During the NAMM show, Apple was demonstrating the latest Logic Pro 7.2 on a MacBookPro. This demo cleary showed that Intel based mac are faster to run Logic than current G5 mac.

Logic Pro 7.2 will also feature integrated support for the new Apogee Ensemble interface; Digidesign Pro Tools HD 7 DAE support; Serato Pitch 'n Time support; Improved Rewire support; Enhanced Control Surfaces support; and 32-channel support for multi-channel Audio Units instruments; GarageBand 3 compatibility.

Logic Pro 7.2 should be available in february and should cost $49 for 7.1 users.

Taken from the OASYS monster flagship of KORG, the MMT (Multiple Modeling Technology) synthesis engine now will power the Radias synth in a more accessible way. It is a virtual analogue synth, with a maximum of 24 voices (depending of DSP use), available either in a rack format (Radias-R) or plain synth with a tilt pannel in a rather uncommon form. It smells technology that way, but I'm less sure of the reliability in the end, but the control panel is awesome. The Radias is composed of:

There's nothing like a inquisitive user, now, thanks to the PR department of MOTU (for the silence), we know (thanks to Unicornation!) that MOTU IS developing an PCI-e version of his 424 PCI card used by the likes of 2408, 24i etc. No release date is given but at least we know now there will be a time when we'll be able to use our latest G5s AND MOTU PCI-based interfaces, as we can/will be with Digidesign and Apogee products.

Price of upgrade and availability TBA sometimes.

Introducing the latest addition to Edirol's red-hot portable recorder lineup: the R-09. Building on the success of the R-1, the R-09 takes many of the most desired features — 24-bit uncompressed recording and a built-in stereo mic — and shrinks it all down into a more streamlined, stylish, and affordable package.

It's ultra small and looks like a gadget, but make no mistake — the R-09 is a serious, top-quality professional recorder with time-stamp capability. Capture source material at a crystal-clean 24-bit resolution with your choice of 44.1 or 48kHz sample rates. Record and play back in MP3 format as well (up to 320kbps). Once recorded, files can be monitored through the R-09's headphone jack and/or exported to a computer via USB.

VirtuosoWork announces the upcoming release of version 1.5 of Notion. This music composition and performance software combines a full-featured music notation system with interpretive algorithms linked to a proprietary playback engine that offers samples of thousands of individual notes and articulations played by the London Symphony Orchestra and recorded at Abbey Road Studios. Notion 1.5 includes MIDI entry, Music XML import, and NotionPlayer conducting tools. NotionPlayer allows the user to "conduct" the software to accompany live performers, making NOTION a versatile and practical live performance system.

Notion 1.5 will be available in February 2006 for $599 or $399 for the academic version.