Software Effects & Audio Processors

MachineCodex Software has announced the release of AudioCodex v1.0, a Mac media player on steroids:
AudioCodex is made for musicians, DJs, audiophiles and casual listeners alike. AudioCodex tightly integrates your media, iTunes Library, Quartz Compositions and CoreAudio Audio Units effects.
AudioCodex allows users to easily create loops and apply real-time Audio Units effects to tracks from [...]

Rekkerd has a nice review of Soniccouture Scriptorium, a collection of KSP Scripts, a sound library and set of tutorial videos for Native Instruments Kontakt 2 and 3.
Initially I thought Scriptorium would re-spark my interest in writing my own KSP scripts, but I realize that Soniccouture has done a far better job than I ever [...]

Toontrack Music has released EZplayer Pro, the follow-up to their percussive MIDI engine EZplayer Free.
EZplayer pro is a VST, AU and RTAS plug in for Mac and PC with extended Map Wrapping capabilities between major drum sampler formats in the market. (FXpansion’s BFD 1&2, Digidesign’s Strike, NIs Battery, EZdrummer and Superior Drummer in addition to [...]

Adobe has responded to calls from developers for better sound generation capabilities in Flash, and is introducing new features in Flash Player 10 that should lead to more sophisticated Flash based sound tools:
Dynamic Sound Generation — Dynamic sound generation extends the Sound class to play back dynamically created audio content through the use of an [...]

Humanoid Sound Systems has released Scanned Synth Pro 2, a synth designed to create rich complex digital tones and sound effects.
Changes in Scanned Synth Pro 2

New GUI design
New presets
An audio input that can be used to feed Scanned Synth Pro’s hammer and mass shapes making its sound even more dynamic
An envelope follower that follows the [...]

KarmaFX has released Version 2.0 of the WIndows VST KarmaFX Plugin Pack, which features reverb, delay, EQ and Filter plug-ins.
KarmaFX Plugin Pack 2.0 changes:

Added performance improvements.
Added SSE3 code path and memory optimizations to Reverb plugin.
Plugin dll’s are now compressed for faster load times.
Individual version numbers for the plugins have been removed.
The plugin pack now [...]

The long awaited version 7.5 of Orion is now available.
Key changes include:

New audio engine with support for multicore processors
Improved Workflow
Updated VST implementation to version 2.4
New limiter effect, modelled after the famous 1176LN
Auto-tracking EQs for easier mixing
xtended arpeggiator with new options
Creating presets for container multieffects is now possible
Direct Export to MP3 and OGG formats
Improved compatibility with [...]

Bela D Media has introduced DSynth, described as a power tool combined with a collection of unique and awe-inspiring synthetic sounds and instruments..
The Data DSynth was intentionally designed from the very beginning to be a work in progress. The included PCM data is carefully selected original raw material to be used for future development of [...]

xoxos has introduced Hyperion MIDI VST, a semi-modular MIDI processor suitable for a wide variety of tuned algorithmic applications. LFOs and counters are used to easily create dynamic MIDI sequences and change them on the fly, or to modulate other components of the architecture.
Hyperion produces glissandos or subtly varying sequences for up to three parts [...]

 

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Monkey Tools has announced Sound Grinder Pro, a Mac waveform editor and batch-processor:
From advanced metadata and file support to the new waveform editor, you will save yourself a significant amount of time in editing and processing tasks, and with full support for both Intel and PPC processors, you can be assured that your results are [...]

OutSim has updated SynthMaker, a Windows audio programming tool for creating virtual synths and effects:
There are a huge number of fixes and enhancements in the new 1.1 release of the software. We have a new de-zipper component, new trigger based FFT and iFFT components and components for acquiring system information such as MAC addresses and [...]

NUSofting has released Groove Analogizer, an audio controlled drum synthesizer, as freeware.
Similar to a vintage electronic drum tone generator (e.g. Simmons) the percussion sound is triggered by an audio input, not by a MIDI message.
Groove Analogizer features:

3 oscillators synth (loads as effect plug-in), triggered and shaped by the audio input in many ways.
Selection of left, [...]

ixi audio is an experimental project concerned with the creation of free digital musical instruments and environments for generative music.
ixiQuarks is a software environment designed for live improvisation that allows for user interaction on hardware, GUI and code [...]

Max 5 is now available for download. A 30-day demo download is available that combines Max & Jitter.
Max is an interactive programming environment for music, audio, and media. Jitter is a set of video, matrix, and 3D graphics objects for Max.
Max is a true cross-platform system compatible with both Mac OS X and Windows XP/Vista.
Max/MSP/Jitter [...]

Cycling 74’s Darwin Grosse has announced the release date for the latest version of Max, Max 5:
I’m pleased to announce a release date for Max 5. This new version will be available as a download on April 22nd, with packaged versions available shortly thereafter. Compatible versions of MSP and Jitter will be released at the [...]