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Alesis (http://www.alesis.com/), a manufacturer of professional audio equipment and studio electronics, has released the MultiMix 6 USB six-channel USB mixer for Mac and Windows. It costs US$149.

The MultiMix 6 USB is a six-channel desktop mixer designed for integration into a computer-based recording environment. This compact mixer is built for use in recording setups, video editing and production studio,s as it outputs not only line-level analog audio, but also stereo 16-bit, 44.1 kHz digital audio over USB for low-noise computer connection.
 

BKeeney Software has updated Task Timer (http://www.bkeeney.com/products/tasktimer4), a project management and time-tracking tool for Mac OS X (10.4 and 10.5), to version 4.3.3. The new version adds the daily total to the dock and status menus for Mac OS X users and fixes some minor bugs.

Task Timer allows users to track time spent on individual tasks and projects to the minute. It generates a variety of reports using relative and specific date ranges and other filters. Users may also synchronize their data on their local machine with a database server.

Bohemian Coding and Laurent Baumann have updated Fontcase (http://www.bohemiancoding.com/?Fontcase), a font manager for Mac OS X 10.5 and higher, to version 1.5. The new version adds auto-activation, duplicates detection, a speed increase and stability, among other things.

Fontcase focuses on metadata. For every font and weight, you can add a variety of metadata. You can set tags, genres, assign designers and foundries and more. They are not just pieces of text, but actually show up in the source list, right under your smart collections. Everything in the interface can be dragged.