Adobe has just launched an audio application called Audition, which should be in stores by late August.

Back in May, Adobe announced they had bought "technology assets" from Syntrillium, makers of Cool Edit Pro.

So, Audition is Cool Edit Pro.

On a (slightly) more positive note, there's a cool little hardware gadget called Red Rover on Syntrillium's site. Intended as a remote for your recording setup, it could just as easily have been a tiny control surface for mixing. However, at this price point , the lack of features becomes a serious problem.

If it only had:

A fader. Just one. For goodness sake.

Data control for plugins accessible from the already-present knobs.

Panning.

So, for about twice the cost of the Red Rover, a person could get the horrid looking, yet practical, Peavey PC1600.

Yes, I'm grumpy today.