Digidesign is currently looking for early adopters of the Intel Based Mac iMacs and Macbooks who would be interested in beta testing an upcoming version of Pro Tools LE and M-Powered that supports these new machines. Candidates would be required to: test and use the software for at least 10 hours a week, run various performance tests on their systems, per intruction, integrate the software into their existing workflows and provide bug reports and feedback.

If you're interested please contact Digidesign with the following information: system specifications (i.e. Macbook pro 2.16GHz, 1 GB Ram, etc.), Pro Tools Platform (i.e., 002 Rack, M-Audio Firewire 1814, etc.), brief description of type of work you do, and your experience with Pro Tools.

As a talented but totally unknown music composer, I have often been asked by friends, folks neighbors or other Z movie producers to supply great film soundtracks that suggest suspense, fear, terror, drama, etc, in order to magnify their video masterpieces.

So here is how you and I can from now on brightly get away with it, producing within minutes outstanding soundtracks simply loading "The Best of ProSessions—Vol. 2 - Liquid Cinema" compatible Apple Loops into GarageBand, Logic, SoundTrack or Final Cut software. Indeed, M-Audio's - Best of ProSessions—Vol. 2 incorporates highlights from the seven-volume series called Liquid Cinema by Hollywood composer Jeff Rona (Traffic, Homicide, Black Hawk Down, Chicago Hope, etc). Each sample is finely recorded and assures maximum quality and flexibility.

This 2 GB DVD provides many difficult to reproduce sound effects enabling anyone to create great cinematic atmospheres in direction of action, drama, horror or sci-fi movies. It is also pleasant to find useful percussive effects as well as '70 series like grooves that include drums, bass, guitar and keyboards fills.

Ableton announces that all registered owners of a Live Lite version that came bundled with a hardware product (Digidesign, M-Audio and others), are now eligible to purchase a full version of Live 5 for $199,00 (Live 5 full version costs $499,00).

This special offer is only available until March 6, 2006,

Mawzer offers preview of the Mawzer prototype in action. Three videos are available and you can now see how to plug the modules, configure them. Mazwer is a new modular MIDI controller allowing an infinite customizable combination of controls. You can cange the configuration in seconds to adapt your studio project or live situation, day afer day, just by pluging Mowzer Modules in the Backplane, assign midi controls in your favorite software, and you're ready to play.

Jump to the video link and just feel how easy it is to build your own controller.

Native Instruments unveiled KORE, its first proprietary USP or Universal Sound Platform, operating both as a stand-alone instrument host and as a plug-in in every major sequencer. Kore integrates all your software instruments and effects into a single, unified interface and gives you total control of your sound and instant, hands-on access with a real analog feel. Kore introduces KoreSound, a universal sound format that shifts the focus from individual instruments toward the sound itself. This new format allows you to manage all the presets for all your software instruments. Thanks to the seamless integration of Kore's software and hardware components, your software instruments and effects become tactile instruments that are highly intuitive and uniform in their operation. NI will also unveil a Kore Controler with integrated USB audio interface.

A full story about new Kore system will be available in five chapters on the Native Instruments web site on March 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd. NI will give full details about Kore during Frankfurt MusikMesse from March 29th to April 1st. Complete version of KORE will be available in spring 2006.