Good news for users of Apple's mighty Logic Pro and Express DAWs: there's a new website on the block, aimed squarely at you.
Logic Café is an online resource from which Logicians can access free online tutorials, EXS24 instruments, Groove Templates, Environments, interviews and more. The site is still in its infancy but nonetheless has a rapidly growing worldwide user base.
Site owner Paul Yarrow comments: "Logic Café offers its users a clear and concise journey through its articles, with no sign-up, no monthly subscription and no membership fees. It's been created with the user journey in mind. From clear, graphical step-by-step tutorials to classic synthesizer EXS24 instruments, complete with encyclopaedic information on the original machines, Logic Cafe aims to provide users with with plenty of informative and relevant information."

Check it all out at www.logic-cafe.com.

Joining the ranks of cool musical instruments that can be played with your Nintendo Wiimote is Evan Merz's Wii Play the Drums. It's a soft sampler that's played just like a real-world drum kit… albeit an invisible one! Evan wrote the program in .Net and used this nifty Wiimote library from Coding4Fun's Brian Peek. Here's a clip of the sampler in action:

The sampler is a snap to set up on pretty much any windows machine and is a must-try for every PC-based musician who owns one of Nintendo's innovative controllers. Download it here.

Making music on your PDA? You'll want to check out Palm Sounds, then, a brand new blog and website dedicated to music production on portable devices. Palm Sounds offers news, reviews, industry events and speculation on future developments, as well as the internet's only comprehensive directory of mobile music programs. The Application Directory presents a complete list of software for both the Palm and Windows Mobile platforms, complete with summaries and links, and will be updated regularly.
Palm Sounds are courting opinion from 'the community' as to what direction the site should go in, so head on over and let them know what you think.