Create surround mixes with VRSonic VibeStudio Designer 2 ($595 MSRP), an audio authoring suite that also happens to be the first DAW software designed specifically for authoring 3D audio environments.

The software is ideal for DJs, sound designers, sound engineers, composers, researchers -- you name it. Use VibeStudio Designer 2 to make surround mixes using ReWire and the OSC control protocol, spatialize both live and recorded instruments, create or simulate realistic immersive audio environments, and more.

VibeStudio Designer 2 offers the following features:

• Full sound propagation model
• Complex path animation
• Physically based room modeling
• Wave Point Sampling (WPS) advanced 3D audio rendering algorithm
• ReWire Mixer and Device support
• Open Sound Control (OSC)
• Configurable rendering pipeline
• XML audio scene specification
• Audition and render scenes to binaural stereo, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, or 7.1

For more information and a free trial version, visit VRSonic's Web site.