digi.no reports that SV, a norwegian socialist party is angered by government agencies (like the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK)) using proprietary file formats, locking the public to certain vendors rather than making the content available to the general public.

According to Kulturnytt on NRK Alltid nyheter, iTunes music store is coming to Norway April 28th. Does this mean it’s coming to Sweden and Denmark at the same time?

Skale Tracker is a good, old-fashioned tracker. It’s made to look like Fast Tracker II and is released for Windows and Linux. And guess what, an OS X version is in the works! These guys are great! The features I really love are these:

• SoundFont support

• Akai instrument support

• Can be used as a VST instrument

• Uses VST effects

And yes, it’s all free (as in beer. I found no available sources). Can’t wait to put this on my Mac. For the meanwhile I’m fiddeling with it on a PC.

Sourceforge has a category for Sound Synthesis. Yay!

Miller Puckette is writing a book on Theory and Techniques of Electronic Music. The drafts are available for download.