Apple today announced it has begun shipping Logic Express 7, the latest release of
its music composition and production software that delivers audio and MIDI tools.
Logic Express 7 is available now through the Apple Store, Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested retail price of $299. Registered users of Logic Express 6 can upgrade to Logic Express 7 for $99.

You know that ApulSoft in converting open source Windows plug-ins to Audio Units and VST for OS X. Today ApulSoft announces that the donationware C3 Multi Band Compressor by Slim Slow Slider was ported to OS X.

Slim Slow Slider C3 OS X is available as a free download.

MacJams.com has announced the opening of its new "Loop Store," an online site where musicians can browse, listen to, and immediately download over 40,000 loops and sound clips in a huge variety of styles and instrumentation. Loops may be purchased with credits costing as little as 40 cents each, and loops are available in a variety of formats for nearly any audio program for the Macintosh platform. To celebrate the grand opening of its Loop Store, MacJams is giving away 10 free 10-credit accounts and 10 free PowerFX Apple Loops Disc Jams CDs. Loops and audio clips for the Loop Store are professionally recorded and produced by PowerFX, which provides audio content to Apple, Sony Pictures, Propellerhead, and others.

Unitonic announced the release of Aurora, a new plug-in synth for Pro Tools|HD Accel systems. Aurora features sound synthesis with eight Tone Partials, each with built-in modulation and stereo panning, independent, multi-step envelopes for every parameter, and dynamic polyphony that permits voicing of 16 to 128 or more notes.

Aurora costs $699 but Unitonic will be offering Aurora at an introductory price of $499 via its online store.

Cycling '74 announced the release of Incidental Gesture, the third volume in the Cycles series of audio source libraries. Produced and edited by Ron MacLeod, Incidental Gesture features active sonic textures and melodic meanderings that provide movement, emotion and narrative expression to musical compositions or media projects. Each piece is composed to integrate easily into existing pieces yet intricate enough to stand on their own as incidental beds. These long (30 sec. to 3 min.) files were designed for direct use in Digital Audio Workstations yet are seamlessly looped end to end for extended play as well.

Incidental Gesture is now available directly from Cycling '74 for US$99.00.