Software Sequencers

Intermorphic has announced Mixtikl, an upcoming music program that works on PC and Mac (VST/AU plugin, as well as standalone; on PDAs, and on cell phones.
Here’s what we know about MixTikl. You’ll be able to use MixTikl to :

Capture/Mix/Work on content on the move on your mobile; finesse on desktop using plug-in later; move back [...]

Steinberg has announced price drops for Cubase & Wavelab:
We would like to inform you about an adjustment in the pricing structure for Cubase 4 and WaveLab 6. We have decided to lower the prices of both products* as of July 1st, 2008 to €599.00**. The pricing for several upgrades to Cubase 4 has also been [...]

Wire to the Ear’s Oliver Chesler put together a nice screencast that shows the features of Ohm Force’s OhmBoyz plug in:
I really think OhmBoyz is the best delay I own. After watching the video I encourage you to head over to the Ohm Force website and download the demo.
This screencast covers: Installation, Presets, Multiple Knob [...]

Alpha Juno Control is a free, open source Mac OS X patch editor for the Alpha Juno.
It will let owners of Roland’s Alpha Juno keyboard control patch parameters via MIDI from their Mac.
via Moogulator

Weepr is a new free music application that is sort of like a software Tenori-On.
Not much information is available yet, and the site is in Italian, but you can download and try Weepr out here. Adobe’s Air is required.
It’s limited in terms of what sounds are available, and timing is a little shaky, but it’s [...]

2008 Summer NAMM Show: Sibelius announced Sibelius First, a new notation and composition tool for singer/songwriters, keyboard players and guitarists. 
“Sibelius First is that great first step into the world of professional score writing for aspiring composers,” said Jeremy Silver, Sibelius Software’s managing director. “If you’re more comfortable composing while playing a guitar or a keyboard, then [...]

Because it was there: the Web-based music sequencer.
via Aaron Rutledge

2008 Summer NAMM Show: MOTU has unveiled version 6 of Digital Performer.
Digital Performer 6 offers new features, enhanced operation and improved performance at all levels, from hundreds of small enhancements driven by user requests to major new features and plug-ins.
Features like track comping transform everyday work, while DP6’s new Final Cut Pro integration “could very [...]

Frankenloop is a “step sequencer with a twist” — probability settings for each step so that it sounds different each time.
It’s created by Peter Dines, and it’s released a ShareAlike Creative Commons license. Download at the Noisepages site.

2008 Summer NAMM Show: Alesis has announced that it is including Ableton Live Lite 7 with its USB and FireWire mixers and audio interfaces:
Alesis is now bundling Ableton Live Lite 7 with the following mixers and interfaces:
iO|2, iO|26, iMultiMix 8 USB, iMultiMix 16 USB, MultiMix 8 USB, MultiMix 8 USB 2.0, MultiMix 8 FireWire, MultiMix [...]