Elemental Audio Systems today announced the release of Finalis, the latest addition to its line of audio plug-ins. Finalis is a brick wall limiter which features 3 limiting algorithms, stereo and mono, supports sampling rates up to 192 kHz and multi-processor compatible . Supporting the RTAS, VST, and Audio Unit (AU) audio plug-in formats, Finalis is compatible with a range of Mac host applications.

Finalis has a retail price of $159, but is available for an introductory price of $139 until April 14, 2005.

Jack (the Jack Audio Connection Kit) is a low-latency audio server, written originally for the GNU/Linux operating system, and now with Mac OS X support. It can connect any number of different applications to a single hardware audio device; it also allows applications to send and receive audio to and from each other.

More info on this 0.6 version and download in MM softwares section.

The free full editor for the Elektron Machinedrum in English, French and German is now in version 1.1. If some people want to translate it to other languages, the developer is open to proposals ;) I did it (French translation), it's not difficult and it helps others. What's new then? As Andrew Garber the developer wrote it:

- added ability to import kits from sysex files
- added ability to sense MD knob tweaks
- improved MIDI core - it's rock solid now ;)
- now allows you to choose whether or not you want documents to open automatically
- fixed a bug with Set Kit Name where garbled text could appear on the MD
- French localization is now more complete (blush)

Image/ine (or ImX), developed at Steim from 1997, in close collaboration with Steina, was the first piece of software that allowed users to manipulate uncompressed video in real time. Limited, at the time, to 320x240 pixels at some 10 frames per second, it nevertheless proved a point: artistic quality and stage guts made lack of frame rate and image quality of secondary interest; real time video manipulation could be done!

A 0.9 beta OS X version is vailable in the MacMusic softwares section.

ReFX has updated its Audio Units an d VST virtual synth Vanguard to v1.1.2 which fixes following bugs : knobs didn't redraw properly so a black border was showing, and releasing the sustain-pedal would kill ALL notes, even the held ones.

This bugfix release is available as free donwload.