Applied Acoustics Systems has announced that their Professional and Session Series instruments are now available on Mac OS X as Universal Binaries and as RTAS plug-ins on both Mac OS X and Windows. This Technology Update also includes a handful of new features and several bug fixes.

The Technology Update applies to the Professional and Session Series instruments below:

Professional Series

• Lounge Lizard EP-3
• Ultra Analog VA-1
• String Studio VS-1

Session Series

• Lounge Lizard Session
• Ultra Analog Session

Included in the Technology Update

• Intel-based Mac systems support—Universal Binary
• New RTAS plug-ins for both Windows and Mac OS X
• New total recall of 128-program bank in any host sequencer
• Full MIDI Program Change support
• MIDI Pitch Bend and Channel Pressure (mono aftertouch) messages support in MIDI Links
• Redesigned Edit MIDI Links dialog
• Omni MIDI channel
• New restore factory preset library command
• New Chord mode in arpeggiator
• Ultra Analog VA-1, String Studio VS-1
• Improved Latch mode in arpeggiator
• Ultra Analog VA-1, String Studio VS-1
• Bug fixes

Pricing and Availability

The Technology Update for each product is available now from the AAS  Online Store for $29. Modeling Collection users can update all their Professional Series instruments for $49. Users who made their purchase and registered their instrument after September 1st of 2006, fall in the grace period and can obtain their update free of charge.