Voxengo has announced the release of version 2.0 of its Voxformer vocal processing plug-in for both Windows and Mac OS X.

Voxformer is a multi-functional vocal channel strip plug-in. Combining several professional quality processing modules, Voxformer was designed to be a comprehensive solution for all your vocal processing needs – be it spoken or sung vocals.

Version 2 features the following improvements over version 1:

• Smoother compression sound.
• De-breath gate algorithm.
• Multi-channel support.
• Multi-platform support.
• Wet/dry mix.
• Mid/side processing.
• Processing mode editors.
• Selectable oversampling level.
• Undo/redo.
• Routing matrix.
• Preset manager.
• User interface coloration.
• User interface re-scaling.
• Channel grouping.
• Plug-in instance naming.
• Bypass switch.

One interesting feature of Voxformer is its one-knob vocal compressor. Using only a single knob, you can get a tight, open and definitive professional vocal sound with an excellent articulation in no time, according to Voxengo. You do not have to worry about common ratio and make-up gain controls since they are automatically selected by the advanced compression algorithm while attack and release parameters are stored in a mode preset. Moreover, Voxformer features two compressors of this type, allowing you to apply either a two-band or a two-stage (serial) vocal compression.

Voxformer also features a de-esser with selectable center frequency and threshold. Multi-band noise gate is available, which, in a manner similar to the compressor, was designed to bring ease of tuning while providing excellent sonic results. For those who like a saturated vocal sound, Voxformer implements a special module which applies a smooth saturation. Another useful feature Voxformer has to offer is the presence boosting module, which you can use to add some shine and space to the vocals.

Almost all of Voxformer's processing modules offer "mode editor" panels where you can fine-tune a specific module's operation. In most cases this allows you to use Voxformer for processing of a wide range of instruments beside vocals.

Voxformer features:

• Two built-in vocal compressors.
• Two-band compressor operation.
• Asymmetric compression.
• 5-band equalizer.
• Real-time FFT spectrum analyzer.
• Noise gate (de-breath) module.
• De-esser module.
• Presence boosting module.
• Saturation module.
• Multi-channel processing.
• Internal channel routing.
• Channel grouping.
• Mid/side processing.
• Up to 8x oversampling.
• 64-bit floating point processing.
• Preset manager.
• Undo/redo history.
• A/B comparisons.
• Contextual hint messages.

Pricing & Availability

Voxformer plug-in can be loaded into any audio host application that conforms to the VST or AudioUnit plug-in specification. It is compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista (32- and 64-bit) and Mac OS X 10.4.11 and above (Intel and PowerPC) computers (2 GHz dual-core or faster processor with at least 1 GB of system RAM recommended). A separate binary distribution file is available for each target computer platform for each plug-in format.

A one-month introductory price of $55.95 is now effective, which is 20% off the regular price. Upgrading from the previous version costs $34.95 if the previous version was purchased earlier than 90 days from now, otherwise the upgrade is free during this grace period. Demo versions of Voxformer are available.