Plug-ins

LANDR’s automated mastering service just got better... and it no longer requires a connection to the cloud.

Ufx Reverb might sound like a conventional effect but, fear not: Reverb can do conventional things, but there’s a good dollop of UJAM creativity here too!

Drift is a plug‑in that embraces all those things that old‑school engineers used to hate about analogue tape!

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Quiet Music may not be the biggest name in software instruments, but for those producing ambient, chillout or lo‑fi music, the company’s products are a real find.

Sonible’s AI‑based EQ processing just got easier to use and more affordable.

Toontrack and Frank Filipetti span a vast array of musical genres with the latest Superior Drummer expansion.

Scatter is a very simple‑to‑use granular delay that generates up to 64 grains with randomised positions, with stereo placement based around a fixed one‑second recording buffer.

Thomas McRocklin’s first foray into the world of guitar rig emulations treads a slightly different path from the competition.

This great‑sounding processor does more than make your music loud — but does it do enough?

There are now some impressive offline source separation tools — but this one works in real time!

AIR Music’s Sprite is a multi‑effects plug‑in with a few extra tricks up its sleeves, such as the ability to control certain effect parameters using an envelope follower.

Embody’s mission to make immersive mixing on headphones a practical proposition moves forward with the addition of a second virtual studio.

This software adaptation of Erica’s desktop delay unit boasts plenty of substance, flexibility and attitude.

Rating: **** 4/5 Stars. The Lost Reveries library offers ambient drone sounds and were created by Hilyard, an artist well known in the genre and with some 25 album releases to his name.

Plamen is a five‑band saturator, in which each band can be processed using one of five different saturation algorithms.

Ever wished you could control the level of room sound that’s baked into a dialogue or vocal recording?

This plug‐in is designed specifically to help identify and correct problems with stereo tracks or mixes, whether in L‐R or M‐S format.

Slate’s latest plug‑in offers precise control over your transients.

Solid State Logic have added some new strings to their G‑series compressor’s bow.

Waves Gems is a collection of creative effects that offer stompbox‑like simplicity and a variety of useful effect treatments.

This clever solution for combining processors is much more than just a plug‑in host...