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Check out the new features of Ableton Live 6.

Ableton is proud to announce Live 6. Like no other Ableton release, Live 6 has opened itself to new creative communities—offering Quicktime video support, a professional multisample library, and customizable racks of instruments and effects. Live 6 also satisfies frequent user requests by delivering multicore support, enhanced project management tools, and improved MIDI control.

Hey Ableton you forgot to add Groove Quantization!!!

Peter Kirn of CDM shares a good tip with Mactel users.

Once again Absinthe Films raises the bar to bring you ‘More‘. This title marks the beginning of a new era for Absinthe Films as they have broadened their scope to include and properly represent urban riding while still keeping the overall blend fresh and un- repetitive. Three years after first joining forces with the Air Burro Jet-Pack Camera Team, Absinthe Films is ready to unveil a new way of looking at snowboarding with the new ‘Hover-Track’ Jet-Pack camera system bringing you closer to the action than ever before and separating this film from the herd. Plus all of the technical magic, good times, deep pow, travel and massive jumps you have come to expect from Absinthe. All of this set to another unpredictable and fitting soundtrack that will have everyone clamoring for More. oh yeah…..and Rice is back and it’s ON.Riders Nicolas Müller, Travis Rice, Gigi Rüf, Marc Frank Montoya, Mikey Leblanc, Wolle Nyvelt, Jonaven Moore, EC, Chris Coulter, JP Solberg, Kurt Wastell, Justin Bennee, Nicolas Droz, Matt Beardmore

I have to give props to Absinthe for the new video trailer of More. I’ll see you guys in Poipu in 2 weeks. Editing in Kauai, what a tough job!

NuEdge Development has released version 2.0.2 of Sonic Charge MicroTonic for Mac OS X, which is also now a Universal Binary so it is compatible with both PPC- and Intel-Macs. This upgrade is free for all registered owners; PowerPC users should upgrade since this version improves compatibility with certain PowerPC Audio Unit hosts.

Also released for free for all MicroTonic owners is Big Pack Sonic Recharge - the biggest MicroTonic patch package in the universe - a package of 168 programs and 188 drum patches.

Source: KVR

RNSK has announced the release of Peanut Gallery, an online interactive multi-user movie theater simulation for the Mac. “Peanut Gallery allows you and your friends to have a movie theater experience live, in real-time, over a local Bonjour network or the internet. You and up to 7 guests can enjoy video or audio from local files, your .mac iDisk, or the World Wide Web, complete with pre-rolls, intermission and Core Video-Powered theater-like visual effects. Interact with each other via Maya-rendered 30fps animated characters, inline real-time text chat, and voice. A save and playback function gives you the ability to keep and watch again those great theater sessions you have experienced with your guests.” Peanut Gallery is priced at US$34.95.

Source: MacMinute

New in RM IV 4.1.3
* 10 New Acoustic Multisampled Drum Kits from Big!Tone
* Compatible with Intel-based Macs
* Bugfix: Interpreting of pan information from LM4 files
* Improved AIF loading capabilities

Native Instruments has updated Kontakt to v2.1.1.

What’s New?

* Instruments reordering in rack.
* Multi-sample import into one instrument.
* New Send MIDI to Outside World option.
* New piano banks.
* KSP: Change_vol function support for while loops.
* KSP: Display engine values and units in GUI.

41 Bug fixes, the most important being:

* Memory corruption crash.
* Mono output in some VST hosts.
* Mac: Eject button not working.
* Mac: Monolyth saving crash.
* PC: Tone machine not analyzing new samples.
* Bank quickload not working.
* Bank max voices crash.
* Delete instruments crash.
* Browser hangs with certain samples.
* Many more import bug fixes.

Source: KVR

LogicProFiles.com - “The most comprehensive Logic Files sharing portal in the net.”
Added New features: Revamped look, Icons search works, Icons download retains the name, 1700+ icons and New Forums: “Improve Logic Pro”, which will be sent to Apple on a monthly basis.

groovetool is a stand alone utility designed specifically for computer musicians (like us) who are looking to put a little feel into their drum tracks. The creators of this product are not software developers, but real music producers.

groovetool works by setting up a simple 16 note bar, allowing you to offset the timing of notes in a fast, friendly way. The program then creates a small midi part which can drag directly onto most popular sequencers. Now visible in your favorite sequencer, the midi part can quickly be converted to a quantize template for your drum patterns.

Source: KVR