SSL (Solid State Logic) announces that AWS900 consoles an now be purchased in eight or 16 channel versions. These consoles are full 24-fader but have fewer inputs and outputs. Additional blocks of eight channels can also be added at any time, and total recall has now also been introduced as an option for the AWS900.

8-channel version costs £39,500, 16-channel version costs £44,500, additional 8-channel block costs £8000, and Total Recall automation costs £2500.

Wizoo announces the first five Xpansions for Xphraze, with new samples, phrases and styles, as well as the official release of version 1.2. for Xphraze, which now supports Audio Units for Apple Logic 7 users.

Xphraze Xpansions priced at $49 each, and include Xphraze 1.2 (this new version can also be downloaded).

Arboretum System announces the release of HyperEngine AV version 1.5. This audio and vidéo editing software (formerly known as "Montage") is now available as free download, and this new release fixes bugs. HyperEngine-AV is a trackless workspace software that allows free manipulation of video, audio, stills, and text.

Now available, Pluggo 3.5 is a huge collection of more than one hundred audio plug-ins that work with sequencers and audio applications that support Audio Units, Steinberg's VST plug-in format, and Digidesign's RTAS plug-in format. Effects categories include delays, filters, pitch effects, distortion, granulation, spectral effects, modulators, multi-channel effects, synthesizers, audio routing, reverb and dynamics, and visual display. Note that f you are installing Pluggo 3.5 and also use Max/MSP then you must update Max/MSP to version 4.5.3.

A demo version is available and Pluggo 3.5 costs $199,00. Upgrade from previous Pluggo version is $99,00.

Subtractive synthesis at no cost ! Alphakanal has released a freeware substrative synthesizer. Generator features :subtractive synthesis, 3 anti-aliased oscillators, 2 ADSRs for filter and amplifier, 6 modulators with tempo sync, delay with tempo sync. and more.

Generator Audio Units is available in the macMusic softwares section.