Ueberschall released a new version of the Liquid Instruments Series engine. This version 1.1.0.7 mainly features :

- All Mac version except the RTAS version are Universal Binaries (Mac Intel)
- VST version supports VST 2.4
- RTAS version supports RTAS 7.0
- RTAS 7.0 (Mac Intel) is under development
- memory requirement optimized
- AU validation fixed
- up to 32 soundbanks possible.

Moog Music announces that its Little Phatty is still on schedule for summer delivery and it is "looking and sounding great! ". The Little Phatty is a monophonic analog synthesizer designed for performance, with 100 user editable presets, 2 VCO, 1 VCF, 2 ADSR, 4 waveforms LFO, and full analogue path 37 notes keyboard.

Little Phatty ships for $1475.00.

Arturia announces that its Brass virtual instrument is now available as version 1.2, compatible with new Intel-based Mac computers. Brass from Arturia is a new kind of virtual instrument that faithfully reproduces the trumpet, saxophone and trombone in real time. It contains an extensive performance-based riff library which is entirely configurable and expandable.

This updated version is available as a free download in the MacMusic software section.

Andy's OSX Music have released TimeStreach for Mac OSX. TimeStreach is an application for slowing down music without changing it's pitch. Main features are :high quality output, Handles .aif, .wav, .mp3 and .m4a files.

TimeStreach is shareware (US$15) for both PowerPC and MacIntel.

The L2007 from Massey Plug-Ins is a new mastering-grade look-ahead brickwall limiter. The L2007 will increase the loudness of your stereo mixes. Better yet, the full version is $89 for both TDM and RTAS formats. A fully functional demo that never expires is available on the website.