Today's Top Stories:

  MiniMoog Update
Arturia has released Version 1.5 of their MiniMoog soft-synth. The update is a free download. The new version features a variety of improvements to the filters, oscillators, waveforms, and more.

Also new from Arturia is Brass, a new soft instrument based on physical modeling of a trumpet, sax, and trombone.



At Ease

AudioEase has announced version 5.05 of Altiverb, which fixes an AudioUnits problem. Version 5.04 fixed several things, including Tiger-compatibility. (As reported on our Tiger-compatibility thread in our Expert Forums.



New In Stock

Among the new arrivals at Sweetwater's warehouse today was the Roland PM-10 Personal Monitor Amplifier. Designed as a portable companion for Roland's V-Drums, the PM-10 delivers 30 watts to a 10" coaxial speaker, there are inputs for the V-Drum set as well as for an external CD or MP3 player, each with its own volume control.

Also new in-stock from Roland is the V-Synth XT, the rackmountable version of the V-Synth. The XT has Roland's famous Elastic Audio Synthesis engine, analog-synth modeling, vocal modeling, and classic D-50 emulation. Plus there's COSM effects, external audio processing, a touch-sensitive color display, and eight universal edit knobs.

Rounding out the new arrivals from Roland is the TD12S V-Stage series from the V-Drum family. The TD-12 has a great new sound module with TD-20 sound quality, mesh drum pads with rimshot capability, an ultra-realistic hi-hat, a solid kick pad that can handle double pedals, and a new stand athat sets up faster and makes playing easier. The TD-12S is available in black or white.