Plug-ins

This plug-in’s primary role is in beefing up drum and percussion sounds, though it can also work well on bass parts or to add a sheen of analogue warmth to other instruments.

If your sounds need a lift, perhaps you need Rift?

Available through United Plugins, Muramasa Audio’s Electrum is a guitar‑style amp, speaker and pedalboard modelling plug...

This Voice Changer plug‑in is probably going to appeal more to those creating podcasts or low‑budget movies than to music producers...

Baby Audio offer an intriguing take on frequency‑conscious dynamics processing.

SILO combines granular processing with reverb and pitch change, the aim being to produce complex, musically involving effects...

Want the classic Lexicon sound without having to dive deep into the parameter pages? You’re in luck...

If you prefer delays that are a little more ‘out there’, this one is aimed at you.

UJAM add some vintage vibes to their range of user‑friendly effects plug‑ins.

Think you’ve heard everything a compressor can do? It might be time to think again...

If you’re looking for one reverb to rule them all, HOFA’s massively comprehensive plug‑in ticks all the boxes.

Created in partnership with Empirical Labs, these two emulations form a characterful yet capable channel strip.

This ‘wet effects generator’ is aimed squarely at modern productions.

Dragon Fire makes setting up frequency‑conscious compression very intuitive, courtesy of an on‑screen curve its makers call the Push Pull Graph.

The world’s not short of LA‑2A plug‑ins, but some are more convincing than others...

JMC Orbitron can run up to four modulation algorithms simultaneously, and they can all be blended to taste with the main circular X/Y control.

FAST Reveal is designed to make it easy to tackle masking problems in your mix.

Can Leapwing’s latest plug‑in really sprinkle some Al Schmitt magic on your recordings?

Waves have a long‑standing relationship with celebrated rock music mixer Chris Lord‑Alge, and CLA Epic offers the user some of Chris’s favourite delay and reverb treatments.

There are many types of distortion that can be pressed into service in the name of musical creativity, ranging from soft...

Will Waves' plug-in emulation of the Abbey Road RS124, which was based on a much modified Altec 436B valve compressor, find favour with today's engineers and producers?