Reviews
DAACI Natural Drums — A Mix Real-World Review
A Virtual Instrument That Thinks Like a Drummer
Mike Levine
Plug-ins
UJAM UFX Reverb 2.0 — A Mix Real-World Review
Our review team dives into UJAM UFX Reverb 2.0, a plug-in with powerful multi-effects built in
New Products
iZotope Equinox—A Mix Product of the Week
What does a product need to make an impact in the competitive reverb plug-in market? The team behind iZotope's Equinox knows.
Reviews
Universal Audio Apollo x8 Gen 2 — A Mix Real-World Review
Mix reviewer Mike Levine finds that the UA Apollo x8 Gen 2 is everything you need for quality mixing and mastering.
New Products
Sonible pure:deess Plug-In — A Mix Product of the Week
Sonible’s new pure:deess plug-in may find a welcome place in your processor collection.
New Products
Plugin Alliance Vertigo VSS-2—A Mix Product of the Week
The VSS-2, a new plug-in from Plugin Alliance, combines processing from a variety of Vertigo’s products.
Reviews
Sonible prime:vocal — A Mix Real-World Review
Sonible’s newest release is designed to clean up and enhance vocal recordings, and we put it to the Real-World Review test.
New Products
SPL Machine Head — A Mix Product of the Week
SPL's new plug-in version of its discontinued tape emulation processor, Machine Head, features source code from the original unit.
Plug-ins
iZotope Neutron 5 — A Mix Real-World Review
iZotope’s Neutron 5 mixing-processor suite is a garden of mixing delights that continues to grow.
New Products
Heritage Audio BritStrip Plug-In – A Mix Product of the Week
Heritage Audio, best known for its hardware products, has a new plug-in out with the release of BritStrip.
New Products
Sonible prime:vocal — A Mix Product of the Week
Sonible’s latest AI processing-based software for audio is prime:vocal, which functions as a standalone app or as an ARA plug-in.
Blog
Mix’s Top 20 Articles of 2024, Part 1: 20-17
As 2024 comes to a close, we’re counting down our most popular articles of the year, as chosen by YOU, the readers of Mix!
Plug-ins
IK Multimedia T-RackS 6 – A Mix Real-World Review
The sixth incarnation of T-RackS is out, with the mixing and mastering processor suite having matured into a robust collection. Is it worth the...
Reviews
Focal Lensys Professional – A Mix Real-World Review
Focal's latest high-end headphones, Lensys Professional, aren't cheap; find out why our reviewer said you get your money's worth.
New Products
JMG Sound DarkFire — A Mix Product of the Week
DarkFire (Mac/Windows) is not your typical saturation plug-in
New Products
Bettermaker C502V — A Mix Product of the Week
The new Bettermaker C502V plug-in is a digital version of the 500-series compressor of the same name but with more features.
Plug-ins
KIT Plugins KIT Drums-Connor Denis—A Mix Real-World Review
We put the latest KIT Plugins release—a drum plug-in created in collaboration with Beartooth session drummer Connor Denis—to the test.
New Products
SounDevice Digital Biverb — A Mix Product of the Week
Biverb from SounDevice Digital provides a selection of reverb algorithms and lets you deploy them via two separate reverb engines.
Business
Spike AI — A Mix Product of the Week
Spike AI, an AI-based mixing plug-in being developed by engineer Mark “Spike” Stent, is expected to be released in early 2025.
Monitors
Steven Slate Audio VSX — A Mix Real-World Review
Steven Slate Audio has introduced VSX, a headphones/plug-in studio monitoring system based around what it calls Binaural Perception Modeling.
Plug-ins
Softube Flow Mastering Suite — A Mix Real-World Review
Our Mix review team puts the Softube Flow Mastering Suite to the test and finds its a complete mastering suite for your DAW.
New Products
Three-Body Technology Trinity Shaper — A Mix Product of the Week
Three-Body Technology has introduced another powerful processor, Trinity Shaper, a multistage and multiband transient shaper.
