SoundHack, the famous soundfile processing program which performs many utility and esoteric sound processing functions available nowhere else, is now growing to version 0.893. This update adds support for SDIF spectral files.

Prehaps a good day to read again our Tom Erbe interview in the MacMusic articles section....

The Mac OS 10.3.5 update is now available on download via "Softwares update" utility in the Mac system prefs menu. These are some of the enhancements included with the Mac OS X 10.3.5 Update :

- Bluetooth enhancements
- Networking, Internet enhancements
- Image Capture can now import MPEG-4 movies (.MP4) from compatible digital cameras.
- Resolves a potential data loss issue after renaming a Mail mailbox file.
- Mail and image transfert utility updates;
- Corrects an issue in which analog speakers connected to a PowerBook or iBook during sleep sometimes didn't produce sound after waking the computer.
- Resolves an issue with Mac OS X 10.3.4 in which the internal microphones of some iBook (Dual USB) computers would not be available to applications or Sound preferences.
- Includes recent Security Updates.

This update is also available on the Apple web site.

Rogue Amoeba has announced two small updates , with the release of Nicecast 1.6 and Audio Hijack 2.1.4. Both of these updates allow for full compatibilitiy with the forthcoming OS X 10.3.5, along with several other improvements. Nicecast 1.6 also features the new Instant Hijack method of grabbing audio first seen in Audio Hijack Pro, making the use of Unsanity's Application Enhancers (APE) optional. It also includes a new Recent Tracks Log preference and new Archiving formats for saving your broadcasts. The update to Audio Hijack includes several key bug fixes and bulletproof AIFF recording, which protects recordings against corruption caused by crashes.

These updates are available on free download.

Numerology is combining the hardware modular sequencers with all the power and the ease of a software. This soft is a real creativity tools for sequences and complex rythmn patterns. Version 1.4.1 adds the XY-ChordRhythms example to the numer-all download.

Take more on this impassioning soft in the MacMusic softwares section.

Alien Apparatus Company, Inc. announces reduced pricing on it Solo Performer Show Controller system.A version 1.1 of the software has been released to incorporate a demo mode so that the software may be installed and evaluated before purchasing the complete system. The software manages and plays lists of backing audio, lyrics displays, and light shows. The full package also includes a USB foot pedal controller that allows the software to be controlled in a hands-free manner and enables DMX512 lighting to be connected and controlled.

The system for controlling shows for solo musicians is now priced at $395.