Plug-ins
Review: Sonnox Oxford SuprEsser Plug-In
DE-ESSER AND DYNAMIC EQ PROCESSING WITH AUTOMATIC LEVEL TRACKING
Field Test: Tube-Tech CL1 B Compressor/Limiter Plug-In
TDM VERSION OF ORIGINAL DYNAMICS PROCESSOR
Field Test: Solid State Logic X-Comp Compressor Plug-In
MULTIBAND DYNAMICS FOR THE DUENDE PLATFORM
Field Test: Native Instruments Kore 2 Plug-In Host
HARDWARE CONTROL SURFACE, PLUG-IN EDITING, SOUND LIBRARY
Field Test: iZotope RX Advanced Restoration Software
EASY-TO-USE MODULES OFFER TRANSPARENT, MUSICAL RESULTS
Field Test: IK Multimedia ARC System Plug-In
SOFTWARE-BASED ADVANCED ROOM CORRECTION FOR DAW USERS
Field Test: Brainworx bx_digital Mastering Plug-In
MULTILAYER PROCESSOR FEATURES M/S CONVERSION, EQ
Field Test: zplane vielklang Auto-Harmonization Plug-In
GENERATING MULTIPLE VOICES FROM A MONO FILE
Field Test: Steinberg Virtual Bassist, Virtual Guitarist 2
PERFORMANCE AND GROOVE-BASED INSTRUMENTS FOR MAC OR PC
Field Test: TC Electronic VSS3 Stereo Source Reverb
NATURAL-SPACE AMBIENCE PLUG-IN BASED ON THE SYSTEM 6000
Field Test: Native Instruments Kore Plug-In Host
COMBINING AN AUDIO/MIDI INTERFACE WITH A CONTROL SURFACE
Field Test: BIAS Peak Pro XT 5 Bundle
MAC PROGRAM FOR EDITING, MASTERING, RESTORATION AND AUTHORING
Field Test: iZotope Ozone 3 Plug-In
The polymaths at iZotope, the company that came up with the innovative Spectron and Trash plug-ins, have significantly redesigned the manufacturer's popular Ozone 2...
Field Test: Waves Transform Plug-In Bundle
We've always thought of Waves as a manufacturer of solid, straightforward studio tools, but recently, the company has branched out with some really creative...
Field Test: Native Instruments Absynth 2 and Reaktor 4
Berlin-based Native Instruments is known for its innovative approach to software synthesis, with unique sound creation tools that appeal across the professional spectrum, from...
Native Instruments Vokator
Virtual Vocoder/Processor/Synth/Sampler Today, improved technology has resulted in much more powerful vocoders than their disco/new wave-era counterparts ever hoped to be.
Eventide ClockWorks Legacy Plug-Ins
It would be hard to find anyone who's worked in and around pro studios during the past 30 years who hasn't used an Eventide...
PSPaudioware VintageWarmer
PSPaudioware's VintageWarmer plug-in delivers creamy-sounding dynamics processing in two flavors: via its wideband compression (with shelving pre-equalization) and multiband compression modes (the latter followed...
McDSP Synthesizer One Version 2
There are plenty of native virtual instruments in a rainbow of formats, but the development of software instruments for TDM has been largely neglected.
TC Works Assimilator Plug-In for Powercore
Have you ever sat there in front of the console, putting the final touches on a track, and felt like something was missing?
Lexicon 960L Digital Effects System, V. 4.0
Once upon a time, all digital effects devices were rigid, fixed devices. However, flexible effects systems such as Lexicon's 960L allow existing customers
Field Test: Antares Kantos Plug-In
From the company that brought us Auto-Tune and Mic Modeler comes a brand-new mind-warping, sound-bending plug-in, Kantos. The basic function of this sci-fi-looking
Audio Ease Altiverb 1.4
The ability to sample the reverb of an environment and then use that sample to recreate the location's reverb in your studio is an...
Antares Vocal Producer AVP-1
You see plug-in versions of hardware products all the time, but it's almost man bites dog for a company to come out with hardware...
Native Instruments Spektral Delay 1.0
Spektral Delay is a Pro Tools stereo delay plug-in that divides incoming audio into up to 1,024 discrete frequency bands with separate modulation effects,
IK Multimedia T-Racks 24
IK Multimedia's T-Racks stand-alone mastering software for PC and Mac is now available in a 24-bit version. The suite consists of a 6-band stereo...
TC|Works Spark XL
The newest version of Spark by TC|Works, Spark XL, packs more than enough improvements and features to warrant the label in its name. I...
Native Instruments Absynth
Native Instruments' Absynth exploits the vast potential of computer-based, virtually modeled analog synthesis. Synthesizer sound-generation techniques,