This month Sweetwater and Auralex help you take control of the acoustics in your studio with not one, but THREE great giveaways! The grand prize is a brand-new SonoSuede Pro System, with 64 square feet of coverage and an elegant look. It's valued at $1,199! The second prize winner will receive a TruTraps Genesis System (a $399 retail value), which provides absorption and diffusion in an easy-to-install package. Finally, third prize is an ISO Producer Pack (valued at $149), which combines three of Auralex's most popular ISO Series products all in one box.

MacMusic is proud to publish here this review of Cakewalk Dimension Pro, submitted by our friend Doug Edge from audioMIDI and written by Stan Dudinsky & Brent Hoover. Cakewalk Dimension Pro is a synthesizer which combines real instruments with advanced synthesis, giving you endless sound possibilities. Dimension Pro offers an abundance of vital, usable sounds that range from pristine realistic acoustic instruments, thumping basses and cutting leads, to complex, evolving atmospheres.

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Nomad Factory proudly announces the availability of it's BLUE TUBES BUNDLE in version 2.5 for Mac Intel compatibility. This update is FREE of charge for all loyal registered users and is available here.

SoundTech Professional Audio announced the release of the LightSnake, an intelligent microphone-to-PC cable with embedded analog to digital converter and signal booster. The LightSnake USB intelligent microphone cable connects with any standard XLR microphone and plugs directly into the PC USB port.

Features :

• Patented "Live when Lit" technology cable ends light up indicating when sound is being transmitted
• Digital quality sound input without the need for a sound card
• Embedded A/D chip technology with audio signal boost eliminates the need for additional signal conversion devices
• 10 foot heavy-duty shielded cable
• Includes Sony Media Software Demo DVD - Including Acid, Sound Forge, Vegas and many other titles
• Simple USB plug-and-play conn ...

Xponaut has released Voice Tweaker v4.0.2, sporting an all new analysis and synthesis engine with lower CPU utilization and availability on both Windows and Mac OS X as a VST plug-in (the Audio Unit version will be available soon).
Voice Tweaker is a pitch shifter with the ability to transpose the pitch of a monophonic signal (a voice or an instrument) up to two octaves, up or down. It does this without creating chipmunk or monster voices, unless you want to, because Voice Tweaker can also transpose the formant of the signal an equal amount of two octaves up or down. It also includes a fully fledged pitch correction section with MIDI control and an advanced modulation matrix.
More information on their web site.