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Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH today announced the launch of its HALion Player OEM software for PCs and Macs. Tailored to meet the needs of sample content producers, HALion Player OEM provides all the advantages of the next generation HALion sampler platform, and represents a new bundled player instrument for sample content.

Steinberg, the Audio Group of Pinnacle Systems (NSDAQ:PCLE) will incorporate VST software and soundware companies Universal Audio, Antares, Muse Research, Camel Audio, Muon, and Scarbee into their NAMM booth (HALL A, BOOTH 6524) as a show of support for the largest plug-in platform development community in computer music technology.

Cycling '74, a San Francisco-based music software company, and the French company JazzMutant SAS today announced the signing of an exclusive U.S. distribution agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, Cycling '74 will distribute JazzMutant's Lemur multitouch control surface within the United States. The Lemur is a sleek portable controller for live performance computer music applications featuring a 12" LCD display and a proprietary touch screen interface that can simultaneously track multiple fingers.

Cycling '74, a software company based in San Francisco, today announced Mode for Windows. This popular package of native audio processing plug-ins will be available on Windows XP for host applications supporting the VST and RTAS formats. The package features three instruments and two effects units that integrate functions and performance controls typically found in rack-mount and workstation hardware. An additional 18 plug-in "submodules" extend the package with creative effects, parameter modulators and CPU-saving mini-instruments.

Cycling '74, a software company based in San Francisco, today announced the release of Pluggo for Windows. This popular package of native audio processing plug-ins will be available on Windows XP for host applications supporting the VST and RTAS formats.

Cycling '74, a San Francisco-based music software company, today announced HIPNO 1.0, a new suite of over forty effects and instrument VST plug-ins for VST, Audio Units and RTAS Mac OS X host applications. Designed by ElectroTap, this package features an irresistible mix of granular, spectral, and filter/delay-based plug-ins featuring the unique Hipnoscope user interface.

Roland Corporation, a world leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of electronic musical instruments, professional audio equipment and Universal Audio, a manufacturer of high-quality vintage audio hardware and DSP software plug-ins for digital audio workstations, today announced a licensing agreement between their two companies. Under the terms of this agreement, Universal Audio will develop, market and sell plug-in emulations of classic Roland processors for UA's popular UAD-1 DSP card.

The new course, Production Mixing & Mastering (http://www.audiocourses.com/sections-viewarticle-40.html) is the latest distance learning audio course in a continuing line of new initiatives the school has to offer. The expansion at Audiocourses.com shows continued dedication to the student base, offering courses for everyone's needs. Production Mixing & Mastering is a 100% practical course, offering top quality software plugins from waves.com (http://www.waves.com), at a significantly reduced educational rate.

Propellerhead Software today announced version 3.0 of their award winning music software system Reason. This update focuses on live playing and this new version will take Reason from the studio realm to the stage. Reason 3 comes packed with unique features that will make it a strong alternative to the hardware workstation synthesizer, whether for composing, producing or live playing.

Synapse audio have released the latest update to their software studio software in the form of Orion Platinum 5.8 with a number of improvements.