Apogee Electronics Corporation released an update to their X-HD option card to provide better integration with Pro Tools HD.

The X-HD v.2 option allows for direct connectivity between Pro Tools HD systems and Apogee's AD-16X, DA-16X, and Rosetta 800 and 200 series converters, providing superior quality conversion to Pro Tools HD users without the need for an additional interface.

The X-HD v.2 release changes Apogee hardware emulation in Pro Tools to better support I/O setup and auto delay compensation without compromising channel counts or converter configurations.

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Apple just release via the software update panel the new Leopard beta version, quite a huge one, 500 Mo and lots of optimisation and stability gains. The last update was released in july so the rythmn seems to accelerate ! There's also a new update of Tiger Mac OS X 10.4.11.

Ableton is proud to announce the release of Live 6 LE, a new member of the Ableton product line that makes Live's unique, inspiring workflow available to beginning and hobbyist musicians. Built on the same fundamental concepts as Live 6, the LE version gives musicians hassle-free access to tools that will help shape their musical ideas into creative works.

Features :

- Studio-quality recording up to 32-bit/192 kHz
- Sixty-four audio tracks and unlimited MIDI tracks per project
- More than twenty built-in audio effects, including a host of creative delays, filters, distortions, studio compressors and EQs*
- Two software instruments-Simpler for creative sample-based synthesis, and Impulse for dynamic, sampled drums*
- Support for VST and AU effects and instruments*
- Real-time tim ...

ReFX has just updated Nexus to version 1.3.6.

Features :

- RTAS compatability. Made a few minor modifications to help our wrapper. Note: The RTAS wrapper has to be downloaded separately but it has not been released yet. It will be available within 24 hours if everything goes as planned.
- The Chorus master-FX now has an additional parameter "width". For old presets and projects this parameter is set to '0' .

Fixes :

- The voice-stealing was broken and wouldn't work most of the time resulting in increased CPU-usage because of the extra voices playing.
- When using Cakewalk hosts (Sonar & Project 5) the arpeggiator wouldn't re-start once interrupted.
- Improved startup-performance when using a different GUI-skin than the default white one.

This update is free for registered users.