Massenburg Designworks EQ 2.0 has been replaced with new installers for Mac. The plug-ins (MDWEQ5B and MDWEQ3B0) remain at version 2.0.0, with the following changes included in the new installer:

- A fix for distortion problems experienced by some users with the 3-band EQ.
- Installer now correctly moves the original MDW EQ (version 1.x) to the "Plug-Ins (Unused)" folder if version 1.x was previously installed.

The Audio Unit and RTAS versions of Wave Arts version 5 plug-ins will now run on the new Intel powered Mac computers. The 5.10 update also includes some bug fixes which apply to all Mac and PC plug-in formats. The update version 5 plug-ins include: TrackPlug, MultiDynamics, MasterVerb, FinalPlug and Panorama.

The update for existing customers is free and Wave Arts plug-ins are available for Mac OS X as AU, VST, MAS, and RTAS formats.

Sony will release a new MD : MZ-RH1 with Mac support via a new software available next summer (april in Japan and June in Europe). Mini : 8,7 x 8,7 x 1,7 cm, Light : 106 grammes, 1 OLED monitor, 1 audio input, USB 2 support, wired Remote control
battery autonomy : 19 h, and a new bass enhanced amplifier.

Approximative price : 343 $.

Apple today unveiled its new MacBook Pro notebook computer featuring a 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo processor and an all new system architecture that delivers up to five times the performance of the PowerBook G4. The new 17-inch MacBook Pro 17-inch MacBook Pro will begin shipping next week for a suggested retail price of $2,799. It includes:

- 17-inch widescreen 1680 x 1050 LCD display with 300 cd/m2 brightness;
- 2.16 GHz Intel Core Duo processor;
- 1GB of 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM, expandable to 2GB;
- 120GB Serial ATA hard drive running at 5400 rpm, with Sudden Motion Sensor;
- a slot-load 8x SuperDrive(TM) with double-layer support (DVD+R DL / DVD+/-RW / CD-RW) optical drive;
- PCI Express-based ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 with 256MB GDDR3 memory;
- DVI-out port for external display (VGA-out adapter included,
- Composite/S-Video out;
- built-in Dual Link support for driving Apple 30-inch Cinema HD Display;
- built-in iSight video camera;
- Gigabit Ethernet port;
- built-in AirPort Extreme wireless networking and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR;
- ExpressCard/34 expansion card slot;
- three USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire 800 port, and one FireWire 400 port;
- one audio line in and one audio line out port, each supporting both optical digital and analog;
- Scrolling TrackPad and illuminated keyboard with ambient light sensor;
- the infrared Apple Remote;
- 68 watt hour lithium polymer battery; and
- 85 watt Apple MagSafe Power Adapter.

Expert sleepers announces the Universal Binary version of Crossfade Loop Synth Audio Units for both Intel-based and PowerPC-based Macs. Crossfade Loop Synth is a simple sample playback synth plug-in. It plays samples in the classic sampler manner - by simply altering the playback speed according to the desired note. No fancy timestretching or pitchshifting is applied.

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