Toontrack has unveiled EZplayer Free, a MIDI bridge, organizer and wrapper between different drum sampler formats. Available to all registered Toontrack users, EZplayer Free features the same MIDI-handling capabilities featured in Toontrack EZdrummer. The application organizes and converts MIDI files to the mapping of supported drum samplers, provides dfh Superior users with access to MIDI content and functionality, and supports drag-and-drop operation in all major hosts. EZplayer Free is also the first step towards EZplayer, which will be unveiled and released later in the spring and will boast much extended functionality for performers as well as composers. EZplayer will be available through all Toontrack Music distributors. Exact release dates and pricing are as yet unavailable.

EZplayer Free will be available Mac OS X (Universal Binary) in VST, AU and RTAS formats. For more information please visit their web site.

TC Electronic has announced the pristine sound of the System 6000 plug-ins is now available for Pro Tools HD and Accel systems on both Intel and PowerPC based Macs, thanks to the new Universal Binary versions, which also add numerous optimizations and fixes to the existing PowerPC versions.

These update are free of charge for existing users and can be downloaded from the TC Electronic website.

"Le Synthé V4" by Pierre Couprie is the fourth version of an AKS Synthi emulator, and is based upon a modular matrix to construct your sounds. This new version is available in VST, RTAS and AU formats and of course it's still free !!

Lately Didier and Olivier Guillon (well Known for Harmony assistant software) have decided to produce a new software for converting Pdf scores into music files playable with a simple sound library. And then to make possible a conversion and an export to audio file as MusicXML, MIDI files, Myr (Harmony Assistant files) and even in .WAV or .AIFF.

They have worked and programmed for 9 months and produced PDFtoMusic (a free lite version and a pro version). Have a look at the result.

Music Unfolding has released the Collective 8 AudioUnit bundle which consists of three Audio Units: F8-V2, Mod8 and Res8. All three share a similar amplitude modulation sequence configuration. The audio stream is copied into 8 identical streams and an amplitude modulation pattern can be applied to each stream. The amplitude modulation patterns can be drawn to any shape, with an-easy-to use editing environment that automatically appears when hovering over the patterns with a mouse. Each stream also has filters or effects applied to it individually. The streams are then mixed back together. Amplitude modulation patterns can be copied and pasted within each AU or between them.
F8-V2 has LFO's, which are applied to highpass, bandpass or lowpass filters. Res 8 has a choice of a driven, nonline ...