Plug-ins

IK Multimedia’s monitor correction technology is now available in a standalone hardware box.

Tired of the same old delay effects? With Lumina, you can draw, position and shape your repeats any way you like.

Oeksound’s long‑awaited third plug‑in is a quietly radical alternative to equalisation.

Tone Projects’ range may not include many plug‑ins yet — but they’re all up there with the very best.

Eventide’s celebrated reverb and pitch/modulation plug‑ins have been reinvented — with immersive audio applications in mind.

If your vocals require sweetening, a little Nectar might be just the thing...

DropKick is a comprehensive set of tools for reshaping kick drum sounds, but it manages this with just a handful of rotary controls.

There are so many reverb plug‑ins for Mac and Windows DAW software now that, in order to stand out from the crowd, a new one needs to offer something a little out of the ordinary, and Minimal Audio’s Swarm Reverb does exactly this.

Realphones’ sophisticated headphone tuning is now paired with an ever‑growing array of virtual monitoring environments.

With a GUI that looks as though it was designed by an astrologer on magic mushrooms, Instant Audio’s QuickMuse is a five‑section multi‑effects plug‑in with a simple interface and some smart randomisation functions.

Recirculate is a feedback delay/echo that can process the feedback signals in various ways to make the repeats change character, with the change becoming more pronounced each time the signal passes around the feedback loop.

Can cleaning and enhancing dialogue really be this easy?

Harrison’s console‑derived channel strip plug‑in majors on speed and immediacy.

Coil Audio’s CA‑70 valve preamp is based on classic Western Electric and RCA designs dating back as far as the 1930s.

Moog’s new bass soft synth goes deep. Really deep...

As this vocal production powerhouse evolves, it’s not only growing more powerful — it’s also becoming quicker and easier to use.

Arturia’s latest effects plug‑in is designed to help you keep things moving...

These new releases, which are available separately, are essentially stripped-back versions of the original Blackstar St James Plugin.

Liquid is a live granular effect, and we’re informed that some of the equations used are based on fluid dynamics, resulting in the creation of liquid‑like movement.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. Deep Conjuring is made up of 92 ‘instruments’, some multisampled, others loops, that can be loaded into Mirage’s three layers and then adjusted before being further processed via the 10 built‑in master effects.

This clever plug‑in could breathe new life into your old loops and projects.