Alesis introduces the iMultiMix 8 USB Mixer with professional mixing and direct-to-iPod recording.

Features :

- Integrated iPod recording
- Four high-gain mic/line preamps (XLR and 1Ž4" balanced)
- 48V phantom power
- Built-in limiter to avoid distorted recordings
- 16-Bit / 44.1kHz and 48kHz recording to computer
- Two guitar mic/line inputs
- Aux sends and returns
- 100 on-board, 28-bit digital effects - Reverb, Chorus, Flange, Delay
- Three band per channel EQ with high/low shelving and mid band pass/reject
- Steinberg Cubase LE recording software included

For more info, please visit their web site.

Welcome to the MusikMesse vintage 2007 ! Once again a "tiny bitsy german town" well-known for its sausages is going to host the most gigantic music show in this good old Europe. Of course the whole MacMusic team is busy to get you informed about this major trade show in this "MusikMesse 2007 Special Report" and in the MacMusic Daily News Section.

GForce Software has announced that the Universal Binary update for impOSCar will be released tomorrow (March 28th). This update is free to users who purchased and registered their instrument after the 1st October 2006... If you purchased impOSCar before 1st October 2006, you will need to update to the Universal ImpOSCar via the shop for £13.99 (plus VAT), €19.99 (plus VAT) or $26.00.

NuGen Audio has announced the release of new SEQ Series (SEQ1 and SEQ2) Linear Phase mixing and mastering equalizers.

The SEQ series EQ's are designed to deliver transparent, scaleable, connective EQ without the phase warping and phase smearing artefacts common in traditional digital EQ, giving a clearer sound and sharper transients.

Metric Halo is pleased to announce that major updates for ChannelStrip|TDM and ChannelStrip|RTAS are now shipping. ChannelStrip 2.2 is a Universal Binary, and supports Pro Tools 6.4 - 7.3 on both PPC and Intel Macs. It also provides complete support for HD|Accel DSPs and PCIe cards on all Mac platforms.

New features include :

• Support for plug-in clip-light and system wide clip indicator reset
• Support for Accel chips and 192k on TDM Accel systems
• Complete page table support for all supported control surfaces
• Universal Binary support for TDM and RTAS
• 16/8/4 mono instances per Accel chip at 1x/2x/4x rates

Notable bug fixes include :

• Fixed Gate bug at 96k on Mix and HD systems
• Fixed lack of support of PCIe systems
• Fixed DSP chip allocation bug
• Fixed window resize bug

The 2.2 update is freely available to all registered OS X users of ChannelStrip.