Tascam has announced that they ceased development of GIGASTUDIO and GIGASTUDIO related products as of July 21. Sales and support for the products will continue through December 31, 2008.

Wavelore Instruments has announced the release of its Pedal Steel Guitar virtual instrument for Windows XP/Vista, with Mac compatibility to follow later this summer.

Applied Acoustics Systems has announced the release of Strum Acoustic GS-1, a new acoustic guitar software synthesizer.

The Sylenth1 version 2.0 has arrived. This update fixes all previous problems with hosts like FL Studio, includes an onboard preset browser and best of all, it is also available for Mac OS X.

Kx-Modulad is an "Analog Modular Synthesizer with an Additive Synthesis WaveTracer to build high quality waveforms", says its developer. Come & check it's features & maybe even have a taste...

Pianoteq's slogan is "the first truly modelled piano"...well maybe version 2.3 has just added "the first truly modelled harpsichord"? You can make up your own mind here. And it's only 15 meg for the full version!

This week's freeware is a virtual synth specialised in pads from DSK Music.

Digidesign has just launched Transfuser, a plug-in that allows you to create or handle music made from loops or beats in real-time.