Apple Computer will host a special "music related products" event at 10:00am on Sept. 7th at San Francisco's Moscone Center. Several web sites and other sources reported that Apple would unveil new products : new iPod, or the long awaited iPhone. This cell phone would be the first Motorola's iTunes phone, and sources says that Motorola and Apple will introduce a complete line of music-oriented phones that go by the name ROKR, rather than a single handset.

We just have to wait now...

WormHole allows you to transmit audio over TCP/IP and between applications. This new version 2.0.2 for both Audio Units and VST formats features : more reliable latency compensation / insert loop mode, better Audio Units compatibility, and multiple minor glitch fixes.

Garritan Jazz and Big Band Collection will feature Trumpets, Trombones, a Comprehensive Saxophone Collection, Keyboards, Rhythm Section and more (over 50 individual instruments), all accessible via the included Native Instruments Kontakt Player in VST, AU, DX, RTAS and standalone formats on Mac OS X.

Garritan Jazz and Big Band Collection is now available for pre-order at introductory price of $259 and is expected to ship late September.

Alphakanal has updated its substrative synthesizer Automat to Audio Units version 0.3.2. This new release changes : better sounding EFX section, better randomize function, new modulation waveforms, new presets and new clicks generator (beta. part of an new upcoming feature).

Automat is a freeware available in our software section.

Easy beat by Ergonis is a music authoring program for composing, scoring, and playing songs on Mac OS X. This new release 2.2.1 adds Mac OS 10.4 Tiger compatibility and fixes a number of user-reported bugs. Easy Beat is an easy-to-use and full-fledged MIDI sequencer. This software was designed to be "used in the way that most musicians really work. It does not require following a structured process or read extensive user manuals". Easy Beat features : up to 16 song tracks plus a metronome track, multiple views of individual tracks, export to GarageBand, MIDI import and export, export to QuickTime movies and AIFF files, and more...