VirSyn has released PRISM, a multi-band pitch shifter which takes a fresh approach to solve the problem of shifting the pitch of complex sound sources in realtime.

PRISM splits the spectrum in 27 bands and applies a different amount of frequency shifting to each band emulating a harmonic pitch shifting. This gives you perfect pitch shifting for all kind of drum sounds over a vast shifting range of +/- five octaves without disturbing the transients or introducing metallic distortions. With harmonic sounds you will get inharmonicities but it’s much better behaved than pure frequency shifting.

PRISM features

• 27 band realtime frequency shifter.
• 27 band equalizer.
• Linear phase precision filters for maximal transparency.
• +/- 5 octaves frequency shift per band.
• Envelope follower controlled pitch modulation..
• LFO controlled pitch modulation..
• Surround operation (only available for AU / RTAS / VST3 version).
• Minimized latency ( 12 ms ).

PRISM is available now, and has an introductory price of 129 EUR instead of 199 EUR until August 31^st, 2008. A fully functional/time limited demo version is available for download (a Syncrosoft Dongle is required).

Visit VirSyn for more information.