XA1 is aN AudioUnit plug-in made by Peter Mark. Unlike the wast majority of analyzers that use FFT for analyzing the audio, XA1 use bandpass filters as most of the hardware devices. Therefore XA1 has a very musical display, the algorithm used for analyzing has the same resolution across the spectrum, so the response in the low end of the spectrum is just as fast as the high end response unlike FFT based analyzers that has very bad timing in the low end.

This new version fixes several bugs. It's available in the MM softwares section.

Here is a great link for Ableton's Live user's. They are free and intuitive tutorials on how to use Live in different situations. Many users just don't know there are many ways to use this powerful software. here you can see how a guitarist, a DJ or a Reason user would approach Live. Technically speaking, you can use Live as an arrangement tool, an effect device, or for creating ambient guitar loop collages. And this is just the beginning of what is possible.

Read tricks like :
- Get Your Guitar Groove On
- Routing: Creative Flexibility
- DJing with Live 3
- A Loop is what you make of it
- and many more...

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ApulSoft has updated Smart Electronix' Cyanide to version 2.0 in Audio Units format. Cyanide is a variable waveshaping distortion. Note that ApulSoft has also updated the SupaPhaser and MadShifta ports.

 

Ozone is a mastering tools system running 64-bit DSP algorithms, complemented with enhanced visual meter displays, and integrated in a single interface This version 3.06 addresses an issue with the Logic 7 Audio Unit validator.

Ozone is available in MacMusic softwares section.

The popular iDrum application by Glaresoft has now been given an RTAS release, for use directly in ProTools. iDrum is a rhythmic sequencer for Mac OS X. The design of this virtual drum machine is based on a single axis: the simplicity of use.

The RTAS version can be downloaded by registered users from their iDrum account.