The cover DVD with issue 104 of Computer Music magazine in the UK (September 2006) features an exclusive new Windows VST plug-in in the shape of Betabugs Audio Vascillator. This semi-modular effects unit combines delay, filtering, envelope following and various other modules to create a flexible processing environment capable of transforming even the most pedestrian of sounds.

Modules:

• Delay line in two modes:
  1. Free running up to 4 seconds, with tapper for setting live tempos.
  2. Sync to host from 1demisemihemidemisemiquavertriplet (1/128 triplet) up to a breve (2/1 Note).
• Resonant 24dB/Oct filter, operable in LoPass, BandPass or HiPass mode.
• Envelope Follower for modulating the filter cutoff, with adjustable sensitivity and slope controls. Choice of 4 modes, depending on how the filter should be modulated in relation to a defined frequency.
• A Stereo Width control and PingPong facility.
• Each module can be deployed once in almost any order in a semi-fixed signal path allowing for smooth pads, choppy stutters, piercing combs or stupidly long repeats [try a synced breve in a 60bpm track...].

Also on this month's CM DVD are the latest version of CMusic (v1.5, now also a Universal Binary for Intel Mac users) and 2,870 royalty-free samples, including a collection of 24-bit nu-jazz sounds and 200 rachMiel Specialist samples.

Computer Music 104 is on sale now in the UK.