Kjaerhus Audio (www.kjaerhusaudio.com) has released an update of Spectra, the synthesizer plug-in that combines multi-stage additive synthesis with subtractive synthesis. Version 1.1 is free for all registered users and includes 318 new presets from sound designers DJ Bach, Claude Climer and Emdot; a German user's manual; and some bug fixes…PreSonus (www.presonus.com) is now shipping the DigiMax FS microphone preamplifier. The box offers eight channels of digital optical Lightpipe ADAT and 96k dual-SMUX input and output, balanced analog direct output and TRS inserts on each channel…Synk Audio (www.synkaudiostudios.com) announced a new lower price on its Musicbed DV interactive music software bundled with Season One, a customizable cinematic stock music library. Together, the two products provide custom music beds for video, audio and multimedia productions for $199…McDSP's (www.mcdsp.com) RTAS Project Studio has been expanded to seven plug-ins and now includes the tape saturation modeling of Analog Channel LE and the new ML4000 LE brick wall limiter. In addition to the new plugs, Project Studio supports Windows XP and Intel-based Mac systems…The Sound Guy (www.sfxmachine.com) has added VST SDK 2.4 support for its latest Windows updates — SFX Machine RT 1.06 and SFX Machine Pro 1.01 — which now run on 64-bit machines with apps that require VST 2.4 support. In addition, the company added Mac OS X Universal support to its sound design plug-ins: SFX Machine RT and SFX Machine Pro…VirtuosoWorks (www.notionmusic.com) has released five Sound Kits, adding extra sounds and techniques to the standard orchestra that ships with NOTION software. These new samples were recorded in Studio One at Abbey Road Studios using the London Symphony Orchestra players and include expanded strings, percussion, brass, woodwinds and harpsichord…Ueberschall (www.ueberschall.com) has released Liquid Player 1.1, a new VST engine for its Liquid instrument series for Mac and PC. The upgrade offers Universal Binary support, bug fixes and a variety of new features and improvements…Submersible Music's (www.drumcore.com) DrumCore 2 is out with enhanced sync and drum module features, plus new content and REX2 compatibility. Other features include continuously variable tempo, tempo synchronization with ReWire hosts and separate outputs with pitch, as well as pan controls for MIDI drum sounds. The new version also increases the number of included loops, fills and drum kits…CEntrance (www.centrance.com) has released an upgrade for its Universal Driver for FireWire audio interfaces. The Windows audio software enables users to combine FireWire audio interfaces from various manufacturers into one system. Version 2 promises high stability and ultralow-latency (just over 5ms) analog input to analog output…Cakewalk (www.cakewalk.com) now offers a Universal Binary update to the Audio Units version of Rapture, its wavetable synthesizer. The update is available as a free download for registered Rapture customers.