The SAE (School of Audio Engineering) has launched the SAE Store, a new service for their students. They've have teamed up with manufacturers such as Apple, Digidesign, Focusrite, McDSP, Propellerhead, RME, Ableton, BIAS, FadFilter, and more to enable students to get big discounts on hardware and software.

The SAE Store is open to students worldwide, and can be accessed through the following url where they'll be asked for their student ID and their birth date upon login.

Ohm Force has launched a new Cohmpetition called : "How the Minimonsta saved the world !".

From Ohm Force :

"We've made an illustrated novel telling the story of "How the Minimonsta saved the world !". Participants are challenged to create a track/song to be the original soundtrack of this illustrated novel, and the best 3 songs will get a free Minimonsta copy + other very nice Ohm Force plugins."

Submissions must be sent before Sunday December 7th. For more information, please visit the link below :

TC Electronic unveils Level Pilot, a stylish, high-resolution volume solution that fits into any active speaker set-up quickly and easily and with a minimum of clutter and wires.

Features :

- High-resolution analogue volume control - Level Pilot uses a renowned Bourns potentiometer to ensure accurate, high-resolution analog control over your monitors at all times.
- Exceptional clarity in the signal path - it uses components and circuitry that optimize signal-to-noise ratios. There are no buffers, batteries, transistors or other tone-sucking components in there.
- Compact, sleek and sturdy design - it comes with a brushed aluminum finish to give it a premium look and a smooth, ergonomic feel.
- Computer-independent operation
- Balanced and unbalanced compatibility
- 'Slip-free' rubberized base plate
- Quad-core fully balanced XLR connectivity - Level Pilot comes with its own discrete quad-core cabling to ensure perfect stereo imaging and left-right tracking - with no messy cabling to clutter up your workspace.

Level Pilot will be available next month for a fee of €99.

During a seminar at the LISA'08 (Large Installation System Administration), a member of the Apple crew specialised on Unix technology has shown a detailed presentation (PDF) on the time plan of the different Mac OSX versions. The new one called "Snow Leopard" appears for the first part of 2009. The Mac OSX version 10.6 would then be released few months before the appearence of Windows 7, the successor of Vista which is scheduled only for end of 2009.

Goldbaby has released SP1200 Vol 1 for Guru and Sample Pack (Battery 3 and ReFill versions coming soon). Here is the description found on their website :

"What do12 bit drum samples sound like when put through an analogue filter. If you have a SP-1200 or SP-12 then you already know the answer. Some would say dirty and warm, some also say it sounds like old vinyl...

The SP-1200 is a legendary drum sampler. Used by many artist from Roni Size to Daft Punk. Hip Hop legends Pete rock and J Dilla were also notible users.

Not everyone can get there hands on one of these machines. So I thought I better help out. I got the SP-1200 and the SP-12 and started sampling. I sampled an 808, 909, 606 and LM1... also some real drums... plus some vinyl hits... and just for good measure I have included the SP-12 presets and some groove templates..."

Also released is a FREE samples pack : The SP1200 vs MBase1 sample pack and SP1200 groove templates.

For more information, please visit the link below :