Plug-ins

There are numerous emulations of the classic Lexicon 480 hardware reverb, but not all of them model the optional Surround Cart that greatly extended its capabilities. HD Cart from Reverb Foundry is intended to fill that gap.

Oeksound have developed an algorithm that can automatically identify problem areas in a source and, rather than imposing fixed EQ, Soothe applies attenuation dynamically as and when it’s needed.

Quantakor is a super-simple instrument plug-in that plays back sample-based audio from a preset library, which can then be modified in quite basic ways using envelope shapers, LFO, filter and reverb.

VoxDoubler is part of a new, much simpler, series of effects and tools that delivers the kind of sonic quality you’d expect from Sonnox, using only a small number of controls.

The latest versions of iZotope’s Ozone and Neutron are not only more intelligent than their predecessors, they can also communicate with one another.

Mercuriall’s painstaking recreation of a classic Mesa guitar preamp offers more than just rock nostalgia.

Zynaptiq’s unique blend of pitch-shift, delay, reverb and other effects will take you into parallel musical universes!

Soundtheory’s first plug-in doesn’t just give you a ‘make it sound better’ control — it has five of them!

A unique new DSP tool allows disparate sounds to be mated — with intriguing results!

Software instruments range from the massive and deep, such as Spectrasonics Omnisphere, to the very basic. Psychedelic FX 6000 V1 definitely inhabits the simpler end of the spectrum — and that’s all part of its appeal.

If there is such a thing as a classic plug-in, Line 6’s Echo Farm surely falls into that category...

MangledVerb first appeared as an algorithm in the rackmount Eventide Eclipse effects units. It then migrated to the H9 guitar pedal, and is now available as a self-contained plug-in supporting all the usual formats.

RZ062 is a faithful recreation of a valve EQ that was made by Siemens in the 1950s — or rather, of two different valve EQs, because Audified have modelled both ‘A’ and ‘B’ versions of this processor as separate plug-ins.

Cableguys’ neat plug-in lets you alter the fabric of time itself — or just make cheesy tape-stop effects. The choice is yours...

Helix systems are converting many guitarists to amp modelling, and the newest of them brings Line 6’s latest algorithms to your DAW.

Sonarworks’ headphone and monitor correction software has spread its wings outside the DAW, and now encompasses more headphone models than ever.

LiquidSonics have made a convolution reverb that sounds like an algorithmic reverb — and not just any algorithmic reverb...

A new microphone technology is helping IK Multimedia’s ARC provide ever-better correction for uneven room acoustics.

A new processor from a new developer promises limiting and transient control precisely targeted to the needs of an individual mix.

Soundtoys’ new reverb might be little, but it has a big sound...

Torque lets you retune a drum that’s already been recorded, but without introducing the artifacts that simple pitch-shifting always seems to throw up.