Steinberg has made Pre-Release version of HALion available for download for registered users. While preliminary testing carried out with this version indicates that it is stable and reliable, it has not gone through Steinberg's full QA testing cycle. Therefore, this pre-release version is not officially supported.

Improvements:

* Keyboard: visualisation of used Key Ranges (Megatrigg).
* Instantiation of HALion has been improved regarding the loading time.

Fixes:

* Mapping Chromatic of imported samples failed when activating "Use included Root Keys".
* Send FXs were not correctly load in projects and in banks (fxb).
* Crash could occur when loading a program (fxp) where velocity crossfade were used.
* Crash could occur when loading a bank (fxb) which uses FX and a diff ...

QuikQuak has just updated its reverb and acoustic room simulator RaySpace to version 2.5. New features include a new super-smooth diffusion engine, 90 categorized presets (including production settings), stereo impulse export options and Rename, Load and Save single FX presets.

SAC (Senior Audio Consultant) Pro Audio is now shipping their new PUMP 6a and 8a Direct Field Monitor Speakers in the US and Canadian markets through their distributor, Kaysound Imports.
The PUMP Series monitors are built with a thick 25mm faceplate and solid, rear ported speaker cabinets for powerful low frequency response and durability. The PUMP Series offers a choice of a 6" or 8" mineral-filled polypropylene cone with a high temperature voice coil and damped rubber surrounds coupled with high-efficiency ferrofluid-cooled natural soft dome tweeters with a dedicated filter for an exceptionally clean sound. Two high signal-to-noise ratio amplifiers (dedicated woofer and tweeter) with a fourth order electronic crossover circuit provides a smooth frequency response and SPLs up to 91 dB. T ...

Roxio has updated Toast 7 Titanium to version 7.1.2.

features :

* Resolves issues relating to saving projects on Intel Mac.
* Resolves crashes encoding MPEG video files.
* Includes Deja Vu backup scheduler v3.2.3 which addresses 2 minor security issues.

Sonoma Wire Works announces a free downloadable demo of RiffWorks Standard that may be used to join the RiffRumble V contest that will end on November 30th. It has most of the same features as RiffWorks Standard - intuituve recording interface, 7 effects, REX Player and more! Saving is enabled, so the songs you create with the demo will work when you buy RiffWorks Standard.