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Retrocraft's processing options focus on adding vintage‑style character and warmth, along with a decent dollop of lo‑fi.
MixWave attempt to pack the sound that underpins Yvette Young’s unique guitar performances into a signature plug‑in. Have they delivered?
An EQ‑compressor combo designed to add punch and polish to your patch à la top‑drawer outboard, it’s the type of thing that promises to make a patch sound like a track.
Drum Farm is a two‑, three‑ or sometimes four‑channel source of percussion sounds...
This month’s guest is 4MS founder Dan Green, who started off his career creating guitar pedals while still at school.
It’s a classic of the modern era, and that’s why we thought it was worth revisiting here to mark the 10 year anniversary.
What can a technology from analogue consoles bring to your Pro Tools workflow?
PSP’s latest delay models a classic bucket‑brigade device, and can go from slightly dusty repeats to sonic swamp!
I’ve seen lots of different advice lately about whether it’s best to put an EQ before a compressor or after it. Is there an approach you’d recommend?
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. In Trails, media composer Alexander Parsons combined his love of modular synthesis and processing with the acoustic sounds of his violin and other acoustic instruments.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Just how ‘saxy’ can a virtual sax get? Musical Sampling bring some careful design elements to their two new saxophone libraries.
Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5/5 Stars. Voxmotive 2 for Soundbox follows on from the earlier Voxmotive package and takes on a similar format, but offers a somewhat different vocal style and different performers.
The new version of Scaler Music’s Carbon Electra soft synth incorporates intelligent tools from their Scaler 3 software.
Everyone loves a good delay effect. But when you’re mixing, delays can do more than you might imagine...
Softube take the shrink ray to their hands‑on mixing hardware.
Today, we have access to all sorts of audio metering options. But with a little understanding and experience, you’ll find you can glean a surprising amount of information with the quickest of glances at the humble vectorscope...
Studio Pro’s new Pitch Curves feature has both creative and corrective uses.
Boris are among the most important Japanese rock bands of the last two and a half decades.
The Orchid is designed to be an inspiration machine, putting complex chords at your fingertips while looking right at home on the flight deck of your retro‑futuristic spaceship.