Blue Cat Audio has released a new version of its free spectrum analysis plug-in, Blue Cat's FreqAnalyst. The update includes a new look and feel, 64-bit VST format support on the Mac and several user interface enhancements borrowed from Blue Cat Audio's commercial plug-ins.

What's new in Blue Cat's FreqAnalyst 1.7:
- 64-bit Mac VST support.
- User interface enhancements:
- Improved readability.
- Select and zoom with one click.
- Drag the rulers to move the curve when zoomed
- Zooming is now animated.
- Improved consistency with our other analysis tools.
- Performance improvements (the plug-in now requires an SSE2-enabled
processor).
- Default release time is now shorter.
- Fixed issue with Freeze button not freezing all curves on the stereo version.

Ith a multitude of campaigns at various levels AMAZONA.de ran a one-year survey and together with their readers invented the dream synthesizer. This synthesizer promises huge market potential.
As mentioned above, it is an experiment.

features include:

- 8 voices / true analog
- 2 oscillators
- Oscillator sync, FM, ring modulation and pulseb modulation
- Wave-forms sinus, saw and two different noise waves (morphing from sinus to saw)
- Multimode filter and band-pass filters
- Arpeggiator
- Two ADSR envelopes
- Three LFOs
- Midi, midi-clock for ARP and CV/gate in/out

The code behind the plugin is again Brainworx, who were also responsible for the Mpressor (and the SPL plugins too by the way).

Price will be $299, but an introductory offer is promised, around $199. The public beta will be available until December 1st. I'm looking forward to give this one a a go. Let us know what you think if you try it.
TDM, RTAS, VST and AU.

Propellerhead today announced the immediate availability of two maintenance updates to their Record and Reason software: Record 1.5.1 and Reason 5.0.1.

These free updates for owners of Reason 5 and Record 1.5 bring a number of bug fixes and improvements to the software. Recommended for all to install, the Reason 5.0.1 and Record 1.5.1 updates are available for free download from the Propellerhead web site

Athmoscapes. A machine featuring probably the easiest way for stunning spacey soundscapes and athmospheres either let it play in LazyPlay mode or via triggering i.e. switching waves by MIDI keys or MIDI CC. This plug in is for Windows but you can work also on Mac (under Windows/BootCamp...) it's not a hard work for a Mac (except if you need to work under a DAW with many virtual instruments...).
So this plugin is also very suited to be used with trigger pads.