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Ableton releases Max for Live
Ableton and Cycling '74 release Max for Live, which integrates the Max/MSP audio visual programming language with Ableton's Live 8 digital-audio workstation.
Free (and some not free) live music
Many bands allow people to tape their concerts, sell live recordings of shows, or both. Here are some places to look if you crave the rush of live music.
Apple launches iTunes Preview
Apple has just quietly launched a service that makes links to the iTunes Store a little more informative by displaying information about the product in a Web browser.
More Mac bundles for the masses
TheMacSale 2 and TheMacBundles offer their own respective bundles of Mac software for $50, but at what cost to developers?
Skype's legal storm clears up
Skype's cofounders have reached an agreement to withdraw their legal challenges against eBay and Skype's future majority owners.
Orb for Mac lets you stream your media anywhere
A new Mac version of the popular Orb software streams music, photos, and videos to any Internet device, including iPhone
Novation Launchpad debuts
Novation has unveiled Launchpad, an easy-to-use audio controller that works with Ableton Live 8 performance software to let you create musical compositions.
Verizon Media Manager streams photos, music to your FiOS DVR
Verizon has released a Mac version of its Media Manager software, allowing FiOS TV customers to stream music and photos to their DVR set-top boxes.
iTunes 9.0.2 update blocks Palm Pre syncing, again
In a startling case of déjà vu, Apple's recent iTunes 9.0.2 update once again blocks the Palm Pre from syncing with the software. Then again, maybe it's not very startling at all.
iTunes 9.0.2 update adds Apple TV 3.0 support
The iTunes 9.0.2 update released on Thursday adds support for the new Apple TV 3.0 software, plus a new dark Grid view background option.
Mac News Briefs: Chronos rolls out version 8 of SOHO Notes, Organizer
Both the notes management and information organization applications from Chronos feature a slew of new features. Also, Sente announced a new version of its self-titled academic reference manager, while NetNewsWire, Delicious Library, Twitterrific, and Snowtape all saw minor updates.
iTunes launches new Twitter accounts
The iTunes Store has created a quartet of new Twitter accounts to keep social networking users abreast of the latest developments in music, podcasts, movies, and TV.
Behind the cover of an iTunes LP
iTunesLP.net offers a glimpse into what makes an iTunes LP an iTunes LP and shows you how to make one.
First look: Popcorn 4
On Tuesday, Roxio released the latest version of its Popcorn DVD and video conversion and burning software. Here's a first look at some of the new features.
Mac News Briefs: Logic Pro update enhances features, addresses stability
The minor update to Apple's professional music recording, editing, and mixing software allows Flex Markers to align and snap to MIDI notes, makes performing a punch-in recording with Replace Mode behave correctly, adds an option for latency measurement to he I/O plug-in, and causes TDM plug-ins to behave as expected.
iTunes competitor doubleTwist gains Amazon MP3 store
Media software doubleTwist has added access to the Amazon MP3 store in its latest update, allowing you to purchase music from within the app.
RIM releases official BlackBerry desktop software for Mac
After a long wait, RIM has released BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac, allowing users of the popular mobile platform to sync data with their Macs.
Mac News Briefs: PDFpen has new OCR engine
PDFpen 4.5 uses version 15.5 of the OmniPage OCR engine, which should improve accuracy in the PDF editing program. Also updated on Tuesday were Typinator, RealBasic and Real Studio, VideoFlash Converter, and Djay.
Report: Palm chided by USB group for iTunes shenanigans
BusinessWeek reports that Palm's letter of complaint to the USB Implementers Forum backfired, turning the organization's scrutiny onto Palm itself.
Apple updates Logic Pro, Logic Express
Logic Pro 9.0.1. and Logic Express 9.0.1 both improve stability of the music creation applications while tackling bugs and adding other enhancements.
iTunes 9.0.1 update restores 'maximize' button behavior
Released Tuesday, Tunes 9.0.1 fixes a number of issues -- the most obvious of which is a quick reversal of decision on the functionality of the green "maximize" button which now functions as it did prior to iTunes 9.
New GarageBand Lessons include Rush, John Legend
Apple's added a trio of new artist lessons to its Garage Band Lesson Store, including a pair by Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson.
MOTU releases Digital Performer 7
Mark of the Unicorn has released Digital Performer 7, an upgrade to its audio workstation software, featuring a variety of additions and productivity enhancements, including a new suite of modeled guitar effects plug-ins.
iTunes gains Automatically Add to iTunes feature
With iTunes 9, Apple has brought the ability to have the software automatically monitor and add media content from a folder to the library. The only thing is, its usefulness may be limited.
Mac News Briefs: Western Digital revamps Mac drives
Western Digital unveiled redesigns for its My Passport and My Book hard drives for the Mac. Also, a number of companies rolled out software updates that added compatibility with Snow Leopard on Thursday. iWebTemplate has seven new templates for use with iWeb. And EditShare's product line is now compatible with the recently updated Final Cut Studio suite.
Home Sharing: At last, iTunes library synchronization
Home Sharing finally brings real iTunes library synchronization to computers in the same household. Peter Cohen has had a chance to step through the process and brings this report.
Better navigation, iTunes LP highlight iTunes Store makeover
The iTunes Store gets a significant makeover in iTunes 9.
Summary: Camera-equipped nano highlights Apple's iPod changes
Get all the highlights from Apple's press event Wednesday, including new iPod nanos with built-in video cameras, a price cut to the iPod touch, and new versions of iTunes and the iPhone OS software.
Apple introduces iTunes 9
iTunes 9 is introduced today for Mac OS X and Windows. Here are the breaking details.
Avid releases Pro Tools Essential bundles
Avid has announced three new Pro Tools Essential bundles—hardware-software combinations that target consumers and hobbyists who are interested in musical composition, editing, and production, or who want to create and share music, podcasts, narrations, and other audio content. The packages are: Pro Tools Vocal Studio, Pro Tools Recording Studio, and Pro Tools KeyStudio.