Auralex just unveils its new entry-level AudioTile pack. This very affordable 24-piece kit is designed to absorb echoes and reflections and comes with a step-by-step guide. One kit suits for a 8 x10' home studio and small studio and comes with seven different acoustic designs, but you can add several kits, depending of your room size.

The AudioTile by Auralex will cost $159.

Cycling'74 has released public beta versions 4.6 for Max/MSP/Jitter with new features, new objects, new developers tools and MacIntel support. These versions are available :

- Max/MSP 4.6b11 with documentation
- Max/MSP 4.6b11 software and examples only
- Jitter 1.6b4
- Max/MSP Universal Binary Software Development Kit

Please note that Mac OS 10.3.9 or later is required.

Celemony announces the release of the update 3.1 for Melodyne studio and cre8. Melodyne 3.1 runs native on Intel Macs, is compatible with the new Melodyne Sound Library and supports as an option the iLok dongle. In addition, numerous requests from customers have been implemented and improvements in all areas carried out.

Registered 3.x users of Melodyne cre8/studio can update for free.

IK Multimedia has released a fully working demo version of its new Ampeg SVX plugin. This Bass Amp modeling plugin includes over 20 Ampeg bass amps, such as SVT Classic, the SVT 5 PRO, the BA500 or the B15R, and of course effects designed for bass : Chorus, Delay, Flanger, Phaser, Octaver, Wah, Auto Filter, Distortion, Graphic EQ and Compressor.

This demo version will work for 30 starts/10 days and requires an iKey or other Syncrosoft USB key.

BIAS today announced it has begun shipping Peak Pro 5.2, the Universal version of the Peak Pro audio editing software for Mac OS X version 10.4 "Tiger" on both Power PC and Intel-based Macs. Peak Pro 5 and Peak LE 5 customers may download the update to version 5.2 directly from the BIAS website at no charge. Peak Pro XT 5 users may also update their license of Peak Pro 5 to version 5.2 at no charge via the BIAS website.

New retail editions of Peak LE 5.2 ($129), Peak Pro 5.2 ($599), and Peak Pro XT 5 ($1199) are also shipping. Free trial versions of Peak Pro 5.2 and Peak LE 5.2 are also available.