Plug-ins

These files accompany the Sample Shop articles in the April 2016 issue of SOS.

We’ve all had those ‘if only I could get rid of the drums!’ moments. Zynaptiq’s innovative plug–in promises to do just that.

AmpliTube 4 gives the virtual guitarist more amp, cab and miking options than ever before.

SynthMaster might seem like an ambitious name, but then SynthMaster is an ambitious synth...

Version 7 of iZotope’s mastering package adds cutting-edge codec monitoring features as well as vintage-themed processors.

Where one Soundtoys plug-in isn’t enough, you can now create custom chains, with a new emulation of a classic delay on offer too.

Anthology X makes many of Eventide’s signature effects available in native plug–in formats for the first time. Was it worth the wait?

I’ve been aware of Sound Radix’s SurferEQ for a few years now but, for some reason, have only recently managed to...

Merging two different creatures didn’t work out so well for Jeff Goldblum and co in The Fly. But what if you could merge the DNA of two different sounds instead?

Harald Bode was perhaps one of the most important audio innovators of the 20th century, but his work is not widely known today...

Question: What’s the difference between Carmen Electra and Carbon Electra? Answer: One is a glamour model and performer, the other is a four-oscillator subtractive synth that will work as a plug-in within your DAW.

Multimedia’s T-Racks mastering suite is a modular program: basic core functionality is free, and users build up a collection of tasty processors by making in-app purchases from the company’s Custom Shop.

McDSP’s SA2 Dialog Processor is based on hardware originally conceived by Academy Award winning re-recording mixer Mike Minkler...

Bayou Media are a new software company founded by plug-in developer Mike Collins, whose first product brings some fresh...

Tracktion’s Master Mix plug-in is a simple but sophisticated one-stop mastering processor at a remarkably affordable price.

If your loops lack flavour, Sugar Bytes’ innovative slicing plug–in might be just the special sauce they need!

Cobalt Saphira is the first of Waves’ new Cobalt series of plug-ins. It’s an enhancer effect, but one which goes way beyond conventional harmonic enhancers.

Although not as well-known as the classic Fairchild 660, the Telefunken U73b is in many ways its European counterpart.

It’s easy to pigeonhole spring reverbs as guitar amp accessories, but back in the pre-digital era, AKG built a no-holds studio spring reverb system called the BX20.

Siren Audio launched the Lorelei suite of applications a few years ago but now two of them, Generative and Feedback 2 have received major tweaks and updates.

In modern productions, reverb often isn’t just reverb. Waves’ latest plug-in offers all the extra tools you’ll need.