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Audeon has announced the availability of a Mac OS X version of their flagship software synthesizer UFO (Unique Filters and Oscillators).
UFO is built using Audeon’s TransModal Synthesis technology, which makes sound programming particularly flexible and intuitive:

The sound is defined by various perceptual attributes such as Periodicity, Brightness, Noisiness, Chaos, etc. These sound characteristics are mapped [...]

Neuenberger have released an alpha version of their JellyFilter v2.0 freeware polyphonic lead synth for Windows.
Technical details:

Polyphony / Timbrality: 4 voices per channel, 16 channels.
Oscillators: 2 Oscillators with Controllable Unisono per Osc: Saw, Sine, Square, Pulse with PWM, Noise.
Filter: 24dB LowPass and Bandpass with resonance, Highpass, envelope amount and cutoff, possibility for self-resonance (protect [...]

Applied Acoustics Systems has released Ultra FX for Ultra Analog VA-1, the third title in its Sound Bank Series.
Description:
Ultra FX is a must-have complement of highly customizable sound ideas, room tones, and sound effects perfect for sound designers doing films, animations, or video games. It’s also a whole lot of fun!
You can preview Ultra FX [...]

 

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FabFilter has released RTAS versions of all its plug-ins: FabFilter Timeless, Twin, Volcano, Simplon, and One. All FabFilter plug-ins now run natively in Pro Tools on Windows and Mac OS X, as well as in any VST or Audio Units host.
With this release, all plug-ins feature improved performance and elimination of occasional CPU spikes on [...]

Arturia have released version 1.2 of their ARP2600V soft synth, a virtual recreation of the Arp 2600.
What’s new:

Universal Binary support
VST 2.4 Cubase 4 ready
A new installer, regrouping all previous updates

The update is a free download for registered users.

Tagu Audio Line (TAL) have released Vintager, a free analog-style monophonic VST synthesizer. According to TAL, Vintager features “a good sounding non linear modelled 24dB lowpass filter, three bandlimited oscillators and accurate envelopes are the heart of this synth.”
Description:
This synth is suitable for all kind of typical analog sounds even percussion sounds. Also sounds that [...]

With the release of Tassman 4.1, Applied Acoustics Systems has finished their transition to support Intel-based Mac systems is now over. All of their Professional and Session Series instruments are now available on Mac OS X as Universal Binaries.
The Tassman 4.1 Update includes Intel-based Mac system support, RTAS plug-in on both Mac OS X and [...]

SonicProjects has released version 2.0 of its Oberheim OB-X clone, which is ready for shipping. The update brings a completely new GUI, new envelopes, enhanced analog approximations and a lot of new sounds.
Note to SonicProjects: those gorgeous 3-D renderings of software synths makes us lust for real hardware synths, not virtual synths.

GForce has announced the release of a Universal Binary version of impOSCar.
The quirky soft synth is modelled on the popular British OSCar synth that was used by the likes of Ultravox, Jean-Michel Jarre, Orbital, Underworld and Stevie Wonder.
The UB update is now available and is free to users who purchased and registered their instrument after [...]

Musikmesse: Arturia has announced Origin Keyboard, a new virtual analog synth that promises to be one of the sexiest new synth designs of the year.
Origin is a modular system featuring modules based on the best synthesizers of all time. Origin is not a simple hardware synthesizer, it is an integrated system offering the best out [...]