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.

Do you like your Oberheim Matrix 6 or 1000 synths? I've got some great news for you, an OS X editor is in beta right now. It's a work in progress right now allowing already basic patching, final release is expected in a few months…

M1000X is freeware :) but OS X 10.3 and up only. "Because this beta version is not fully tested, it is highly recommended that you make a backup of your synth's current patches (such as by dumping the patch data to a computer, or using the Matirx-6/6R's cassette interface), prior to using M1000X to edit patches."

Native Instruments will soon change the pricing and upgrade conditions for Komplete 2. This bundle consisting of eleven software synthesizers, samplers and effects. With Absynth 3, Battery 2 and a free upgrade to the upcoming Kontakt 2 now included in the bundle, the pricing for Komplete 2 will be adjusted to reflect the new value of the package. The new suggested retail prices for Komplete 2 are: Full Version $1499 /1299 Euro, 2 Product-User Upgrade $1149 /999 Euro, 4-Product-User Upgrade $689 /599 Euro and 7-Product-User Upgrade $229 /199 Euro.

The new pricing for Komplete 2 will take effect on April 1st 2005.