Roland corporation announces the support for new Intel-based Macintosh computers. New Roland drivers are now on the test phase and will be available very soon. Please note that FireWire drivers for Edirol FA-66 and FA-101 are already compatible with new iMacs and Mac Book Pro.

Future Retro, of 777 analogue groovebox fame, launch a 3U rack: the XS. It's a semi-modular analogue monosynth. As all semi-modulars it's prepatched so can be used a your regular growling box, but bring the cables and patch it and you can explore further or even expand an existing system. It's a CV/gate V/Oct standard synth so it will work with MIDI2CV interfaces or analogue sequencers like a good boy (Is he one? Given Future Retro, I expect a box making some big noise ;)

Digidesign will ship very soon Synchro Arts VocALign PRO, a new and powerful version of the VocALign automatic audio alignment tool. VocALign PRO provides audio, post production, and multimedia professionals the greatest flexibility and power to quickly complete audio alignment tasks — automatically, within the Pro Tools environment as an AudioSuite plug-in or as a stand-alone application. VocALign automatically stretches or compresses one audio signal to match the timing patterns of another. It features :

Developed by the Digidesign Advanced Instrument Research group, Hybrid is a high-definition software synthesizer for Pro Tools systems that combines the warmth of legendary analog synths with a full range of twenty-first century digital capabilities.

The red sweden synths maker Clavia announced the Nord Stage 76, a 76 medium weighted keys version of their synth/piano instrument in a smaller form than the 88 flagship. Price TBA. Along this new Stage of affairs… Clavia gave hints of the forthcoming Stage OS 2.0: