Amazing Slow Downer is a real-time time-stretching & pitch utility. You can slow down the speed of the music - between -50% and 400% time-stretching without changing the pitch. This new release displays ID3 meta data in the track list, and is available in the MacMusic softwares section.

Due to an unforeseen technical problem with the installers GMedia announces that they are unable to release the Minimonsta today as previously announced. GMedia have rescheduled the release for 15th March 2005.

MidiSwing by Pascal Naidon is a MIDI file reader and editor. it shows the content of a midi file as a piano roll which you can edit. You can edit any existing midi file, or compose your own music from scratch.

This 0.2 beta version is available in the MM softwares section.

SoundOfAnImage 1.0 by Tim Omernick is a freeware which converts images into music. Sometimes the "music" even sounds like music, especially if you play images with a lot of structure and/or symmetry to them.

Download in the MacMusic softwares section.

Post Musical Instruments announces iPiano05, a huge collection of grand pianos for Apple Garageband 2. This pack contains following models : PMI Bosendorfer 290, Yamaha C7, Steinway D and the EMPEROR (Bos290 SE) and the OLD LADY (model 1923 Steinway D).

iPiano05 costs $55.