Trillium Lane Labs announces two new plugins : TL Drum Rehab 1.0 RTAS and TL AutoPan RTAS/TDM. The first one, TL Drum Rehab, is a drum track fix utility providing engineers and mixers with precise enhancement of drum tracks in real-time, regardless of performance, equipment or recording limitations in the original track. The seconde one, TL AutoPan, is a stereo and surround panning plugin for Pro Tools. Borrowing the flexible tempo synchronization, trigger, and envelope detection features from TL EveryPhase phaser plug-in, TL AutoPan offers rhythmic, musical panning effects ranging from the subtle to the extreme.

A new updated version 1.5.2 is available for iDrum. This update updates graphics and improves stability and language support. iDrum turns any Macintosh computer into a slamming beatbox ready to lay down your grooves, your way. From ambient downtempo to bangin' hip hop to frenetic drum and bass, iDrum has got your back.

These updated versions ara available in the MacMusic software section.

Apple has updated its Logic Pro to version 7.1.2. This maintenance release addresses isolated reliability and compatibility issues in the following areas:

- Intel Macs: ReWire and ReCycle support, Standard MIDI file export, OMF import, VSL EXS instrument compatibility
- Blank Sample Editor window in some circumstances
- Unexpected halt of software instrument output
- Compatibility with Logic 7.1 songs, and more.

Details and download in our software setion.

Cycling '74 announces that UpMix is now shipping worldwide. UpMix is a surround processing and mixing software package. UpMix has been developed and tested by a team of surround sound professionals and utilizes proprietary algorithms to convert stereo audio into an immersive 6-channel mix suitable for Film, DVD, HD Broadcast and Music surround formats. UpMix ships with five additional plug-ins designed to common surround mixing tasks : Rotator, ReRoute, ReBalance, FoldDown and LFE-6chan.

UpMix is available in VST, AU and RTAS for $495.

Apple will preview Mac OS X "Leopard" at WWDC 2006 in San Fransico. With more than 120 sessions planned across five technology tracks, WWDC 2006 will cover the full spectrum of Mac technologies. In each track you'll find highly practical sessions that show how to take advantage of current technologies in Tiger, and how to get ready for what's coming in Leopard : Application Technologies, Development Tools, Graphics and Media, Information Technologies and OS Foundations.

You can now registrer online for WWDC 2006 on the Apple web site.