum and cymbal hits, painstakingly recorded to capture all the beauty, character, and nuance only acoustic drums possess. Beta Monkey's Groove Construction Kits is a comprehensive collection of acoustic drum and cymbal samples created with some of the most-known and sought-after drum sets and cymbal lines. The recorded drum sets include drums from DW , Pearl , Tama , and Yamaha with cymbals from Sabian and Zildjan . The sample CD-ROM is well-suited and designed for groove construction across a wide variety of genres and styles including rock, pop, R&B, drum & ...

Digidesign announces Command|8 - a fully featured control surface solution from Digidesign and Focusrite that puts integrated, tactile manipulation of Pro Tools TDM and LE sessions at users' fingertips. Command|8 has been designed to provide a depth of control consistent with its control surface predecessors at a budget-conscious price point.

Command|8's faders, rotary encoders, displays, and dedicated transport controls enable users to build their Pro Tools mixes with the hands-on feel only an integrated control surface can provide. A simple USB connection facilitates communication between Command|8 and a Mac, while its built-in MIDI ports (1-IN/2-OUT) comprise a robust MIDI Interface. Stand-alone MIDI controller mode makes it possible to easily map Command|8's controls to third-party ...

DISCOVERY adds a new format "BATTERY" to the long-awaited new library "OKINAWAN TRADITION" going on-sale in the middle of April. That enables you to create your original sounds more freely with the high quality sounds. The usual ACID, WAV and REX2 formats are composed of Okinawa sounds including Sanba (percussion), Sanshin (stringed instrument), Fue (flute), Taiko (percussion) and Voices. In addition, Okinawa percussion - Sanba and Taiko - is included in the BATTERY format.