Chicago based Cool Bear Studios today announces Cosmic Top 1.3, an update to the toy top that buzzes with sci-fi sounds and glows with limitless, colorful shapes.

Cosmic Top is an audiovisual physics-based simulation of a spinning, wobbling, and sometimes morphing top. The new version brings full graphics support for 4-inch Retina displays, a new variety of color flow tops and glowing textures, and zoom button control for both the iPhone and iPod touch.

SSL announces the groundbreaking A-FADA automation system and the release of a new 'Pro-Station' version of their Duality console.

Duality Pro-Station is a new version of the industry-leading SSL Duality large-format console, which expands the available range of options. Pro-Station offers all of the benefits of SSL's hybrid workflow, combining the sonic advantages of a classic SSL SuperAnalogue mixing console with integrated hands-on hardware control over the DAW environment.

Independent software developer, M4P-to-MP3-Converter.com today is pleased to announce the launch of their new software, the M4P to MP3 Converter for Mac. This software designed to make converting your iTunes DRM media files simple and easy. Converting 16X faster than other iTunes converters, improved the music converting speed and stability of the program.
You can use it to remove DRM protection and convert iTunes music (M4P, M4A, AAC)and audio books to MP3 or others audio files without quality loss ! It supports converting both iTunes DRM protected and unprotected audio files to MP3, AAC, M4A, M4R, AC3, AIFF, AU, FLAC, and MKA that are ready for transfer and playback on any computers or popular digital devices like iPod, iPad, iPhone 5, Google Android devices, Samsung Galaxy, Sony Walkman, Nokia phones, Blackberry, and any other MP3/MP4 music players, as well as for mobile phones.

The Lyra family of audio interfaces offers Prism Sound performance at its most affordable ever.

They are based on the Orpheus audio path and clock circuitry, but in a smaller package for those who don't need eight channels of analogue I/O. There are two models Lyra 1 and Lyra 2.

- Class compliant (UAC2) USB interface
- ASIO and WDM drivers for Windows (32 and 64bit)
- Native CORE AUDIO on Mac OS X
- UAC2 operation on Linux (no control panel support)
- Ethernet interface with low-latency AVB capability
- Two Prism Sound premium-quality AD channels.

The Sound of Piano One comes from the Yamaha C7 concert grand, a true workhorse in the professional piano world, appearing on famous concert stages, in international competitions and in prestigious music events throughout the world.

By utilizing the Sound Magic Hybrid Modeling Engine, Piano One offers both the Realistic Sound of Sampling and the Playability of Modeling. Hybrid Modeling provides an instantaneous feeling - no delay - and a truer and richer sound than canbe created with either sampling or modeling alone. What's more, Piano One utilizes only 160MB, which is quite a small footprint, making Piano One usable even on older PCs. There is no waiting time when loading and the CPU usage is so small that it's virtually unnoticeable.