• Native Instruments has released , its "revolutionary vocoder that defines a new standard for transparency, detail, and smoothness. It is not only an exceptional vocoder, but also a sophisticated synthesizer, a granular sampler, and a virtualsound-fusion laboratory. The $300 application uses 1024 bands.


• eSuite4X 2.5 - MySQL4 Edition allows users to install MySQL ("in under 5 minutes"), start/stop and configure MySQL using a System Preference Pane, easily view log and configuration files with the integrated Log & Config File Manager, and graphically manage users, databases, tables, indexes, server status, create queries, import and export data etc. with the integrated SQL4X Manager J. A demo of the $100 application is available online. [7.7MB]


• Acrux software's MailVoiceClip is a Mac OS X Cocoa application for sending voice-clips by e-mail. Users can record a voice-clip and immediately send it by e-mail (or alternatively attach it to an email message). The received voice recording can be played by both Mac and PC users. The $10 shareware requires Mac OS X 10.2 and an internal/external microphone. [500KB]

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