TenByTen GWS RanPan version 2.5 is now available and fixes several bugs (host application craches when the effect was bypassed). This version also passes recent Apple's Audio Units Validation Tool. GWS RanPan is a random panning effect that is linked to tempo.

URS has updated the URS Everything EQ Bundle v4.0 to support Audio Units and VST. The following plug-ins have Audio Units and VST Mac support: A series EQ - four band EQ, N series EQ - 5 band EQ, A10 series EQ - 10 band graphic, N12 series EQ - 12 band graphic, S series EQ - 6 band parametric, BLT 2 band Program EQ and FullTec 5 Band Program EQ.

Please note that the URS MIX EQ is not available yet for AU and VST, but will be released soon as a free upgrade.

An update to version 1.5 Audio Units is now available for Discord, by Audio Damage. This release offers a new user-interface design, a routable variable-waveform LFO, a new high-pass filter, in addition to the low-pass filter, a re-written pitch-shifting algorithm, with smoother shifting at extreme settings and the pitch control now has "Fine" knob. Discord is a stereo pitch shifter with digital delay lines and analog-style filters.

Moog Music and the Orange Peel announce a three-day celebration of the theremin. Ether Music 2005 will be held in the home of Moog Music, Asheville, NC, from Thursday, August 4th through Sunday, August 7th.  The event will include workshops, speakers and performances by thereminists such as Pamelia Kurstin, Lydia Kavina, Barbara Buchholz. Workshop topics will include theremin technique, how to build and customize a theremin, historical perspectives from Bob Moog, and more.

An original composition contest will be held in conjunction with this event.  To participate, an original theremin composition, no longer than five minutes, must be submitted to Moog on CD, cassette or as an MP3 file

WWAYM updates Mac OS X version of NWEQ to V1.22, which changes : fix for compatibility issues with some hosts. NWEQ is an equalizer featuring 5 parametric bands (low shelf, band 1-2-3, high shelf), high quality filters (10 Hz - 22 KHz), 2 cross fadeable filter models for band 1-2-3, and more.