According to Newsweek Magazine, Disney's made-for-TV movie "High School Musical" has "proved itself a tween phenomenon and marketing juggernaut, racking up record sales on its CD soundtrack and DVD release, and spawning everything from T shirts to sheet music." Industry analysts estimate the fledging Disney franchise already totals $100 million in CD and DVD sales with growth that has no end in sight. Packing almost 80 minutes of music into the 98 minute movie, composer David Lawrence experienced major turning points in his career, both in terms of rocketing success and his decision to go with a 100% native Digital …

MOTU products now achieve unprecedented speed and performance on the Mac platform, thanks to Apple's new Intel-Xeon Mac Pro towers. Preliminary tests indicate that current Intel compatible MOTU products are compatible with these powerful new machines, and further testing is on-going.

Digital Performer 5.1 is now available as a free update to all registered DP5 users. This maintenance update, provided as a Universal Binary application, can be installed on an Intel Mac or PowerPC Mac and provides numerous code enhancements and optimizations.

MacAudioLab has released a new instructional DVD for Digital Performer 5. The Ultimate DP5 Learning Series DVD provides 14 hours of QuickTime movie content, including new clips that cover the new features in DP5 and a bonus in-depth programming guide to MX4. Easy-to-follow linear chapters, large videos screenshots for easy viewing, audio narration, a PDF index and PDF keyboard shortcuts are just some of the features on this new must-have training DVD.

Ethno Instrument 1.0 is now shipping as a Universal Binary for Intel Mac, PowerPC Mac and Windows. In a simultaneous release, version 1.1.2 of the MOTU Symphonic Instrument is also now shipping as a Universal Binary update that includes numerous enhancements and optimizations.

Tom Cruise is back as Ethan Hunt in Paramount Picture's Mission: Impossible 3, now showing in theaters around the world. M:i:3 is directed by J.J. Abrams with original music written by Michael Giacchino, the same director/composer team that has brought you the prime time network TV smash hit shows ALIAS and LOST. Michael has used Digital Performer and a host of other MOTU hardware and software products to write all of the original music for M:i:3, ALIAS and LOST.

Are you running an XP Pro x64 system? 64-bit Windows drivers for all current MOTU audio and MIDI interfaces are now shipping and available for download here. The updated 64-bit drivers include 32-bit emulation, allowing you to freely use 64-bit and 32-bit audio software applications simultaneously.

PCIe (PCI Express) is the latest high-speed PCI expansion technology found in many high-performance PC desktops and the latest generation Power Mac G5 towers from Apple. A new PCIe version of the PCI-424 card is now shipping, allowing you to take full advantage of today's fastest PCIe-equipped Macs and PCs.

If you are buying a new Intel iMac or MacBook Pro, and you own - or are planning to purchase - a MOTU FireWire audio interface, USB2 audio interface or MIDI interface, rest easy. Intel Mac compatible drivers for all of our FireWire and USB audio and MIDI interfaces are now available at www.motu.com/download.