The Nautilus Bundle has now been released and improved for OSX. It consists of three audio plug-ins for RTAS, HTDM, MAS, Audio Unit and VST. Improvements over the previous version include lots of extra automation features, support for surround formats and high samplerates. Nautilus bundle consists of RiverRun (a Granular Soundscape Synthesizer), PeriScope (animating spectroscope and graphic analyzer) and Deep Phase Nine (phaser).

Nautilus Bundle costs $299, upgrades cost $99.95.

DFH Superior is a virtual drums and percussions player. It features 35 Gigs & 85,000 soundfiles of unprocessed multiple mic "interactive" drum & percussion sounds providing unparrelled realism, three plugins : "Superior Drummer", Superior Percussionist" & "Superior Cocktail" and Multiple tool configuration choices (switch between brushes, drumsticks, rods or felt mallets. Felt plastic or wood bass drum beaters).

A plublic beta version of DFH Superior is now available in AudioUnit format.

Apple has announced the availability of the iPod 4th generation. The new iPod features a new click wheel and up to 12 hour battery. There are now 2 iPod : iPod 20 Gb (349 euros) and iPod 40 Gb (459 euros).

New iPods are available on the Apple Store.

Sound Quest (www.squest.com) is now shipping Midi Quest 9.1 ($199) and Midi Quest XL ($299) for Macintosh OS X and OS 9. Midi Quest 9.1 and Midi Quest XL for Macintosh both include support for over 600 instruments from more than 60 different manufacturers and feature an unparalleled collection of tools to backup, create, edit, organize and tweak the settings of your synthesizers, effects units, drum machines and other MIDI devices.

Product Price & Category: $199 / $299 USD

Defective Records Software has updated VSTi Host for OS X to v3.1. In addition to adding support for ReWire, many new features and fixes have been implemented:added patch name drop down menus for all VST plugins, MIDI port names now reflect custom port names entered into Audio MIDI Setup application, scanning of VST plugins on startup is now more robust , display of plugin currently being scanned on startup now reliably displayed in startup window, added status window menu option, to display application startup and status messages and updated addendum document.

VSTi Host costs $35 USD and a demo is available. The update is free for registered users.