Plug-ins

Fabfilter’s Pro-Q already did everything an EQ should do — so what can they have added in version 2?

Sonoris’s mastering-oriented plug-in is designed to make dynamic control as unobtrusive as possible.

Overloud are on a mission to prove that convolution reverb can be brash, bold and, above all, big!

An oft–overlooked advantage of analogue working methods is sensible metering. MeterPlugs’ K–Meter brings the same approach to your DAW.

Two contrasting new virtual amplifiers and a reverb add to the appeal of Scuffham Amps’ virtual amp simulator.

Universal Audio’s catalogue of virtual vintage plug–ins continues to grow.

Waves' clever enhancement plug‑in offers several ways of making your music bigger!

An effect invented by Abbey Road engineers has become a studio staple. Waves have painstakingly recreated its original implementation.

McDSP's latest plug-in is an intriguing hybrid between an equaliser and a compressor.

Though it has a control panel that looks like a Klingon's duvet cover and an introduction that suggests it was inspired by an alien abduction, the aptly named Pusher is at heart a rather elegant enhancement device.

Big Kick is one of those specialist plug‑ins that, as soon as you install it, makes you wonder how you ever managed without....

Waves' take on the immortal Neve 1073 design sees them teaming up once again with a leading mix engineer.

Waves' take on the immortal Neve 1073 design sees them teaming up once again with a leading mix engineer.

Soundtoys' latest plug-in helps you spread the love — or indeed, anything else!

An innovative new plug‑in makes it easy to tell when louder isn't better!

Stereo sound is a surprisingly subtle and complex business, and it's rare that the typical DAW 'utility' plug‑ins will deal...

Unlike harmonic enhancers, which generate new harmonics from the existing signal, Character works with what already exists, manipulating the spectral balance in a dynamic fashion according to the changing nature of the input.

The latest version of Zplane's Vielklang will not only generate harmonies from your vocals, but put them in tune first!

Permut8 is a delay plug-in — but not as we know it, Captain.

UVI's UltraMini is a software synth based on samples drawn from the classic Minimoog.

Native Instruments' Reaktor isn't a plug-in format as such — more a platform for constructing synths and effects.