News: VirSyn

iVoxel is not only an amazingly sounding vocoder for iPhone/iPod and iPad - the unique concept of iVoxel turns this vocoder into a singing machine going far beyond the capabilities of traditional and software vocoders on any platform. iVoxel lets you:

* Speak or sing into your head set mic transforming your voice in a wide variety of ways.
* Record words, syllables or other sounds into the voxel dictionary for later reuse.
* Play different voxels live on the keyboard with ingenious pitch bending.
* Arrange and play melodies with the built in sequencer and add the lyrics from a user expandable dictionary of voxels.

iVoxel is a combination of a voice optimized synthesizer and a vocoder with an unprecedented intelligibility. The vocoder part is based on the Matrix vocoder from VirSyn used by many famous artists - one of them the well known german group Kraftwerk. The channel filters used by iVoxel are based on the Sennheiser Vocoder VSM201 resulting in a rich and fat analogue sound characteristic.

Read more...(http://mobile.virsyn.com)

Look at our iVoxel demo video...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K7uDHAnYvY

iVoxel 1.2 - New version now available
* Speaker switch to enable loudspeaker on iPhone
* Improved voxel recording quality
* Improved performance for iPhone 3G / iPod 2.Gen
* Consonants can now played voiced by turning consonants all the way down.

• Choir generator
• Harmonizer
• Voice doubler
• Change voice's gender
• Pitch corrector
• Extreme voice manipulation

• two octaves with adjustable formant control retaining voice quality even at extreme settings. All of those controls are available for host automation for unsurpassed dynamic voice manipulations. KLON includes a flexible and adaptive pitch correction to any given scale or external MIDI notes and chords. Think of playing a chord to immediately harmonizing your vocal input. The realtime manipulation possibilities together with the low latency operation makes KLON the ideal live plugin for vocals. Read and hear more about/from KLON: http://www.virsyn.de/en/E_Products/E_KLON/e_klon.html A fully functional/time limited demo version is available – a Syncrosoft Dongle (Steinberg Key) is needed. http://www.virsyn.de/en/E_Demo/E_KLONDemo/e_klondemo.html KLON introductory offer: From now till October 31st, 2009 you can buy KLON for only EURO 99.
• instead of €169. KLON for free: If you buy Take Five FX ( incl. Bark, Matrix, Reflect, TDesign and VTape) before October 31st, 2009 you will get KLON for free Host compatibility

• VST 3
• VST 2.4
• AudioUnit
• RTAS

The multiband filter BARK takes the approach to match the reception characteristic of the final destination of all sound: the ear. The ear behaves as if it contains a bank of filters, each filter passing frequencies within the critical band. In fact, the human ear have also its own built in compression system which are based on the critical bands. Consequently BARK incorporates an independent compression algorithm for each of it's 27 bands.

More about BARK can be found at: http://www.virsyn.de/en/E_Products/E_BARK/e_bark.html

A fully functional/time limited demoversion is available at: http://www.virsyn.de/en/E_Demo/E_BARKDemo/e_barkdemo.html

BARK introductory offer !
From now till June 30th, 2008 you can buy BARK for only €99. instead of €169.

Take Five FX introductory offer:
The new Take Five FX bundle contains the five fx plugins BARK,MATRIX,REFLECT,TDESIGN and VTAPE. If you buy Take Five FX before July 31st, 2008 you will get our next FX product for free ! Features:

• 27 Bark band Equalizer/Compressor
• Linear phase precision filters for maximal transparency
• +24 / -48 dB gain change rate per band
• Surround operation with channel link/unlink (only available for AU / RTAS / VST3 version)
• Minimized latency ( 12 ms )
• Real time pre/post processing spectrum display
• Compression parameters overall and per band.

• Host compatibility:

  • VST 3
  • VST 2.4
  • AudioUnit
  • RTAS

  
  
  

  
  

The idea behind the Transient Designer TDESIGN is to give the user direct control over the attack and sustain characteristics of natural sounds. Take a recording of an unremarkable drum kit and dial in some really hard-hitting attack or take a very percussive sound and soften the attack. You can also use the sustain control to work on the decay portion of sounds, and with drums you can tighten up the sound to give a fast, dry decay or you can make them ring as though you'd taken the dampers off the kit.

