Wallander Instruments has just released the Mac OS X AU and VST versions of the WIVI Universal Player which means that WIVI Brass 1 is now also available for Mac OS X (priced at $599). The WI Visual Instruments series (WIVI) are collections of virtual instruments that combine advanced behavioral modeling with extensive amounts of sound data extracted from acoustic measurements and recordings of real instruments.

For more information, please visit their web site.

D16 group has just released Nepheton, their emulation of the classic 808 drum machine.

Features :

- 16 fully synthesized instruments
- perfectly scaled knob ranges
- exhanced control of instruments' sounds
- dynamic signal routing from instruments to outputs
- user defined outputs configuration
- mutes/solos for each instrument (affect triggerring not just the signal)
- fully controllable via MidiCC
- quick midiCC assignation with MidiLearn function

- many ways of controlling the device :

+ external mode (note mode)
+ internal sequencer (pattern mode) with 3 submodes

- external mode :

+ user defined midi map (default set equal to General Midi)
+ midi tune and velocity controls instruments' levels and tunes

- internal sequencer :

+ 16 patterns (1 ...

Bismark has announced the release of Bs-spectrum beta 1.3, a free spectrum analyzer which is available in VST or AU formats on OSX 10.4.

More info at :

The Vienna Symphonic Library team have just released the new Vienna Instruments Collection Special Brass, which is now available from Vienna's worldwide network of distributors and dealers. Like the recently released Special Woodwinds, the 21 Gb Vienna Instruments Collection Special Brass offers "resonant rarities that a first-rate virtual orchestra can't do without".

Features :

- Fanfare Trumpets (6 players)
- Cornet
- Alto trombone
- Euphonium

Vienna Instruments: Special Brass is available now for Mac OS X Universal Binary in VST, AU and stand-alone formats.

Pricing :

- Standard Library: €395 / $515.
- Extended Library: €375 / $485.
- Full Library: €770 / $1,000.


VIP Offer through July 15th, 2007

Users who have registered the Vienna Instrument ...

A startup in Alameda, Calif. plans to release a kind of holy software grail called Lina. This software will allow you to run more or less normal Linux applications under Windows, Mac, or Unix, with a look and feel native to each. The concept recalls Java, which has long promised "write once, run anywhere" compatibility. As with Java, Lina users will first install a VM specific to their platform, after which they can run binaries compiled not for their particular OS, but for the VM, which aims to hide OS-specific characteristics from the application. Open source developers will be able to use Lina for free, while commercial developers will pay an as-yet undecided licensing fee.

Lina is expected to be released on July. For more details about Lina, including some nifty videos and screencasts, visit the link below.