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Just a little news (it's not really a news) to say to you: HAPPY NEW YEAR 2011!

All MacMusic staff join me to wish you all the best for this new year. We hope the year 2011 will offer you all the best!

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Version 1.1 adds MIDI control capabilities by using the Apple Core MIDI features found in iOS 4.2, via the Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit. Users can now play the MS-20 Synth and tweak the onscreen knobs(The parameters are controlled by MIDI control change data. The MIDI control change numbers of iMS-20 are fixed) using external MIDI devices(Some USB bus-powered MIDI devices need a USB hub with power supply).

Users who also own an MS-20 Controller (bundled with the original Korg Legacy Collection software) can use it for patching cables. The six-part Drum Machine can receive different MIDI notes per part.

SYN Minimoog V Sounds is a bank of presets for Arturia Minimoog V and Native Instruments KORE Workstation.

Features:
- 64 outstanding presets in NATIVE and FXP format for Arturia Minimoog V;
- the same 64 presets in KSD format for Native Instruments KORE 2 Workstation;
- each KORE2 preset has macro knobs assigned and all 8 pad variations (64 presets x 8 variations = 512 sound variations);
- Minimoog V KORE2 template for creating very easy your own sounds with pad variations;
- each preset features velocity and modulation wheel information for more control over the sounds;
- all future minor updates with fixes and new sounds are free.

Ministry Of Rock 2 was put together with one goal in mind: to create a virtual (software) instrument capable of producing sounds that could actually produce a hit record or film score without any live drum, bass, or guitar overdubs. The articulations and programming were all reverse engineered from actual performances. The 57 gigabyte collection features LIVE technology which makes multi-sampled drums sound like a live performance.

Ministry Of Rock 2 will be available on 1.11.11 for $395 MSRP.

While built upon the same basic concept as PSP Nitro, PSP N2O, with its new modules and extended modulation features, explores completely new sonic areas. The plug-in engine has been rewritten and redesigned from scratch in order to improve the sound and take full advantage of the optimizations offered by modern CPUs.

Features:

- 4 sound processing operators at a time
- 4 modulators at a time; the list includes: LFO, envelope detector, ADSR step sequencer
- 8 assignable knobs with quick MIDI learn option
- built-in limiter that uses algorithms from our extremely well regarded PSP Xenon hi-definition mastering limiter
- sidechain (key) input
- 192 factory presets