Mac and Music News
Through Monday February 21, 2005
| Jul 22 - 09:46 AM | Music Software > Wonder Warp |
SimpleChord, the popular chord dictionary program from Wonder Warp Software Group, has today been updated to version 2.1. The new version addresses a chord spelling issue, and brings several other small refinements and features.
Info and download are available on the MM Softs section.
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| Jul 21 - 04:48 PM | Music Software > Rogue Amoeba |
Rogue Amoeba has today released Detour 1.5, featuring an entirely retooled user interface. The long-awaited update brings many changes, both visible and under-the hood, fixing many bugs and introducing a new tabbed look. Detour 1.5 also features a new Detour MenuExtra, allowing for quick and easy access to all of Detour's settings right from the menubar.
All users are encouraged to download this free update, and new users should download a demo of Detour and take it for a test drive. full version costs $12.
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| Jul 21 - 01:10 PM | Music Software > Myriad Software |
Myriad Software has announced a v7.0.1 update of Melody assistant and v 9.0.1 of Harmony assistant for both mac OS 9 and Mac OS X. These updates are only major bufixes (more than 12 bugs...) : crash in the "Instrument tuner" script, crash when trying a rhythm using the hammer while complete mixer was open, crash when music was looping in "Play selection range" mode, (mac os classic) horizontal scroll bar movement was inverted (!!!), and more...
Info about these updates are available on the MacMusic Softwares section.
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| Jul 21 - 10:40 AM | Plug-ins > Audio Ease |
The Nautilus Bundle has now been released and improved for OSX. It consists of three audio plug-ins for RTAS, HTDM, MAS, Audio Unit and VST. Improvements over the previous version include lots of extra automation features, support for surround formats and high samplerates. Nautilus bundle consists of RiverRun (a Granular Soundscape Synthesizer), PeriScope (animating spectroscope and graphic analyzer) and Deep Phase Nine (phaser).
Nautilus Bundle costs $299, upgrades cost $99.95.
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| Jul 20 - 04:54 PM | Virtual Instrument > Toontrack |
DFH Superior is a virtual drums and percussions player. It features 35 Gigs & 85,000 soundfiles of unprocessed multiple mic "interactive" drum & percussion sounds providing unparrelled realism, three plugins : "Superior Drummer", Superior Percussionist" & "Superior Cocktail" and Multiple tool configuration choices (switch between brushes, drumsticks, rods or felt mallets. Felt plastic or wood bass drum beaters).
A plublic beta version of DFH Superior is now available in AudioUnit format.
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