VirSyn has announced the release of Matrix - The Voice Coder, "The Vocoder for the 21st century".

What makes Matrix different to the vocoders in the past?

• Precise analog modelling 8-pole filters and extremely fast envelope followers for unprecedented resynthesis quality.
• New voiced/unvoiced detection and pitch extraction algorithms for high intelligibility.
• Stereophonic synthesis filter bank preserves the spatial characteristic of the replacement signal.
• Easy to use interface.
• Latency free operation.

Features:

• 32 channel filter bank.
• Stereophonic synthesis.
• Voiced/unvoiced detection.
• Pitch tracking.
• Formant shift.
• Pause filling.
• Channel matrix.
• Pan position and level for each channel.
• 16 internal oscillators.
• Easy user interface.

Matrix is available for Windows and Mac OS X in VST 2.4, Audio Unit and RTAS plug-in formats.

Until January 31st, 2008 you can buy Matrix for the special introductory price of €129 (instead of €199). A fully functional/time limited demo version is available (a Syncrosoft Dongle is needed).