Native Instruments recently launched its DJ Hardware Guide, an extensive online resource that provides DJs with practical information about how to best choose, set up and operate the components of a computer-based DJ setup. Of course, this guide ties in with the recently announced "TRAKTOR Ready" compatibility label, and includes a comprehensive buyers' guide with detailed information on all controllers that are guaranteed to provide full compatibility with NI products.

Metric Halo has announced the immediate release of version 4 of Mobile I/O. This release is available as a software/firmware/driver update that enhances the capabilities of all new and existing Mobile I/O hardware. The update is available free of charge to all Mobile I/O users.

Version 4 introduces MIOConsoleConnect, a new Metric Halo technology which provides total integration of Mobile I/O hardware with every Mac-based Digital Audio Workstation (DAW), or any plugin host on the platform. Implemented as AU, VST and RTAS plug-ins, MIOConsoleConnect directly integrates the MIOConsole control system with the host of the user's choice. MIOConsoleConnect has been extensively tested with: Logic, GarageBand, Digital Performer, Cubase, Nuendo, Live, Pro Tools and others.

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TRI-EDRE is proud to announce the availability of Clone X 3.0.1

Clone X is a disk copy utility for Mac OS X, native for Intel and PowerPC Macintosh (Universal Binary). Clone X features the copy of an entire disk to another disk, or to a subfolder. Copies are fully functional. Clone X provides restoration features as well, and bootable DVD creation.

Clone X offers a set of tools to efficiently do your copies, including:

- Copy entire disk into another disk or a subfolder.
- Copy with or without the Users documents and settings.
- Restore an entire disk or specific files.
- Bootable DVD creation.
- Minimal System creation.
- Disk comparison.

Following a very successful public beta program, Digidesign is pleased to announce that Structure, its professional sampler workstationn, is now shipping. Structure is the latest RTAS virtual instrument plug-in developed by the acclaimed Advanced Instrument Research (A.I.R.) group.

Main features :

- 128-level multitimbral universal sound engine
- support for an unlimited number of nestable patches and up to 8-channel interleaved samples
- supports all standard bit depths, sample rates, and surround formats (up to 24-bit/192 kHz/7.1 surround)
- integrated file browser, sample editor and multi-effects processing engine including convolution reverb
- samples can be played back via disk streaming or solely from RAM
- support for importing SampleCell, EXS24, and Kontakt 1 and 2 sampl ...