Parallels has posted an early beta release of Parallels Desktop, enabling Intel-based Mac owners to install and use Microsoft Windows without the need to reboot the system. The update brings support for booting Windows XP on a Boot Camp partition directly in Parallels Desktop, as well as the ability to use an Apple Boot Camp partition with Windows XP installed as a virtual hard drive. The beta allows users to drag-and-drop files as well as folders from Windows to Mac OS X and vice versa, and features one-click Virtual Machine aliases to automatically start Virtual Machines.

The newly released beta is available as a free download, and Parallels is offerin ...

Scarbee has released version 1.2.3 of Vintage Keyboard FX, which includes the Mac-Intel (AU) of both VKFX and D6-C filter. Registered VKFX users can download the full version (22 MB) that includes All PC/Mac (VST/AU/Ma-Intel AU) versions.

Forever For Now has released Diatonic Shifter, a realtime diatonic pitch shifter for shifting audio in a custom musical key. It works on any number of input and output channels at any sample rate and has adjustable A440 tuning frequency, quality and oversampling settings.

Feature list:

* Diatonic pitch shifting and harmonizing on a per note basis.
* User configurable tuning frequency for the A440 note.
* Adjustable tracking delay setting to prevent note detection jitter.
* Works on any amount of input and output channels at any sample rate.
* Adjustable FFT size ranging from 512 to 8192 and dynamic oversampling.
* Three different windowing types: cosine, Hamming and Hann.
* Industry standard Cocoa user interface and compliance.

Diatonic Shifter is available as a Universal Binary Audio Unit for use with Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or higher and it is free.

IK Multimedia has just released the new Ampeg SVX 1.1, providing compatibility for IK Users with Mac Intel Core Duo Systems. In addition there are several other enhancements that have been implemented into Ampeg SVX 1.1, such as Pro Tools 7 native support , improved CPU efficiency and a standalone version which includes SpeedTrainer, an audio player with pitch and speed controls that make it perfect for learning ANY of your favorite songs.

Ampeg SVX users may download this software update for free and will no longer require a USB iKey or dongle. Simply follow the instructions for the software-based authorization system to easily install Ampeg SVX 1.1.

Waves has released its V-Series plug-ins, developed by modeling "classic British analog audio components in painstaking detail," according to the company. The V-Series consists of three components:

- the V-COMP compressor/limiter, a feedback-based stereo compressor/limiter design with de-esser. The compressor features fixed-ratio settings of 1.5:1, 2:1, 3:1, 4:1 and 6:1 with a fixed attack time and adjustable recovery time, with automatic make-up gain. The limiter also has adjustable recovery time including an "auto" setting and variable threshold.
- the V-EQ4 4-band equalizer which emulates a 4-band console equalizer with HF bell/shelving switch and multiple HF center frequencies. Two midrange controls are included, both with high/low Q switching. LF includes bell/shelving switchin ...