03/08/07

Update Available as Free Download for Apple’s Intel-based Macintosh

(March 8, 2007) — Spectrasonics released the official Apple Intel-Mac compatible Universal Binary version of its award-winning Stylus RMX™ – Realtime Groove Module. The new version 1.6 of Stylus RMX is a free downloadable compatibility update and is recommended for Intel-Mac users only. This update supports Mac OS X Universal Binary RTAS format for Digidesign® Pro Tools® HD 7.2.1, Pro Tools LE 7.1.1, M-Powered Pro Tools 7.1.1, and above.

Stylus RMX is a groove-based virtual instrument plug-in that combines the power of Groove Control® with Spectrasonics’ Advanced Groove Engine (S.A.G.E.™) technology, giving users dramatic new control over groove production and performance.

Spectrasonics was one of the first plug-in companies to support the new Universal Binary format with a public beta of Stylus RMX in early 2006. The official Stylus RMX version 1.6 can now be downloaded at http://www.spectrasonics.net/updates/index.php

All of the Spectrasonics SAGE Xpanders for Stylus RMX are also fully compatible with the new version 1.6 and Intel-Macs including Backbeat, Retro Funk, Liquid Grooves, Metamorphosis, and Burning Grooves. Ilio’s SAGE Xpanders are also compatible: Stark Raving Beats, Ethno Techno, Skippy’s Noizbox, and Skippy’s Big Bad Beats.

Spectrasonics President, Eric Persing, talked about the release, “The transition to Intel-Mac Universal Binary plug-ins is an important one for our customers. The new UB version of Stylus RMX shows our commitment to supporting our customers’ needs, as we will continue to do in the future with our whole line of virtual instruments. We especially appreciate all the feedback we got from early adopters of the Intel-Mac during the public beta period of Stylus RMX.”

The company has also posted an Intel-Mac information webpage at:
http://www.spectrasonics.net/news/intel_mac-spectrasonics.html

The US suggested retail price for Stylus RMX is $299, while the European price is 249 Euros. Stylus RMX supports all Pro Tools applications compatible with Power PC and Intel-based Apple Macintosh RTAS, and Microsoft Windows RTAS platforms. The US suggested retail price for SAGE Xpanders is $99US each.

About Spectrasonics
Founded in 1994, Spectrasonics is a leading innovator of world-class, award-winning virtual instrument software plug-ins, used by the top recording artists, producers, remixers and film composers on the planet. Key Spectrasonics products include Trilogy™ Total Bass Module, Atmosphere™ Dream Synth Module and Stylus RMX™ Realtime Groove Module and its five S.A.G.E. Xpanders. For more information visit http://www.spectrasonics.net