Famous and avant-garde composer Gyorgy Ligeti has died aged 83, on June 12th 2006. Hungary born in 1923, Gyorgy Ligeti was forced to labor by the Nazis during the WWII. At the same time his parents and relatives were deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Gyorgy Ligeti wrote in a variety of styles, including chamber music, opera, avant-garde ("Poème symphonique pour 100 métronomes" in 1962, "Glissandi" in 1957) and electronic music ("Artikulation" in 1958). His music ("Atmosphères" for example) was used in Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" or "Eyes Wide Shut".

Gyorgy Ligeti was awarded Sweden's prestigious Polar Music prize in 2004, and is survived by his wife, Vera, and his son, Lukas, a New-York percussionist.

URS Plugins announces the release of 1975 Classic Console Compressor in TDM and RTAS formats. This recreation of the 1975 VCA Compressor includes two different plugins, the Compressor/Limiter/Sidechain version and the Compressor only version. They feature high Res 48 bit Double Precision processing, Adjustable Knee control from hard to soft, Compressor and separate "Brick Wall" Limiter , Internal Side Chain with High and Low Pass Filtering, Stereo, Mono and Multi-Mono.

URS Classic Compressor Bundle can buy the URS 1975 Classic Compressor for $399.99 (TDM) or $199.99 (Native) until July 31st, 2006. Users of URS Everything EQ and Compressor Bundles will receive URS 1975 Compressor for free. VST and AU versions will be released soon.

As we announced on May 22, all Ohm Force plugins are now available as Universal Binary versions, compatible with both PowerPC and Intel-based Macs. New Universal Binary versions includes :

- Frohmage, resonant low-pass filter
- Hematohm, Frequency Shifter
- Mobilohm, Phaser
- Ohmboyz, Delay
- Predatohm, Distortion
- QuadFrohmage, FilterBank
- Symptohm, Synthesizer

Nomad Factory announces the release of updated versions for five plugins : BlueVerb DRV-2080 to version 1.1 r1, Studio Channel SC-226 to version 1.1 r1, Program Equalizer EQP-4 to version 1.1 r1, Limiting Amplifier LM-662 to version 1.1 r1, and Essential Studio Suite bundle to version1.2 r1.

These new versions fix an AudioUnits minor bug and are available for free.

Nicecast, the easiest way to broadcast music from OS X has been updated to version 1.8.4. This new release features :

- Updated to Instant Hijack 1.3.3 with full Intel Chip-Based Mac (ICBM) support
- Updated to Smart Crash Reports 1.2 with full ICBM support
- Now detects iTunes track changes instantly

This update is available as a free download for all users.