The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference will take place from from August 7 to August 11 in San Fransisco. Apple will organize 100 sessions and more than 35 labs spanning five technical tracks: Application Technologies, Graphics and Media, Development Tools, OS Foundations, Information Technologies.

Remember that registration is now open with a special price until June 23.

Spectre by Audiofile engineering is a multi-instrument real-time audio analyzer for Mac OS X. Designed in Cocoa from the ground up, Spectre proudly takes advantage of Quartz, OpenGL, CoreAudio, and other solid OS X interface features. Spectre focuses squarely on live audio analysis by offering 9 different multi-channel and multi-trace meters. It not only analyzes inputs from your audio hardware, but can also receive input from network sources by using Apple's AUNetSend/AUNetReceive Audio Unit pair. With this feature, you can analyze audio from any Audio Unit insert on your multitrack (or other AU host) to Spectre running on the same or on another computer.

Spectre is available for a special introductory price of $88 (retail price is $150).

Rogue Amoeba announces the release of Audio Hijack Pro to version 2.6.7. This update features : updated to Instant Hijack 1.3.3 with MacIntel support, MP3 now does stereo recording as well as joint stereo, 'minimize to menu bar' preference to place Audio Hijack Pro in the menu bar. Audio Hijack Pro is an enhanced version of Audio Hijack, you can use it to enhance or record the audio output of any application on OS X.

This updated version is available as a free download.

Linplung announces two new versions for RM IV and Albino :

- The RM IV is a flexible and easy-to-use drum machine that combines analog-style percussion synthesis with a fully featured, intelligent percussion sampler. The new version 4.1.3 features : ten new acoustic multi-sampled drum kits, MacIntel compatibility, AIF loading improvement and bugfixes.

- Albino synthesizer is available as version 2.2.3, now compatile with Intel-based Macs computers.

Digidesign has launched a completely redesigned corporate website using the latest technologies to deliver a superior, media-rich experience. The result of careful research and development, the new Digidesign.com website features an improved navigation system and media-rich content designed to get you the information you need with a minimum of clicks. Whether you want product information or the latest software upgrade, you can find it quickly and easily. There are several new features introduced with the site that make browsing more enjoyable: My Digi section, 360° Product Views, ICON Empowered Studios, Interactive Console Overviews, and more....