Amadeus II is a sound editor which support the Mp3 and Ogg Vorbis formats, support of VST Audio plugins. This new version features cmpletely redesigned sound window, support for the FLAC file format, new parametric equalizer specially designed for restoring old vinyl recordings, addition of an "Open recent" menu item, automatic version checking and full Unicode support.

Amadeus is available in the MacMusic softs section.

Presonus announces that its audio interface FireBox is now shipping. The FireBox is a compact 24-bit/96k FireWire recording interface that fits in the palm of your hand. The FireBow features two high quality PreSonus microphone/instrument preamplifiers, 24-Bit/96k sample rate and Steinberg's Cubase LE 48-track recording software.

Presonus FireBox costs 415 euros.

Rondo midi player has been designed from the ground up to be simple, uncluttered and easy to use. Rondo has many innovative features including a vertical piano roll with live scrolling and a pull down playhead with a piano that will play along with the music.

Rondo 1.0 is available in the MacMusic softwares section.

Unique Recording Software has released the Classic Console Equalizer Bundle VST versions for Mac. The VST versions support Steinberg's Nuendo and Cubase v3.x and v2.x, Bias Peak v4.x, Abelton Live, and Mackie's DX8 200 console

The VST versions will be a free upgrade for all URS Classic Console EQ Bundle owners both TDM and Native. A demo (iLok) is also available.

Metro, the MIDI, Audio and Video sequencer has been updated to 6.2.3. Among the many new features there is now a batch conversion utility allowing many kinds of audio conversion, including MP3, MP4, Apple Lossless, AIF, WAV, Ogg Vorbis, etc.

Metro LX and Metro SE have been similarly updated.