Forever For Now has released Diatonic Shifter, a realtime diatonic pitch shifter for shifting audio in a custom musical key. It works on any number of input and output channels at any sample rate and has adjustable A440 tuning frequency, quality and oversampling settings.

Feature list:

* Diatonic pitch shifting and harmonizing on a per note basis.
* User configurable tuning frequency for the A440 note.
* Adjustable tracking delay setting to prevent note detection jitter.
* Works on any amount of input and output channels at any sample rate.
* Adjustable FFT size ranging from 512 to 8192 and dynamic oversampling.
* Three different windowing types: cosine, Hamming and Hann.
* Industry standard Cocoa user interface and compliance.

Diatonic Shifter is available as a Universal Binary Audio Unit for use with Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) or higher and it is free.

IK Multimedia has just released the new Ampeg SVX 1.1, providing compatibility for IK Users with Mac Intel Core Duo Systems. In addition there are several other enhancements that have been implemented into Ampeg SVX 1.1, such as Pro Tools 7 native support , improved CPU efficiency and a standalone version which includes SpeedTrainer, an audio player with pitch and speed controls that make it perfect for learning ANY of your favorite songs.

Ampeg SVX users may download this software update for free and will no longer require a USB iKey or dongle. Simply follow the instructions for the software-based authorization system to easily install Ampeg SVX 1.1.

Waves has released its V-Series plug-ins, developed by modeling "classic British analog audio components in painstaking detail," according to the company. The V-Series consists of three components:

- the V-COMP compressor/limiter, a feedback-based stereo compressor/limiter design with de-esser. The compressor features fixed-ratio settings of 1.5:1, 2:1, 3:1, 4:1 and 6:1 with a fixed attack time and adjustable recovery time, with automatic make-up gain. The limiter also has adjustable recovery time including an "auto" setting and variable threshold.
- the V-EQ4 4-band equalizer which emulates a 4-band console equalizer with HF bell/shelving switch and multiple HF center frequencies. Two midrange controls are included, both with high/low Q switching. LF includes bell/shelving switchin ...

Roger Nichols Digital (RND) will unveil Detailer at Winter NAMM2007, to be held at Anaheim Convention Center, January 18 thru 21. Detailer is the first RND plug-in to be developed specifically by Roger Nichols and basically it is a stereo mastering plug-in but in fact Detailer offers a new way of increasing the perception of "detail" in the mid level of a final mix while still allowing increased loudness. The process involves a combination of three-band limiting and dynamic widening using psycho-acoustic processing.
Detailer will be available in RTAS, AU and VST formats for Mac OSX (UB) , pricing to be announced.

Alesis is shipping the IO|26 and IO|14 FireWire Audio/MIDI interfaces, which feature DICE II Jitter Elimination Technology (JET); Cirrus converters; high definition, transformerless mic preamps with NeutriK connectors; and compatibility with most DAW software. Both interfaces offer up to 24-bit, 192 kHz recording, as well as flexible, routable Hardware Direct Monitoring with the HDM Control panel software. They are also expandable: the IO|26 comes with 8 analog mic/line inputs which can be expanded to 24 inputs using 2 ADAT Lightpipe inputs; and the IO|14 comes with 4 analog inputs, expandable to 14 inputs using 1 ADAT input.
Both of them ship with Steinberg Cubase LE digital audio workstation software, the IO|26 costs $599 and the IO|14 $499.