Native Instruments has released four updates for : B4, FM7, Guitar Rig and the Kontakt Player used by Garritan Personal Orchestra. B4 and FM7 passe Logic 7 Audio Units Validation and Guitar Rig v1.1.2 features : time stretching for the Tapedeck can be globally turned off and diverse minor cosmetic enhancements and small bug fixes. But no information on the changes in Kontakt Player for Garritan Personal Orchestra.

The Vienna Symphonic Library adds more Horizon Series titles to its list of collections in Steinberg's HALion and Native Instruments' Kontakt format: Opus 1, Chamber Strings, Solo Strings, Epic Horns, Woodwind Ensembles and French Oboe.

But we have to wait until November to see the release of the Performance Tool for HALion and Kontakt on Mac OS X as well as the other libraries.

M-Audio announces a new driver for its Delta 44 audio interface. This 1.2.1 update fixes MIDI timing and recording issues, fixes OSX unistall problem, fixes compatibility problems with Cubase SX and Peak and fixes audio quality issues with AP249.

This 1.2.1 Delta 44 driver is available in the MM Softwares section.

Ultimate Sound Bank has released a general update for all of their plug-ins : Ultra Focus, Charlie and all six Plugsound Volumes. These plugins are now compatible with latest version of the Apple Audio Units Validator and with Logic 7.

More info on the Ultimate Sound Bank web site.

M-Audio announces a new driver v1.2.1 for its audio interface Delta 66. This new release is a bugfix : fixes MIDI timing and recording issues, fixes OSX unistall problem, fixes compatibility with Cubase SX and Peak and fixes audio quality issues with AP2496.

This driver is available in our Softwares section.