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Audiofile Engineering has introduced Loop Editor, a simple audio loop editing tool for OS X. Designed in Cocoa from the ground up, Loop Editor takes advantage of Quartz, CoreAudio and other solid OS X features. Loop Editor is now available for a price of $0.

Loop Editor is available immediately for download.
The company has also announced [...]

BIAS reports that Peak Pro 5 offers one of the highest quality resampling algorithms in the industry. After testing eleven audio applications and comparing their results, Peak Pro 5’s sample rate conversion proves to be one of the very best on the market.
“Sample rate conversion, also known as resampling, is one of the most important [...]

Linux MultiMedia Studio (LMMS) aims to be a free alternative to popular, but commercial and closed-source programs like FruityLoops, Cubase and Logic, giving you the ability of producing music with your computer by creating loops, synthesizing and mixing sounds, arranging samples, playing with a MIDI-keyboard and more.
LMMS combines the features of a tracker-/sequencer-program (pattern-/channel-/ sample-/song-/effect-management) [...]

SkyLife, the makers of SampleRobot, are giving away 650 MB of free samples of classic synthesizers in digital form to all registered users of SampleRobot:

Akai VX600
Hartmann Neuron
Korg MS-20
Korg Sigma
Oberheim Xpander
Roland Jupiter-8
Sequential Circuits Prophet-5
Sequential Circuits ProphetVS
Waldorf MicrowaveXT
Yamaha CS01

The samples are in SoundFont2 format, and can be downloaded from the SampleRobot site.

BIAS, Inc. has announced Peak Pro 5, the fifth generation of its award-winning professional stereo recording, editing, mastering and delivery software, is now shipping. On the Macintosh platform, Peak is the established leader for professional dedicated stereo recording, sample editing, processing, mastering and delivery, and version 5 adds a host of new high-end features to [...]

At the Frankfurt Musikmesse, Bias debuted Peak Pro XT 5. The extended technology power bundle which includes three BIAS plug-ins: SuperFreq 4-, 6-, 8- and 10-band paragraphic EQ - now with improved GUI, metering, and text entry - in addition to both SoundSoap and SoundSoap Pro, BIAS’ high quality noise reduction and audio restoration plug-ins. [...]

SpinAudio has released an updated version of Virtual Mixing Console. The new version features improved plug-in synchronization, Waves VST plug-ins support and improved compatibility with Native Instruments Intakt/Kontakt/Kompakt, Steinberg Halion, G-Media ImpOSCar, Korg Legacy Collection, SpeedSoft VSampler and Arturia Moog Modular.
Virtual Mixing Console is the application that you can turn your computer into powerful automatable [...]

Monkey Tools has released Sound Grinder v2.1, the latest version of its popular audio conversion utility.
New to Sound Grinder v2.1 is advanced normalizing, New AMR Narrowband support, and more.

CreamWare has introduced a new sonic restoration package, REstore, for the SCOPE DSP platform.
REstore is based on the new osirisXP plug-in for the SCOPE platform. It includes a DeClicker, a DeCrackler, and a DeNoiser and provides high-end quality as expected by the audiophiles. REstore directly compares to the best solutions available on the professional market.
osirisXP [...]