Sugar Bytes has released a Universal Binary version of their 32-band vocoder plug-in Robotronic, allowing it to run on both PPC- and Intel-Macs.

Features:

* Stereo and mono signal can be vocoded with internal synth (4 Waveforms, 24db multi-mode Filter, Noise) / internal sampler (WAV/AIFF) or mono inputs can be vocoded with each other.
* Each audio input has a channel-strip with Gate, Compressor and Gain.
* The master signal passes through a 3-band EQ and a Compressor.
* A multi-effect is included with Phaser, Delay, Reverb and Retro (Bitcrusher, Samplerater and Overdrive).

Robotronic costs €99; demo version are available.

Wave Arts has released version 5.22 of the PowerSuite bundle of plug-ins for Mac OS X - FinalPlug, MasterVerb, MultiDynamics, Panorama and TrackPlug.

Changes:

* Fixed Cubase 4 display problem on Intel Macs (Mac Universal Binary).
* Fixed registration problems with Intel Mac versions (very important - Intel Mac users read installation instructions).

Teragon Audio has released the third alpha version of DualComp v1.0 which is a compressor utility plugin logarithmically calculated that gives a "unique and warm sound". In addition, DualComp has sidechaining capabilities, allowing an input signal (such as a kick drum) to "punch" through.
This third alpha version features :
* Much smoother sidechain curve; static only occurs now under "extreme" parameter settings.
* Editor disabled until graphics ready.
* Other cleanups and minor optimizations.

More informaton on their website.

[CodeOperator] has released the Universal Binary version of DelayPack v1.3 for Mac OS X, so this package of very usefull delay plugins made with Pluggo-MAX/MSP can now be used on Intel Macs !
Note that this version is compatible with Pluggo Runtime 3.6.x.

Apple has announced that its entire MacBook Pro line of notebooks now runs exclusively on the Intel Core 2 Duo processor, which delivers performance that's up to 39 percent faster than the previous generation of Mac laptops. All MacBook Pro models now offer double the memory and more hard disk storage capacity than the previous models, as well as a FireWire 800 port for connecting to high-speed peripherals.
For more details see Apple's website.

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