Nathanaël Lécaudé is working on the Max toolbox which makes working with Max/MSP more efficient with nice hot-keys. Look at the demo video and decide if you give it a try.

David has written new instructions on compiling Max/MSP externals using XCode

There is a great VSTi host for free available for mac at reFuse Software. It’s ugly and it does the job great! And it’s free. So I’ve finally been able to test the VSTi I made with Max/MSP and it works like a charm.

Trying to research what areas of Greece the eight church modes came from I used Google Maps. But to my surprise, neither searching for geographic places nor getting details of Greek cities worked very well with Google Maps for Mac. I hope Google will aquire more detailed shots for cities outside the US and make searches available also for historic places such as for instance Troy, where according to Mattheson the Phrygians with their mode lived.

A little note to Dan & David from their latest show on CRAP, iTunes’ EULA and DRM technology is considered illegal in Norway according to the consumer rights watch. This is all over the news today. So publicity is coming on DRM technologies.