AAS announced the release of Chromaphone, a new physical modeling percussion synthesizer.

“It’s with great excitement that we present Chromaphone, our brand new creative percussion synthesizer plug-in!

We have designed a synthesizer that combines acoustic resonators to create drums, percussion, mallet, string, and synth-like instruments. At your fingertips are drum skins, bars, marimbas, plates, strings, and tubes that get sparked into life by a mallet and a flexible noise source. “

More info here: http://www.applied-acoustics.com/chromaphone/overview/