Digidesign Launches Public Beta Program for Structure 

Digidesign has launched the Structure Public Beta program, which offers Pro Tools users a chance to test drive and provide feedback for Structure, Digidesign's latest RTAS virtual instrument plug-in. ...

M-Audio Announces Free Torq LE for X-Session Pro Owners 

M-Audio has announced that X-Session Pro owners can now receive a free copy of Torq LE (Mac/Win), the light version of Torq DJ software....

Download of the Month: LiveCut 

By Len Sasso

LiveCut is a free beat-slicing effects plug-in with a mind of its own. You can try telling it what to do, but it doesn't pay much attention. LiveCut is...

WHAT'S NEW 

By Geary Yelton

Griffin Technology iTalk Pro As long as the Apple iPod has been available, iPod owners have wished for an affordable device that could convert their favorite...

IK MULTIMEDIA Classik Studio Reverb 1.1 (Mac/Win) 

By Larry the O

IK Multimedia's latest offering, Classik Studio Reverb (CSR), adds reverb plug-ins to the company's sampling, synthesis, and mastering repertoire. Available...

Propellerhead Software Announces Compatibility with Windows Vista 

Propellerhead Software has stepped up to the Windows Vista plate and announced full compatibility with the new OS. ...

Notion Music Announces Notion 1.6 

Notion Music has announced Version 1.6 of Notion, which adds new scoring features, improves file handling, adds support for lyrics, and expands Notion’s capabilities beyond classical music genres....

In the Chair Announces StarPlay Instrument Learning Software 

In partnership with Sibelius Software, In the Chair has announced StarPlay, instrument learning software that simulates the feeling of playing with professional musicians and conductors in bands and orchestras....

IK Multimedia Miroslav Philharmonik Now with Universal Binary Support 

IK Multimedia has updated Miroslav Philharmonik with Universal Binary support. In addition to Mac-Intel compatibility, Version 1.1 offers improvements to its load time, MIDI CC real-time performance, search functionality, and AU multichannel support....

Digidesign Pro Tools 7.3 

Digidesign has announced Pro Tools 7.3 (Mac/Win; from $49 to $199) for Pro Tools HD, LE, and M-Powered systems. Version 7.3 features new music composition tools, customizable user enhancements, and improved post production workflows....

Vienna Symphonic Library Releases Saxophones and Elements Collections 

The Vienna Symphonic Library team has released two Vienna Instruments collections: Saxophones (Mac/Win; from $210 to $475) and Elements (Mac/Win; from $45 to $355). These collections are the first of many upcoming releases to complement the existing ten collections of the Symphonic Cube....

Synk Audio Announces Musicbed DV 1.6 

Synk Audio has updated Musicbed DV ($249) music soundtrack generation software with Universal Binary support, new music generation and surround music features, and more than double its previous amount of royalty-free music content....

Liquid Mix Now Available for PC 

Focusrite's Liquid Mix is now available for Windows XP! Liquid Mix v. 1.5 is a 32-channel, DSP-powered EQ and compressor plug-in system that features software solutions for PCs and all Macs....

Updated McDSP HD and Native Product Lines 

Boxed copies of McDSP's HD and Native product lines are now shipping! McDSP HD products are full-featured versions of McDSP plug-ins supporting TDM, RTAS, and Audiosuite plug-in formats....

Notion Expands Percussion Support 

This week at the Percussive Arts Society International Convention (PASIC) in Austin, Texas, Notion Music announced new percussion features and two new sound kits for Notion notation software: Sessions: Rhythm Section and Expanded Mallets 1....

Notion Music Protégé 

The latest music software from Notion Music (formerly VirtuosoWorks) solves the common problem of having lots of music to play but no one to play it with. Protégé (Mac/Win; $99) is an affordable composition program that allows you to write, rehearse, and perform your compositions as if you were working with a full ensemble of musicians....

New Expansion Packs for Rapture and Dimension Pro 

Cakewalk has released the second round in the series of Expansion Packs for Rapture and Dimension Pro synthesizers (Mac/Win)....

Adventures in Vocal Processing 

By Geary Yelton

For as long as people have been singing, many have hoped for some miracle that would make them sound like better singers than they really were. Powerful...

WHAT'S NEW 

By Geary Yelton

Digidesign Strike Following up on the successful launch of the synthesizer plug-ins Xpand and Hybrid, the Advanced Instrument Research group of Digidesign...

IK MULTIMEDIA AmpliTube 2.01 (Mac/Win) 

By Orren Merton

IK Multimedia AmpliTube received much praise as one of the first guitar-amplifier and -effects plug-ins. But it began showing its age as new guitarcentric...