Line6 announces that its new hardware and software bundle Guitarport XT is now shipping. GuitarPort gives you everything you need at your fingertips to get the most out of your guitar, from jamming along to your favorite songs to building your soloing skills, or just playing for fun : 16 amp and cabinet models based on POD XT, 19 must-have Stompbox and Studio effects, Effects can be routed Pre- or Post- Amp, MP3, WAV and Audio CD playback, Looping and real-time half-speed without changing pitch, 24-bit converters & 32-bit processing, Line level and headphone outputs, Ideal guitar front end for other recording software, Metronome for practicing, Built-in chromatic tuner, and preset tone library.

GuitarPort XT ($139.99) also introduces the GearBox software ($99.99), for Mac OS X (Universal Binary version included).

Ueberschall has Released, Liquid Instrument Vol.5: The Voice Vol.2. A Male and Female a-cappella chorus colors (non-verbal) for pop, dance and RnB productions

This is something revolutionary new: Vocal phrases of a choir with independently editable voices. For the first time ever it is possible to change a single voice within a choir - independently from the other lines - and to adjust it to your own needs. You can create basically every vocal harmony and every chord progression you can think of. Only Liquid Instruments "The Voice" gives you total control over each single voice and melody within a choir, proudly announces Ueberschall... A miracle?

American ribbon microphone maker Crowley and Tripp are unveiling their new Recordist and Recordist Ensemble Stereo Kit at AES in San Francisco this October, adding a new voice to their established line of highest quality U.S. ribbon mics, and raising the bar for Blumlein ribbon recording. The Recordist is voiced for realistic reproduction of classical and jazz performances where a full-range, natural sound is desired. As with other Crowley and Tripp products, the Recordist's high output, low noise design excels with location recording devices and digital audio interfaces, without the need for special high gain ribbon mic preamps. The Recordist is priced at $1,295 each, and comes with its own low diffraction rotary mount for exact placement, a durable Pelican(tm) case for location gigs, and a three-year warranty.

Karlheinz Essl just released WebernUhrWerk, a generative music generator. It composes generative Carillon music based on the twelve-tone row of Anton Webern's last composition - which he was unable to finish - commemorating his sudden and unexpected death on 15 Sept 1945 as he was accidentally shot dead by an American GI.

This version 2.1 (released 4 Sept 2006) is a freeware for Apple Macintosh computers under Mac OS X 10.3 - 10.4.

Blue Cat Audio has released a new version of Digital Peak Meter Pro, a unique plug-in able to transform the audio signal to various types of controls. A special introductory price lets you get the Digital Peak Meter Pro for 27.3 EUR (USD $32.76) instead of 39 EUR (USD 46.8). Upgrade from version 1.x is 12 EUR only (USD 14,4).

New in V2.0:

- The plug-in is now 100% real time thanks to the MIDI output capability: generated envelopes can be used to control any MIDI hardware or software plug-in.
- Advanced MIDI control with customizable parameters curve response and MIDI learn.
- Skinnable user interface with Blue Cat's Skinning language V1.2.1 support.
- RMS envelope support.
- new parameters for total control of the peak envelope detection.
- Real time envelopes display.
- All parameters can now be fine tuned thanks to a text-edit popup window that appears when double clicking on user interface widgets.