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With a Transient Designer, a de‑esser and an unusually versatile input section, there’s more to SPL’s recording channel than most.
Whether it’s sitting on your guitar pedalboard or nestled between your synthesizers, this weird and wonderful effects box oozes vintage character.
The SGR1806‑20 is a brash and spacey analogue drum synth module from Knob Technology.
Too much bleed on your close mics? Channel went down during your tracking session? This clever drum unmixing app could save the day...
Can this ring modulator live up to the standards of the old MoogerFooger?
AstroLab puts Arturia’s considerable collection of classic instruments into a single stage keyboard.
Have Lewitt invented the cure for poor mic technique?
Tired of the same old delay effects? With Lumina, you can draw, position and shape your repeats any way you like.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. Produced with Sonuscore’s expertise in multi‑layered performance engines, as seen in products such as The Orchestra, The Score, Elysion or EastWest’s Orchestrator.
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These audio examples accompany the April 2024 review of the Wellspring Spring Reverb unit by Teaching Machines.
Spring reverb can be a one‑trick pony, though it’s a pretty good trick! This one incorporates additional processing to make it more versatile.
With a chameleon‑like ability to replicate the curves of almost any analogue bell or shelf EQ, this has to be one of the most versatile equalisers out there.
Meet the older, hard‑hitting version of SSL’s 4K channel compressor!
With separate control over mic and line/instrument inputs, as well as variable high‑ and low‑pass filters, Trident’s 80B‑Pre is more versatile than most 500‑series preamps.
Cherry Audio have resurrected the venerable ARP Pro Soloist in software.
McDSP’s latest hybrid plug‑in refreshes the parts of the frequency spectrum other tools can’t reach.
The Neo Trinity is a six-channel modulation generator which brings the talents of the CV Trinity to a smartly ordered and complex form.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. Nordic Spheres is inspired by the frozen lands of Iceland and combines carefully curated samples, categorised as Tonal, Non‑tonal and Percussive.
Combining Two notes’ highly respected models and dynamic IR‑based cabinets with support for third‑party machine‑learning amp captures, Genome is brimming with potential.