Want a free distortion with a twist? Andrew Garber who did the infamous MD Machine Lab just released his Warp Drive AU (guess the plug-in format? ;) A freeware distortion with a little something, as said: "completely non-conventional" is the algorithm.

Pro Tools 6.7cs6 update for Pro Tools|HD 6.7 systems is now available for download on Digidesign web site. This Pro Tools 6.7cs6 version fixes : errors in delay compensation for mute automation when using plug-ins on master faders (Item #57447), and when using delay compensation, using a plug-in on a master fader would cause mute events to play back out of time.

General Vibe announced VectorSector. This VSTi software synthesizer is the recreation of the wavetable synth Sequential Prophet VS. VectorSector features 4 oscillators (126 waveforms or white noise for each), 4-pole (24 dB/octave) lowpass filter with resonance, up to 16 voice polyphony, 2 LFOs per voice and modulation matrix.

Vector Sector will be available from February (Audio Units and VST version for Mac OS X) and will cost $199.

Digidesign has officially qualified Mac OS 10.3.7 for use with the following systems:Pro Tools 6.7 software with Pro Tools|HD Accel and Pro Tools|HD. For LE systems, Digidesign has officially qualified Mac OS 10.3.7 for use with Pro Tools LE 6.7 software with Digi 002, Digi 002 Rack and Mbox.

Art announces a new MicroPre USB Audio Interface for Mac OS X and OS 9. The USB Micro PRE is a USB audio interface with a standalone phono preamplifier, analog inputs (witchable between phono and line level signals), optical output and input, and line output jacks. The USB Micro PRE can be powered by either an external power source or directly off the USB port.

The USB MicroPre is $99.00 and will be available from April 2005.