Plug-ins

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.

The convolution revolution has left a gap in the market for a high-quality reverb based on more traditional room-modelling techniques. IK's suite of plug-ins looks to fill the void.

The former Wave Mechanics team set out to create the ultimate classic echo unit emulator, and ended up with a plug-in that does much more.

We test another group of hot plug-ins: Universal Audio Dimension D • Ugo Rez, Texture, String Theory & Motion • TC Electronic VSS3 Stereo Source Reverb.

With W2, Wizoo's aim is to combine the realism of convolution reverb with the flexibility of an algorithmic design.

We test two hot new plug-ins: Camel Audio's Camel Space (PC VST & Mac OS X AU) and TC Electronic's DVR2 (Mac/PC Powercore).

Software guitar amp modelling has been around for a while, but GTR is Waves' first foray into the field — and as you'd expect, they have made a huge effort to get it right, even hiring guitar maker Paul Reed Smith to design a bespoke preamp.

Altiverb was one of the first convolution reverbs to appear. Is it still the best?

This month: Universal Audio Boss CE1 • TC Electronic NonLin2 Stereo Effects Reverb

Anarchy Rhythms is a novel VST plug-in/stand-alone application, whose author accurately describes it as "a hybrid between an effect and a drum machine".

A new plug-in bundle from Dutch developer Audio Ease brings together three unique sound-shaping tools.

We check out another batch of plug-ins destined to find a place in your virtual rack.

There are now plenty of convolution reverbs around, but Prosoniq's Rayverb offers something a little different. So just what is 'inverse raytracing' anyway?

If you are looking for effects and instruments to give your mixes a sideways slant, Cycling '74 might have just the thing...

As well as more-or-less conventional vocoding and pitch-shifting, DelayDots' new VST plug-in offers effects so bizarre they almost defy description.

Brief appraisals of another selection of software Plug-ins from Disco DSP, Cutter Music, Kjaerhus Audio and PSP.

Sound Toys claim that their new plug-in captures the sound of an analogue filter in digital form. We put it to the test...

We check out two more useful plug-ins, one for Powercore and one for PC VST/Direct X.

Convolving reverbs are coming down in price as more manufacturers make their own. We check out Emagic's new plug-in, which is one of the more affordable ones around, but still allows you to create your own reverbs from favourite spaces.