Spectrasonics has updated Stylus RMX to version 1.7. The new version is a free update for registered users. This is a major upgrade adding “Time Designer,” which intelligently transforms RMX audio loops into any time signature and can “Groove Lock” the feel of one groove to another – in real time. Time Designer also creates pattern variations using smart algorithms based on musical rules. V1.7 also supports 64-bit operation, has all the effects from Omnisphere, and addes Suite Editing and Host Transport Sync.
Waldorf has updated the Blofeld synth firmware to version 1.12. The new version is a free download that fixes MIDI clock and program change reception, improves Multimode storage, adds category selection in Multimode, and adds an OS X Upgrade Terminal application.
Apogee Electronics has released the Symphony 32 Update February 2009. The new version is a free download, and requires X-Symphony v2.7 or higher firmware. New features include:
- Sbus for connecting a Symphony 32 card to the second port of a Symphony 64 card
- Euphonix EuCon support for the Maestro mixer
- Symphony Source for enabling/disabling PCI cards from the Maestro Control window
- the ability to set the clock source from Audio MIDI Setup
- the ability to view X-Symphony firmware versions from the “About Maestro” pane
- plus several resolved issues with previous software
