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TL Audio's successful Fat 1 stereo compressor now has a new sibling with its own built-in mic preamp. Paul White delivers the SOS verdict.
This unusual new preamp from UA is designed to make life easier, both for the recordist and 'the talent'.
Paul White finds the best of both valve and solid state worlds in TL Audio's latest compressor.
TL Audio have updated their popular Ivory-series processors in response to feedback from their user base. We try out two of the updated units to see what's new.
Classic studio signal processors such as the vintage Urei 1176 limiting amplifier impart a unique sound while keeping levels under control, but are rare and expensive. Purple Audio have an answer in the form of the MC76 — an old idea revisited. Hugh Robjohns does the time warp again...
There are now several PC MIDI + Audio sequencers available that provide real-time EQ and effects via plug-in software — but it can be difficult to assess just what works with what, and whether your PC is powerful enough to run the plug-ins you'd like to use. Martin Walker investigates.
Weston Precision Audio’s new module is called the Phase Animated Oscillator, aka the PAO, but just what exactly is a phase animated oscillator?
Boring preamps have long been a given in audio interfaces, but all that is about to change...
Gamechanger Audio’s Motor Synth MkII updates the company’s idiosyncratic approach to synthesis...
Spitfire's latest sample library captures a range of solo and ensemble vocal performances in St. John's Anglican Church.
Built using hand-selected ECC82/12AU7 tubes along with a circuit design that uses no semiconductors or capacitors.
Hungarian startup company unveil valve compressor and EQ.
I have an inexpensive ART P16 XLR patchbay that I’d like to reintroduce and I’m wondering whether this will degrade the quality when I’m tracking, mixing and mastering — it would potentially be the weakest link in my signal chain?
We check out Korneff’s vibey take on a tube‑laden FET compressor.
H2 aim to put the legendary sound of Olympic Studios in your 500‑series rack.
Spitfire’s latest project marks a new partnership with an iconic London studio.
There are plenty of very heavily distorted examples already out there to be heard, but I’ve gone for some tones that I think challenge the technology a little more.
Rating: **** 5/5 Stars. Spitfire have taken a series of common instruments (such as strings, percussion and classical singers) and combined them in ethereal fashion with less commonly encountered sound sources...
These audio examples accompany our Cubase workshop about Distroyer, the new distortion plug-in introduced in Cubase 10.
This comprehensive four-part sample library aims to provide a complete orchestral scoring toolkit.