[Silver Sonya]

Just got a dismaying email from Geoffrey Gee

The email was entitled "The Future Of Plectrum."


Greetings Musicians,

Tascam announced this week that they are ceasing development of Gigastudio products, which includes the GVI engine on which Plectrum runs. As a result, we will not be able to release Mac Plectrum as planned.

Needless to say, we are deeply disappointed by this news. The timing is especially difficult for us, because Mac Plectrum was functional and nearly complete but not quite release-ready. We're sorry we continued to pass along to you Tascam's promises of completion.

Nevertheless, we are determined to make Plectrum available to Mac users. We pledge to release this collection of unique instruments on a Mac friendly platform as soon as possible! We will let you know as soon as we have settled on a platform and timetable for release. Thanks to your interest and support, we know that Plectrum has an eager community of players waiting.

Also, please note that Plectrum is and will remain available for Windows and Vista, regardless of Tascam's future plans. The existing PC version of Plectrum is complete and self-contained, and is not negatively affected by this announcement.

Best,

Geoffrey Gee

Plectrum Support

Bummer.

- c