Steinberg announces that its support for PowerPC systems is gradually coming to an end. Due to Apple's decision not to support PowerPC processors in its latest operating system, Snow Leopard, Steinberg has decided to focus exclusively on Intel CPUs in the development and testing processes for its Mac-compatible products.

This means that the current versions of Steinberg products will be the last versions to officially support PowerPC processors. These product versions will support PowerPC processors for the full lifecycle of these versions.

AcousticsampleS has announced the release of Bassysm-M and Bassysm-Pack.

The Bassysm-M bass is a four strings Musicman Stingray bass with roundwound strings recorded at 24bits 44.1khz from the direct output of a tube preamp (the same as the bassysm-S and Bassysm-J).

Features :

• 260Mo sample bank, no loops
• 11 velocity layers
• 10 velocities for the release
• slide samples
• hammers samples
• advanced legato/slide/hammers script
• additionnal frets noises, Multi velocity Ghost notes
• 4 different play modes: normal, legato, hammers, slides
• playable instrument, everything can be controlled from the keyboard
• Kontakt 2 or superior (separate versions for Kontakt 3.5). Easy to use Kontakt interface.
• available now f ...

D16 Group has updated its virtual bass synth Phoscyon to version 1.8.0. This is the first fully compatible AudioUnit version and update of VST version, that come with many new features and improvements.

Phoscyon sounds better due to many changes in the synthesis. It also works better and benefits from the addition of the standard functions found on the rest of the D16 plug-ins.

This update is available to download to registered users for free.

Overloud has released version 1.1.5 of TH1, a free update for registered users. The main changes are :

• 64-bit version available
• Improved CPU usage
• Various fixes of minor bugs

TH1 1.1.5 is available as a plug-in in VST, RTAS, and AU format, and in standalone for Mac OSX 10.4 or higher and Windows XP or higher.

Impact Soundworks has released a new collection of electric guitar samples, "Shreddage: Electric Rhythm Guitar".

"Shreddage" is a sample library exclusively designed for rock and metal rhythm guitar playing. Featuring entirely multisampled sounds developed over the course of two full years, the library is capable of reproducing almost any rock riff with stunning realism and accuracy.