ILIO is shipping Ethno Techno S.A.G.E. Xpander ($99), the first of four expansion collections for Spectrasonics' Stylus RMX. Ethno Techno comes with the complete groove collection of ILIO's Groove Control activated sample library, bonus grooves, and special Stylus RMX Multi patches.

iZotope Inc. has released Radius for Logic (Mac OSX; $399.99), a version of iZotope's time stretching and pitch shifting algorithm built for Apple Logic Pro. Example Radius applications include performing extreme time and pitch effects without distortion; slowing down recordings for dictation, transcription, and practice; and time adjustment for film, video and television cues.

Serato Audio Research has announced the release of Pitch 'n Time LE (Mac OSX/Win XP; $399). This audio editing software requires iLok and is compatible with Digidesign Pro Tools and Apple Logic Pro. You can download a free 30-day demo here.

Sonica Audio Labs has debuted the VHPextreme audio workstation ($3749.95), an audio PC that supports the latest Intel technologies. Among the VHPextreme's many features are six USB ports, heat pipe technology, ultra quiet fans, and much more.

Universal Audio has announced the web launch of v4.3 software for the UAD-1 DSP Card & Powered Plug-ins system. Version 4.3 includes a 14-day demo of the Neve 1073 and 1073SE, and full authorizations of the Neve 1073/SE plug-ins ($249) will be available to registered UAD-1 users from my.uaudio.com.