de la Mancha has announced the release of dirtbox 3 - an update to the compression/distortion/modulation VST plug-in for Windows. No longer freeware, dirtbox now costs $15.

This major new update includes:

• Completely new parallel compressor.
• 18 flavours of dirt and 3 dirt slots.
• Improved bit crushing and sample rate reduction control.
• Extended ring modulation, 12 varieties and 11 waveforms.
• 4 way XY pad for modulation of up to 4 parameters.
• 2 tempo sync LFOs to automate XY pad and 2 other parameters.
• All modulation is shown in real-time visual indicators for each parameter, LFO and XY pad.
• Over 50 presets covering subtle to painful.

A demo version and several audio demos are available.