Unique to TDESIGN is the ability to shape the transient not only amplitude wise but also with a dynamically controlled 24 dB lowpass filter with resonance control. This gives you the opportunity to change the sound in a way which normally is only possible if you recreate it with a synthesizer !

For more info on TDESIGN and sound examples go to: http://www.virsyn.de/en/E_Products/E_TDESIGN/e_tdesign.html
A fully functional/time limited demoversion is available:http://www.virsyn.de/en/E_Demo/E_TDESIGNDemo/e_tdesigndemo.html

The Transient Designer Features:

• Attack amplification/attenuation.
• Sustain amplification/attenuation.
• Dynamic Transient filtering.
• 24 dB Lowpass with resonance.
• Multi channel capability.
• Easy user interface.

Minimal system requirements PC:
Pentium IV 1.6 GHz processor or Athlon XP/MP
512 MB RAM
Windows XP / Vista
USB port required for Syncrosoft copy protection device
16-bit Soundcard with DirectX/ASIO driver

Minimal system requirements Mac
PowerPC G4/G5 1.6 GHz / Intel Mac
512 MB RAM
Mac OS X version 10.4 / 10.5
USB port required for Syncrosoft copy protection device

Special introductory offer! From now till March 31th, 2008 you can buy TDESIGN for only €99. instead of €169.By taking this offer you also have the option to get Virsyn Effects MATRIX / REFLECT / VTAPE for 20% off!

To make the set of tape plugins more complete Virsyn has added a Tape Flanger plugin simulating the playback of two tape machines running at slightly different speeds. In addition to this new plugin Virsyn has also updated Saturator and Delay to version 1.1.For details about VTAPE and sound examples go to: http://www.virsyn.de/en/E_Products/E_VTAPE/e_vtape.html

New Plugin "Flanger":

• Manual tape flanging simulation.
• Authentic "through zero" Flanging.
• Unique stereo flanging mode.

• RTAS/AudioUnit Mono versions of Saturator.

• Mac/Digital Performer: Settings lost on render to file.
• Latency compensation now working.
• "Kill" Parameter now automatable.
• Sync button state was not saved.
• Save button
• Enter key no longer required.
• AudioUnit: GUI problem with more than 16 instances.
• RTAS: Automation with SATURATOR working now.

VirSyn has announced the release of VTAPE—The Analog Tape Suite.

VTAPE is a set of two plugins based on a thorough simulation of the famous sound of analog tape machines. The saturator simulates the recording and playback of an analog tape mastering machine. The delay combines this sound with a modern, step sequencer-like tapped delay enginewhich leads the tradition of the tape echo machines into the 21st century.

Host compatibility includes VST 2.4, AudioUnit, and RTAS.

Minimal system requirements PC:

• Pentium III 600 Mhz processor or Athlon
• 512 MB RAM
• Windows XP
• USB port required for Syncrosoft copy protection device
• 16-bit Soundcard with DirectX/ASIO driver

Minimal system requirements Mac:

• PowerPC G4 400 Mhz / Intel Mac
• 512 MB RAM
• Mac OS X version 10.4
• USB port required for Syncrosoft copy protection device

VirSyn has released version 1.1.1. of Reflect

Features include ProTools/PC: Parameter Automation; and ProTools/PC: Complete page table support for all supported control surfaces. Bug fixes include:

• ProTools: problem noises on instantiation fixed
• CPU spikes on some programs removed
• Tracktion 3: workaround for "white window" GUI problem

All users of Reflect get the download links automatically.

REFLECT is an algorithmic reverberation plug-in which combines the flexibility of vintage algorithmic reverbs with the sonic quality of convolution based reverbs.

REFLECT uses impulse responses from real acoustic spaces and classical reverb algorithms to emulate their acoustical properties. The resulting reverberation sets new standards in clarity and sense of space.

Information and sound demos and product demos are available.