Steinberg Media Technologies has announced updates for its current VSTi range that will offer compatibility to Intel-based Macintosh computers. The updates will be available from April 2007 through Steinberg's website.

The VST instruments to be updated include:

• HALion
• HALion Player
• HALion Player OEM
• HALion Symphonic Orchestra
• HALion String Edition 2
• Hypersonic 2
• The Grand 2
• Virtual Bassist
• Virtual Guitarist 2

The updates to HALion and products based on HALion technology such as HALion Player, HALion Symphonic Orchestra and The Grand 2 will also include a range of product enhancements such as support for Windows Vista (32-bit). The HALion update also extends the supported import formats to include both GIGA 3 and Kontakt 2.