Audio Ease has updated Altiverb to v5.0.4, which now features : OSX 10.4 compatible, improvement in the startup speed of Altiverb, solved VST channel problems, improvement in the hi-latency mode, fixed automation in RTAS, fixed import of old settings,, improved Altiverb De-installer.

Little surprise, Apple just announces a new eMac line, with two models. They feature a faster processor and OS X Tiger :

- eMac G4 1,42 GHz PowerPC G4, 256MB DDR333 SDRAM, 80GB Ultra ATA drive, Combo drive for $799.


- eMac G4 1,42 GHz PowerPC G4, 512MB DDR333 SDRAM, 160GB Ultra ATA drive, 8x SuperDrive (double-layer) for $999.

Apple today unveiled a new iMac G5 line with faster 2.0 GHz PowerPC G5 processors. Here's the new range :

- iMac 17-inch widescreen LCD with 1440-by-900 pixels, 1.8 GHz 64-bit PowerPC G5 processor, 512MB of 400 MHz DDR SDRAM, 24X Combo (DVD-ROM/CD-RW) optical drive; 160GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm, for $1,299.

- iMac G5 17-inch widescreen,2.0 GHz 64-bit PowerPC G5 processor, 512MB of 400 MHz DDR SDRAM, 8X SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD+/-RW/CD-RW) optical drive; 160GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm, for $1,499.

- iMac 20-inch widescreen LCD , 2.0 GHz 64-bit PowerPC G5 processor; 512MB of 400 MHz DDR SDRAM, 8X SuperDrive (DVD+R DL/DVD+/-RW/CD-RW) optical drive, 250GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 7200 rpm, for $1,799

DSP Quattro has been updated to version 2.1. DSP-Quattro is a powerful sound editor, a highly innovative product that uses the new millennium latest technology. This new version features : support of latency compensation, audio CD track ISRC and disc EAN/UPC codes support for audio CD burning, unlimited number number of plug-in slots on Effx sends, and several bugfixes.

WaveArts announces a new Panorama plugin for Mac. Panorama is a specialized tool for creating stunningly realistic 3-D audio scenes. The DSP technology in Panorama reproduces psychoacoustic sound localization and distance cues, allowing you to pan sounds in three dimensions: not just left and right, but up, down, front, back, near, and far. Panorama combines 3-D audio panning with acoustic environment modeling, including wall reflections, reverberation, distance modeling, and the Doppler pitch effect. While primarily intended for headphone listening, Panorama also includes a crosstalk canceller for playback over conventional stereo loudspeakers.