Cycling'74 announces an update to version 3.5.1 for Pluggo (Audio Units, VST, RTAS) which adds a new "latency" message to plugconfig, and fixes several bugs. Plugins bundle Mode grows to version 1.2.1 (Audio Units, VST, RTAS) in order to change the preset format of mode.poly (saved presets in songs may be affected).

MusikMesse 2005 will take place at Frankfurt am Main (Germany) from 6 to 9 april 2005. The International Musikmesse Frankfurt offers with the presentation of the complete spectrum of musical instruments, computer software & hardware, sheet music and accessories a high-grade platform for experts from the international music industry. We note that Apple will be present at MusikMesse in Hall 5, booth 71, and that contemporary music composer György Ligeti will receive the Frankfurt Music Prize 2005 for his lifetime achievements.

DiskDriver mini has just been updated to version 3.3, which now features : auto start shuffle mode, help dialogue, new interface design and unlimited songs and albums for registered users. DiskDriver mini is a light and free version of DiskDriver, and allows you to stream mp3 files from your website or your computer.

Smartelectronix announces the availability of NyquistEq in VST version for Mac OS X. NyquistEq is a parametric graphic equalizer with excellent response all the way up to Nyquist (the Nyquist frequency is the highest representable frequency for a given sample rate).

This freeware is available in the MacMusic softwares section.

MacMusic is proud to present you, in its article section, Dominique Bassal's study on "The Practice of Mastering in Electroacoustic Music". Today we propose you the second chapter of this article (that includes three in total) : "The Practice of Mastering : Means, Functions and Underlying Logic".

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