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After the total loss of my Apple development environment (requiring a completely new install of OS X and the developer tools on a bare hard drive), the near-total loss of Chris’s Windows development environment, various unexpected snags on both platforms related to building the installers, the demise of my cat, and all of the usual things that transpire over the months of work that go into a new product, I am pleased to announce that Discord 3 is now available at the Audio Damage website.

Discord 3 is the third incarnation of our pitch-shifting plug-in. This version adds two new pitch-shifting algorithms, one of which uses a granular synthesis approach to produce anything from smooth pitch shifts to chaotic clouds of sound bearing little resemblance to the input signal. We’ve also completely revamped the user interface (as you can see above), broadened the shift range to 3 octaves, improved the filter controls, and made several other little tweaks and improvements. Click here to go to the Audio Damage website to hear audio demos and get yourself one of your own.

Discord 3 actually went on sale late in the day yesterday, so some feedback from happy customers has already accumulated on Chris’s blog here. I’m going to take the liberty of quoting some of the comments here:

“The granular mode is super tasty.”

“Wow – I have only been playing with it for 5 minutes, and I can already say this is the coolest thing ever.”

“…buckets of fun!”

“Discord 3 is a lovely tool I will cherish forever.”

“Where have you been all my life.”

No, I didn’t make those up.