Plug-ins

Once available only to Pro Tools users, AIR’s comprehensive plug-in bundle is now open to all — and has been augmented by some intriguing additions.

Designed to produce a wide range of mono or stereo delay-based effects, StompDelay's inbuilt multi-waveform modulation allows it to double as a flanger, chorus, tape echo or extreme effects generator.

A trio of easy-to-use plug-ins from Waves aims to bottle the signature sounds of pop producer Greg Wells.

Waves took on the challenge of modelling four modified EMT 140 plates used at Abbey Road Studios on countless classic recordings. Did they succeed?

B-Scanner replicates the vibrato and offers far more scope to create effects outside the range of Hammond’s original ‘scanner’ chorus/vibrato circuit.

Emulating the setup of gates and room mics on the vocal treatment Tony Visconti used for the David Bowie track ‘Heroes’, Eventide's plug-in is more than a one-trick pony...

Algorithmic reverb plug-ins still can’t match high-end hardware, but Liquidsonics are bridging the gap with an innovative new convolution technique.

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

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...

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

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.

Native Instruments’ latest plug-in suite aims to provide the classic Lexicon reverb sound at a budget-friendly price.

FabFilters powerful plug-in suite brings us advanced modulation possibilities, filters with multiple personalities, and plenty of overdrive.

Which effects and processing plug-ins do the Sound On Sound staff and product reviewers love the best? We asked, they answered...

The latest incarnation of Wave Arts' plug-in suite is a treat for the eyes and the ears.