Plug-ins

Can Sonarworks’ calibration plug-in help to make mixing on headphones less of a compromise?

Auto-Tune is said to be the biggest-selling plug-in of all time. How does the new version shape up against the competition?

Sound Radix’s novel plug-in provides new ways of controlling the dynamics of drum recordings.

Leslie-style rotary speakers are mechanically simple, but sonically complex — hence the attention to detail in PSP’s plug-in recreation.

Sugar Bytes’ simple but effective production tool helps you turn your ideas into music — fast!

When mixes are setting your teeth on edge, Brainworx’s mastering tool offers a soothing effect.

Zynaptiq’s innovative processors are claimed to address previously intractable problems with recorded audio.

With component-level adjustment and ‘amp matching’ features, BIAS can target almost any guitar amp sound — real or imagined!

This month XILS Lab 'XILS4' and Digital Brain's 'Multiplex Vocoder'.

UA’s emulation of the AMS digital reverb shows exactly why the original is still regarded as a classic.

Fabfilter’s Pro-Q already did everything an EQ should do — so what can they have added in version 2?

Sonoris’s mastering-oriented plug-in is designed to make dynamic control as unobtrusive as possible.

Overloud are on a mission to prove that convolution reverb can be brash, bold and, above all, big!

An oft–overlooked advantage of analogue working methods is sensible metering. MeterPlugs’ K–Meter brings the same approach to your DAW.

Two contrasting new virtual amplifiers and a reverb add to the appeal of Scuffham Amps’ virtual amp simulator.

Universal Audio’s catalogue of virtual vintage plug–ins continues to grow.

Waves' clever enhancement plug‑in offers several ways of making your music bigger!

An effect invented by Abbey Road engineers has become a studio staple. Waves have painstakingly recreated its original implementation.

McDSP's latest plug-in is an intriguing hybrid between an equaliser and a compressor.

Though it has a control panel that looks like a Klingon's duvet cover and an introduction that suggests it was inspired by an alien abduction, the aptly named Pusher is at heart a rather elegant enhancement device.

Big Kick is one of those specialist plug‑ins that, as soon as you install it, makes you wonder how you ever managed without....