With Punch, Rob Papen delivers a brand new speaker busting, body rattling software instrument. Punch delivers synthesized drums in the finest audio quality and with breathtaking features for the contemporary producer.

Some features for V1.02:

- Mac version update for making compatible with OS-X 10.7 (Lion).
- Option to change HD location user samples.
- Mute & Solo for drum pad via mixer screen.
- Sample pitch & amp decay curve.
- Pattern folder command.
- Better memory usage.
- 32 bit float wav support.
- Other small bug fixes.
- A few more presets and drumpresets.

The heart of Tabletop is a modular environment where you can mix and match different devices. Select from more than a dozen devices including samplers, mixers, effects, sequencers and more. Buy only the gear you need from an expanding catalog.

Tabletop is the first musical environment designed from the ground up exclusively for the iPad. Each device has its own uses, characteristics, personality—ranging from classics like drum pad samplers to touchscreen effects.

PreSonus invites Apple Mac® users who wish to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.7, better known as Lion, to participate in a public beta-test of its Universal Control 1.5.2 software. Universal Control 1.5.2 makes all StudioLive -series digital mixers and all FireStudio -series interfaces except the original FireStudio (26x26) fully OS X Lion-compatible.

PreSonus also has released Studio One Artist 1.6.5 and Studio One Pro 1.6.5. The new versions add Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) compatibility. In addition, with version 1.6.5, Studio One has been translated into French and Spanish. Studio One users can upgrade their copies through their PreSonus user accounts. This is a free upgrade.
PreSonus Capture recording software is already Lion-compatible, and no update is required.

Aalto, the patchable softsynth from Madrona Labs, is now at version 1.2.6 This update brings several performance upgrades and continues support for Windows 7, Windows XP (VST) and Mac OS X (AU and VST). New to Aalto 1.2.6 is a complete user manual.

New in Aalto version 1.2.6:
- improved performance!
- optimized patch loading
- user manual
- fixed Logic dropouts, improved Logic CPU spikes
- fixed Live 7 UI hangs
- fixed Sonar crash
- fixed Maschine scan crash
- fixed multislider parameter behavior
- added debug diagnostics
- smaller executable

Both the 11- and 13-inch MacBook Air now feature the latest generation of Intel processors, the Core i5 and i7. With speeds up to 1.8GHz and faster memory, the new MacBook Air gains up to 2.5x the processing performance over the previous generation.1 MacBook Air also features the Intel HD Graphics 3000 processor, which includes an on-chip engine for video encoding and decoding. That means you experience video playback and FaceTime calls that are smoother, more responsive, and more true to life.2

With one port, MacBook Air gives you access to a world of high-speed peripherals capable of transferring data up to 12 times faster than FireWire 800 and up to 20 times faster than USB 2.0