Tascam released the VL-S21 monitoring system, designed for home recording and multimedia use, which bundles a pair of thin speakers (5 W) and a powered subwoofer (15 W). The speakers use NXT technology, which provide wider dispersion and more uniform frequency response.

This system costs $129.

Sample Manager, made by Audiophile Engineering, is a full-featured batch audio processor includind Change Gain, Fade, Trim, Reverse, Convert, Process with AudioUnit, and many others, with full support of Aiff, Wave and Sound Designer II audio files. This 1.4.2 update improves support for Waves plug-ins, adds speed improvements on "large" audio files, and fixes several bugs.

This shareware is available from the MacMusic Softwares section.

Metro is a fast-operating, easy-to-learn high-powered sequencer for the design of professional audio projects. It stands alone as a complete and integrated MIDI, audio and video production system. Sagan Technology has announced updates to v6.2.1.7 for Metro, Metro LX and Metro SE. These updates are free.

List of new features and bugfixes available from the MM softwares section.

Digidesign released MassivePack 3, a powerful plug-in bundle offering unprecedented savings on plug-ins. This pack bundles third party plugins : Echo Farm, Filterbank, H949 Harmonizer, MC2000, MDW High-Res Parametric EQ, Oxford OXF-R3 EQ, Slightly Rude Compressor, Smack, SoundBlender, Speed, and TL Space.

This bundle costs US$1,195, and the Pro version (bundle and one HD Accel card) costs $3,495. MassivePack 3 will be available on Sept. 30.

Audio Damage have released Ratshack Reverb, which is a detailed model of the Realistic Electronic Reverb that was actually an analog delay. The plug-in features all the quirks and features of this often-used but ill-named classic, including the ability to switch the inputs from line to mic, to get that great input distortion.

RatShack is available as a VST effect plug-in for OS X, and the RTAS version is coming soon. RatShack costs $29.99 USD.