Miroslav Philharmonik orchestra and choir sound workstation will start shipping in August. Miroslav Philharmonik is an integrated Orchestral Workstation plug-in combining 7GB of samples and over 1,200 sounds of the legendary Miroslav Vitous Orchestra and Choir sample collection masterpieces with dedicated, plug-in instrument.

Miroslav Philharmonik will have an introductory price of €419/$499. After the introductory price period is over, the price will be €499/$599 for the full version and €329/$399 for the cross-grade.

IK Multimedia announces that AmpliTube UNO, guitar amp and FX software, is now available as a free download from the IK Multimedia product website. AmpliTube UNO is a stand-alone single amp application using the same technology derived from the full version of AmpliTube.

At NAMM, Roland introduces the new SP-404 sampler. Built on the SP-303 sampler, the new SP-404 offers more features, more voices, more pads, and more memory. It features battery-power compatibility, a CompactFlash slot, and a built-in microphone. The SP-404's onboard pattern sequencer allows up to 8,000 notes to be recorded. Up to 24 patterns, each 1--99 measures long, can be stored in the internal memory simultaneously.

Antares announces AVOX, an interesting new vocal processor. Antares has combined five vocal processing modules : THROAT Physical Modeling Vocal Designer, CHOIR Vocal Multiplier, PUNCH Vocal Impact Enhancer, DUO Vocal Modeling Auto-Doubler and SYBIL Variable Frequency De-Esser.

AVOX will be available this fall in RTAS, VST and Audio Units versions.

That's a good news if you're a M-Audio hardware user. Divers for Ozone, MobilePre USB, Omnistudio USB, Quattro USB and Sonica Theater audio interfaces are now compatible with Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger.

These updates are free and are available in the MacMusic Software section.