We all know how a multi-band filters work: You can independently change the audio level in each band. Now imagine you could shift the pitch in each band up or down ranging from a few cent to 6 octaves in realtime. That's what VirSyn is working on with the upcoming Prism - The Pitch Designer.

More info to come soon. Until then you can listen to mp3 demos that VirSyn has left to whet your appetite.

Note : VirSyn's new Take Five FX bundle contains its current five fx plugins Bark, Matrix, Reflect, TDesign and VTape. If you buy Take Five FX before July 31st, 2008 you will get Prism for free.

Crysonic today announced the immediate availability of their Mac Pack Audio DSP plug-ins Bundle. The Mac Pack brings together three complimentary products :

- SINDO V2, a stereo image expander (widener) and narrower
- nXtasy V2.1, an "analog" harmonic saturation DSP
- SpectraPhy LE V1.6, a physics based audio limiter and maximizer

The Mac Pack bundle is available now to purchase on-line from the Crysonic web site for $99 until the 14th of August 2008 which is a saving of over 50%. The bundle includes the plug-ins in AU and VST Universal Binary (Intel / PPC) formats.

Yesterday LinPlug has announced that it has reduced the license fees for both the LinPlug Organ 3 and the LinPlug Octopus plug-in instruments. They are now available for €99 (previously €129) / $129 (previously $149) each.

The upgrade from daOrgan to Organ 3 is now also €10 / $10 cheaper than before: €49 / $69.

Mathijs Indesteege aka Mathew Lane has announced the release of DrMS, a spacial processor plug-in which presents a new way to approach the manipulation of stereo audio.

Based on MS (Mid-Side) processing, DrMS splits the stereo signal into four sections rather than the normal two, giving you new levels of control: zoom in, add depth, change width or any combination and more. Each of the four sections has a resonant high pass filter to clean up the lows and a tilt equalizer to soften the highs, plus a sample-based delay line to slightly shift the signal against the other sections. The level and combination of the different sections will result in various changes of the stereo field.

The flexible controls ensure a wide range of applications, both for mixing and mastering as well as for post production. Use DrMS for tasks going from simple MS encoding/decoding, over stereo field and depth enhancement, to fixing mono compatibility issues and more.

For easy A/B comparison between original and processed signal, an autogain circuit is build in to ensure a level matched output.

DrMS is available now as AU/VST2/RTAS plug-in on Mac OSX and as VST2/RTAS plug-in on Windows for a fee of 25€ (ex. VAT). A demo version is also available.

Imagine a control surface with real knobs, sliders, real switches for your favourite sequencer, plug-in, virtual synth or whatever. Let me introduce you to SenseSurface, a working demonstration prototype from Girton Labs.

Applications that would normally use a mouse, Qwerty keyboard or MIDI controller can be now controlled with traditional knobs. The scroll bar on the right hand side of your computer screen can be controlled with a real slider button. SenseSurface can be used with most laptops with a USB input. The sensing knobs have a custom designed movement sensor to determine position within a range of 180 degrees with a 10 bit digital output, linearity typically 1%.

The magnetic knobs can be removed and repositioned immediately by picking them up and moving to a different part of screen. A unique sensing x/y matrix is attached to the rear of the laptop screen to detect the control's position. The distance of the sensor from the screen can also be detected.

The system is multitouch and scaleable , the number of controls on the screen is limited by the size of the screen. The screen can be at any angle. The SenseSurface should cost less than $100 in production.

Girton Labs is looking for interested business partners and manufacturers. For more information, please visit the link below :