Digidesign will be bundling the Melodyne version Uno Essential - a cut-down version of Melodyne uno- free of charge with its Pro Tools software from September 2005 onwards. This will give Pro Tools users the benefit of Melodyne's unique functions for pitch correction, vocal production and melody editing. Uno essential supports all commonly used audio formats and is integrated into ProTools via the ReWire interface.

Melodyne Uno Essential is included free with every Pro Tools Ignition bundle. Upgrades from the essential to the full version of Melodyne uno are available for US$99

Rob Papen released a demo version of its new Blue virtual synth. Blue as six oscillators which can be connected in various ways, two analogue style modelled stereo filters, an large range of processing and modulation options and a sequencer. Nete that the demo goes silent every 45 seconds and that you can not save presets or banks.

CodeOperator announce DelayPack for OS X. DelayPack is a package with five useful delays like COSimpleDelay, COSpectralDelay5, COModulationDelay, CODuckingDelay, and COPingPongDelay. The package will grow every month.

DelayPack can be purchased at $49.95 until september 15, then the price will be $69.95. If you buy DelayPack now, you will receive every new Delay for free.

Propellerhead posted an updated version of its virtual studio Reason. This version 3.0.4 fixes several issues : MIDI import, loading old songs, cross-browsing, combined note handling, and missing icons in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.

This update is available in the MacMusic software section.

Gemini introduces the iKEY, a compact portable USB recorder. This product can record an audio signal, then convert it to MP3 or WAV (without extra hardware and software) and can write it to a USB storage device in real-time. It features two RCA inputs. The iKEY will allow the user to record live music, live speeches/seminars, radio, karaoke, transfer a vinyl collection to MP3, or record music to an MP3 Player hard drive.

iKey is available at $229.99.