Plug-ins

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

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.

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

Encourage new ideas with some controlled MIDI randomisation.

The best plug‑ins make under‑the‑hood sophistication simple in practice...

Strymon’s reputation for making top‑quality digital effects pedals is second to none, but now they’ve made some of their creations available as DAW plug‑ins.

This all‑in‑one, five‑module channel strip is based on the sonic characters of the processors and plug‑ins Grammy‑winning mixer Andrew Scheps uses in his studio.

Transitions are the name of the game here, and as always Baby Audio and Andrew Huang encourage you to get creative!

Ozone still offers traditional mastering tools — but its AI‑fuelled options open the door to so much more!

With up to four parallel chains available, you’re free to design pretty much any amp and effects chain imaginable.

Drift is a plug‑in that embraces all those things that old‑school engineers used to hate about analogue tape!

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Quiet Music may not be the biggest name in software instruments, but for those producing ambient, chillout or lo‑fi music, the company’s products are a real find.

LANDR’s automated mastering service just got better... and it no longer requires a connection to the cloud.

Toontrack and Frank Filipetti span a vast array of musical genres with the latest Superior Drummer expansion.

Sonible’s AI‑based EQ processing just got easier to use and more affordable.

UFX Reverb might sound like a conventional effect but, fear not: Reverb can do conventional things, but there’s a good dollop of UJAM creativity here too!

Scatter is a very simple‑to‑use granular delay that generates up to 64 grains with randomised positions, with stereo placement based around a fixed one‑second recording buffer.

There are now some impressive offline source separation tools — but this one works in real time!