Plug-ins
Three-Body Technology Cenozoix — A Mix Real-World Review
The Cenozoix Compressor provides multiple compressor types plus unusually deep parameter control.
Plug-ins
Universal Audio Verve Analog Machines Plug-In — A Mix Real-World Review
Verve Analog Machines provides ten sonic choices; think of it as an analog buffet.
New Products
Roland RE-201 Space Echo Plug-In—A Mix Product of the Week
Although tape echo plug-ins inspired by the Roland Space Echo are common, Roland itself has never released a plug-in version of its classic processor—until...
Outboard-Gear
Harrison 32Cpre+, MR3eq and Comp 500 Series Units — A Mix Real-World Review
Harrison recently released its first 500 Series units ever, aiming to bring the sound of its famed analog desks to racks everywhere. How do...
New Products
Audified MixChecker Ultra—A Mix Product of the Week
MixChecker Ultra is the third version of Audified’s MixChecker series, simulating more than 90 headphones, monitors and environments.
New Products
Universal Audio LA-6176 — A Mix Product of the Week
Universal Audio LA-6176 plug-in is based on its vintage 6176 tube channel strip, which featured both the 610 mic preamp/EQ and the 1176.
Plug-ins
iZotope Trash — A Mix Real-World Review
iZotope reinvented its venerable distortion plug-in from the ground up, so we dug into the Trash for this real-world review.
Plug-ins
Oeksound Bloom — A Mix Real-World Review
Oeksound has been making waves with Bloom, an adaptive tone shaper, so we put it to the test in this Mix Real-World Review.
Plug-ins
Newfangled Audio Recirculate — A Mix Real-World Review
Reviewer Mike Levine gets in the ring with a delay that offers ultimate control and excellent sound shaping abilities.
New Products
Sonible pure:unmask Plug-In — A Mix Product of the Week
Pure:unmask is the latest plug-in in Sonible’s “Pure” series of AI-powered processors, designed to automatically duck a track
Plug-ins
Brainworx bx_enhancer — A Mix Real-World Review
Our reviewer finds BX_Enahncer to be a powerful, channel-strip-like plug-in with saturation and sculpting.
New Products
Universal Audio Verve Analog Machines Plug-Ins — A Mix Product of the Week
Universal Audio just released two native plug-ins this week—Verve Analog Machines and Verve Analog Machines Essentials.
Plug-ins
UAD Sound City Studios Plug-in — A Mix Real-World Review
A new UAD plug-in lets you transform your recordings with the acoustics and mics from an iconic studio—so we put it to the test.
New Products
Three-Body Technology Cenozoix Compressor — A Mix Product of the Week
The Three-Body Technology (TBT) Cenozoix Compressor is a new, comprehensive plug-in with a whopping 24 different compressor styles.
New Products
Softube Widener and Clipper Plug-Ins — Mix Products of the Week
Softube has released two plug-ins, Widener and Clipper, currently available in a specially priced bundle.
Plug-ins
Dear Reality Exoverb Stereo Reverb Plug-In — A Mix Real-World Review
With Exoverb, the company brings its spatial technology to an affordable stereo reverb plug-in—but how is it?
Outboard-Gear
CEntrance The English Channel – A Mix Real-World Review
Looking for an analog channel strip and interface with streaming-friendly features? The English Channel might be your cup of tea.
New Products
MOTU 828 Audio Interface — A Mix Product of the Week
The 828 has long been a mainstay in MOTU’s interface lineup and now it's been newly redesigned for today's audio environment.
Daw -Recorders
Apple Logic Pro 10.8 — A Mix Real-World Review
The recent 10.8 update for Apple Logic Pro added AI mastering, power-packed plug-ins and more. We put it all to the test.
New Products
Bogren Digital IRDX Core — A Mix Product of the Week
The new Bogren Digital IRDX Core (Mac/Windows, VST3 / AU / AAX) is a plug-in intended to improve the realism of guitar amp sims...