Showcontrolpro is a program written to be used by live audio engineers in a live concert/performance environment. It works by recalling scenes, snapshots or patches in digital desks and outboard FX that respond to MIDI program changes. Each set of these snapshots (one for each device in your setup) is referred to as a cue.

All details on this new 3.0 version available in the MacMusic softwares section.

Wavemachine Labs has updated its drum replacer Drumagog to version 4.0.2, for both Audio Units, RTAS and VST versions. This release fixes the following issues : issue with missed triggers when using auto-align and advanced triggering mode, and various unlocking issues.

Cycling'74 announces a "Pluggo Junior" set, which contains 12 free plugins from the Pluggo suite : Average Injector, Chamberverb, Feedback Network, Filter Taps, Generic Effect, HF Ring Mod, Jet, Limi, Nebula, Resonation, Resosweep, Spectral Filter.

Pluggo Jr. will be available as a free download for Mac soon.

In celebration of the release of Mac OS X Tiger, Metric Halo has announced that for a limited time new licenses of ChannelStrip Native will be available at a savings of over 40%, for $199USD. This is a limited time offer that expires June 30, 2005.

Any new purchases of ChannelStrip Native are eligible for this discount.

Arturia has released an update to version 1.5 for its CS-80V virtual synth. This release features two new oscillators (one reproduces the CS-80 saw-tooth waveform, the other one is based on a new triangle algorithm with improved Pulse Width Modulation). A new "Settings" window has been added, offering the possibility to tune each voice independently. This new version also adds some improvements : the Ring Modulator has been rebuilt, the algorithm of the chorus was totally revised and much improved, and the original presets were redesigned.

This update also fixes several minor bugs.