The third version of Emerald Pack has been McReleased by the wild and crazy guys at McDSP. Its roster features the new DE555 De-Esser, FutzBox Lo-Fi Distortion Effects and NF575 Noise Filter plug-ins.

The DE555 ushers in a whole new era of de-essing technology by de-throning the last generation. It provides transparent, precise de-essing that's more flexible than a Romanian gymnast (though any evidence to prove this is unavailable). FutzBox provides distortion and noise to create lo-fi versions of your audio signal. Lastly, the NF575 does a one-eighty as a high-res filter that removes noise types from audio -- so use FutzBox and NF575 in combination to obtain your original audio signal.

It's also not lacking in existing programs, featuring the following McDSP favorites:

• Analog Channel
• Channel G
• Chrome Tone
• CompressorBank
• FilterBank
• MC2000
• ML4000
• Revolver
• Synthesizer One

Emerald Pack 3.0 supports Mac OS 10.5, but don't say we didn't warn you. It also supports OS 10.4, Digidesign Vista and Windows XP.