Prosoniq has unveiled sonicWORX • Pro, a new version of their venerable audio editor hailed as “a totally new approach to audio editing.” The original sonicWORX was extremely advanced in the days when Mac OS 7 was better known as System 7, but was discontinued in 2003. Even so, many users kept a Mac capable of running OS 9 around just for sonicWORX. For these users, the future arrives in Germany next week.
The Logic Users Group (LUG) has a new home on the web:
http://www.logic-users-group.com
The Logic Users Group (LUG) is the oldest and largest online Logic community in existence. Formed in 1994, the LUG was Emagic’s first presence on the Internet, as well as the first website and mailing list for a digital audio sequencer. It has continued as an active unofficial support mailing list for professionals and amateurs since then, attracting both industry heavy hitters and new users of Emagic and then Apple Logic Pro and Apple Logic Express software.
The iPhone and the iPod touch are marvels of technology. I’m constantly amazed at what they can do. I was recently talking to Jordan Rudess (of Dream Theater) about the iPhone and its potential for music. He mentioned a new iPhone app called Bebot that he’s been working with. Check out this YouTube video for a great demonstration of Bebot.
Applied Acoustics Systems announces that its Modeling Collection bundle will be expanded to include their upcoming Strum Electric GS-1 electric guitar track production plug-in to be released next April. With this new addition, the Modeling Collection will bundle six Professional Series instruments and will retail for $599.
Given that this is Mac OS X Audio, this may not seem like the biggest deal. However for those who were looking for cross platform audio interfaces and considering getting an Apogee interface and FW card, or a USB Mini device, think again:
Apogee has officially announced that they are dropping all Windows platform development to focus solely on the Macintosh. Of course, you can still plug Apogee standalone converters into any Windows audio interface you own. And for those who do use their Apogee interfaces with Windows, they will still support previously purchased cards for a while.
The writing was clearly on the wall for a while, considering how much business Apogee has been doing with Apple-related products such as Ensemble and Duet, popular among Logic and GarageBand users. Still, considering how much of a potential market Windows audio users are, this decision could not have been easy, or made lightly.
Come on in to the Mac OS X Audio forums to read and discuss this further.