Audio Mind Project has released FM8 Experience vol. 3: Modern Pop/Rock, which features 64 sounds for FM8.

The soundset is a collection containing 64 full of energy modern pop and rock presets, such as hard and lively leads and basses, various intriguing keys and a variety of fresh and interesting synths...
The presets include tags and descriptions, and all FM8 capabilities are used to shape the sound".
Price: $9.99. Vol. 3: Modern Pop/Rock will be available at a discounted price of $7.99 until January 6, 2013.

Soundsonline.com, the industry leader in virtual instruments distribution, is extending its spectacular holiday offer through January 31, 2013: Save 50% on EastWest/Quantum Leap virtual instruments.

No minimum purchase required. Simply save 50% on your favorite instruments - it doesn't get better than that!

MacMusic and 440Network staff wish you a happy new year 2013!
We hope we'll see a new MacPro next year, some new controllers, soundbanks etc.
For American people and all guys from all around the world, we hope we'll meet together during the next NAMM Show in Anaheim (end of January)!
In the meantime, do not hesitate to comment our news!
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013!

To celebrate the New Year we have put together a fresh new sample pack which is absolutely free! JP8 SFX serves up 60 finely crafted sound effects samples courtesy of the legendary Jupiter 8 polyphonic synthesizer!

Expect to find a varied selection of creative sound effects and transitional tools including epic ascents, chaotic impacts, twisted transitions, other-worldly drones, swooshes and much much more...

There are plenty of nice free and commercial VST plugins available only for Win. As probably most of you already know, they might be used in your OS X DAW with Wine (wacvst, VFX).

Or with a virtual machine (VirtualBox, Fusion). Or a networked Win old machine.. Ornamen, a independent developer tried and thoroughly tested every single one of these options only to end in disappointment. However, initially this post was all about painstakingly setting up wacvst.