Mike Massberg and Dave Gamble proudly present Harmony Box, a free virtual synthesizer that has the rules of modal jazz built-in : you press a key, it plays the right chord. You just pick the key and the mode. An alias-free oscillator drives a self-oscillating filter and it has LFOs and Envelopes for fatness. Harmony Box was created especially for the Music Hack Day 2009.

Harmony Box is free and is available for Windows and Mac OS X in VST and AU instrument plug-in formats.

Rob Papen has just released its new reverb plug-in RP-Verb.

RP-Verb is an algorithmic, musical, reverb that aims to bring dimension and fullness to your mixes. It has a straightforward, intuitive interface that puts all the most essential parameters right at your fingertips and offers presets that range from intimate venues to abstract, surreal spaces.

Main section:
• Dry / wet control with FX bypass button.
• HQ Mode on/off.
• ECS (external controller setup).
• ? brings up the 'Quick Manual'.

Preset section:
• Uses sound banks composed of 128 presets.
• Preset handling with copy, paste, clear and compare function.
• 'Quick Browser', 'Recently Browsed' and 'Favorite' functions.
• Presets are stored in clear categories banks.

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Pro Audio DSP has updated its DSM - Dynamic Spectrum Mapper plug-in to version 1.3.

The Dynamic Spectrum Mapper (DSM) provides multi-dimensional control over both the spectral response and dynamic characteristics of audio programme, bringing a whole new dimension of facility and artistic ability to the sound engineer.
Novel processing and programme capture algorithms provide the ability to achieve exemplary results in common tasks such as :

• programme compression
• loudness enhancement
• de-essing and vocal character processing

Furthermore, the ability to capture, modify and re-apply the spectral characteristics of programme is a powerful creative tool in all stages of the production cycle, from recording and mixing to mastering stages :

• personalise m ...

Remenber D-CAM: Synth Squad, the virtual synth that FXpansion unveiled at the latest Winter NAMM ?

Well, this synth will be available worldwide in August 2009 for £157, $249, €189 excluding local taxes where applicable. For more information, please visit the link below :

IZotope is pleased to announce the release of Radius for Logic and Apple Soundtrack Pro, a new version of their time-stretching and pitch-shifting algorithm previously built for Apple's Logic Pro. This new version has been updated with support for Logic 9 as well as Soundtrack Pro 3.

iZotope Radius allows for independent control over timing and pitch of any audio material while preserving the character and acoustic space of the original recording. Using an advanced hybrid method, it is able to preserve transients and sustained material simultaneously, making it extremely useful for modifying fully mixed performances as well as individual instruments, voices, or other audio sources. This new version of Radius adds a new pitch coherence control that enables enhanced control over the sound ...