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    Iconic Instruments Model 350 Tube Preamp plug-in Ampex 350 tape machine

    Iconic Instruments release Model 350 Tube Preamp

    Emulates the input section of an Ampex 350

    One of the latest arrivals to the Iconic Instruments range delivers a new tube preamp plug-in inspired by the circuitry employed in the Ampex 350 tape machine.

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    FAC Bandit 2 multiband multi-effects AUv3 plug-in processor iOS iPadOS macOS

    FAC launch Bandit 2

    New multi-band AUv3 plug-in announced

    FAC's multiband effects processor has just been treated to a major upgrade that introduces a new output limiter, enhanced linked controls and more.

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    Electro-Harmonix EHX Classics Bundle Big Muff Deluxe Memory Man Electric Mistress Small Clone pedal emulation plug-ins

    Electro-Harmonix release EHX Classics Bundle

    Iconic guitar pedals now available in plug-in form

    Guitar effects experts Electro-Harmonix have teamed up with MixWave to turn a collection of their most prized pedals into plug-ins.

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    Iconic Instruments Transport Vintage Tape analogue emulation saturation plug-in

    Iconic Instruments launch Transport Vintage Tape

    Tape effects taken to the extreme

    Iconic Instruments' new tape-emulation plug-in boasts a flexible set of controls that have been designed with modern productions in mind. 

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    Freqport FT1-EMU Freqtube FT1 emulation valve tube saturation distortion plug-in

    FT1-EMU plug-in from Freqport

    Acclaimed saturation unit goes virtual

    FT1-EMU delivers a virtual recreation of Freqport's Freqtube FT1 saturation unit, and offers optional integration with the hardware version.

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    Black Rooster Audio VWB-1X Vintage Mixing Workbench channel strip plug-in

    Black Rooster Audio release VWB-1X

    Vintage-inspired channel strip joins line-up

    Black Rooster Audio’s latest plug-in has been designed for producers, engineers and sound designers “who demand vintage tone with modern workflow”.

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    Lounsberry Pedals TFP-1 Tall & Fat Boost

    Overdrive Pedal

    The TFP‑1 Tall & Fat pedal is designed specifically to emulate the dynamic behaviour and tonal character of the Hammond AO28 amplifier found at the heart of revered B3, C3 and A100 console organs.

    Reviews Mar 2026
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    Arturia FX Collection 6 plug-in audio effects bundle

    Arturia announce FX Collection 6

    Five new plug-ins, 134 extra presets & more

    Arturia’s flagship effects bundle has expanded once again, and is now available in two different sizes. 

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    Wampler Golden Jubilee guitar overdrive distortion pedal

    Wampler introduce the Golden Jubilee

    Dual overdrive covers classic American & British tones

    Wampler's latest release is a dual-voice, high-gain distortion pedal that promises to deliver the punch, feel and harmonic richness of classic hot-rodded 1980s high-gain amplifiers.

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    Nomad Factory Blue Tubes v4 audio plug-in bundle

    Nomad Factory unveil Blue Tubes v4

    Plug-in bundle gets major overhaul

    Nomad Factory have just announced the official release of Blue Tubes v4, a complete modernisation of their long-standing Blue Tubes plug-in series.

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    Electro-Harmonix Bass Big Muff Pi 2 fuzz effects pedal

    Bass Big Muff Pi 2 from Electro-Harmonix

    Returned classic optimised for bass guitars

    Electro-Harmonix say that they recognised that their reintroduced Dual Op-Amp Big Muff 2 pedal would be hit with bass players, so set about developing a new purpose-built version. 

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    Harrison Audio Tape Saturator plug-in

    Harrison release Tape Saturator

    Recreates 1970s two-track tape machine sound

    Tape Saturator faithfully models a selection of different machines, and offers enough adjustment to cater to everything from subtle warmth to more obvious saturation.

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    Sound Particles inShaper waveshaper wave folder distortion plug-in

    Sound Particles release inShaper

    New waveshaper plug-in announced

    The latest addition to the Sound Particles line-up offers an array of creative distortion effects, and presents them in a simple, intuitive interface that’s been designed to encourage experimentation. 

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    Musik Hack SweetEQ saturation EQ plug-in mixing mastering

    Musik Hack preview SweetEQ

    New EQ/saturation plug-in incoming

    Musik Hack's upcoming third release combines EQ and saturation, and as with their previous offerings, comes presented in an intuitive interface that focuses on end results rather than overwhelming users with parameters.

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    Universal Audio UA 610 Preamp & EQ Collection

    Universal Audio’s UA 610 plug-in goes native

    Tube Preamp & EQ Collection free for limited time

    The UA 610 Tube Preamp & EQ Collection has just become the latest of Universal Audio’s renowned UAD plug-ins to gain a native version.

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    Warm Audio Throne Of Tone

    Dual Overdrive Pedal

    With two different distortion stages, an insert point and external controls aplenty, could this be the only overdrive you need?

    Reviews Jan 2026
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    Strymon Fairfax analogue overdrive pedal

    Strymon announce the Fairfax

    First pedal in new all-analogue series

    Inspired by a little-known valve device from the 1960s, the Fairfax is said to take an altogether different approach to overdrive, and marks the introduction of a new Series a line-up that contrasts the company’s DSP-based offerings.

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    HOFA Colour Saturator analogue emulation plug-in

    HOFA release Colour Saturator

    New distortion plug-in employs neural modelling technology

    Colour Saturator promises to open up new possibilities for producers, mixers and sound designers, and deliver everything from “silky harmonics and subtle warmth to aggressive distortion and extreme fuzz”.

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    Erica Synths Xenodrive hardware distortion waveshaper effects unit

    Erica Synths reveal the Xenodrive

    Latest hardware effect combines distortion & waveshaping

    Erica Synths’ latest collaboration with renowned DSP effects developer 112dB is said to be capable of everything from “nuanced harmonic enhancement to total sonic destruction”.

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    UJAM UFX Series Lofi Distort audio effects plug-ins

    Lofi & Distort join UJAM’s UFX Series

    Intuitive plug-in effects suite expanded

    UJAM’s new plug-ins pair their core effects engines with Filter and Finisher sections that come equipped with 40 and 50 presets respectively, providing users with a quick and simple way of creating a whole host of intricate creative effects.

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    Warm Audio Tube Squealer

    Overdrive Pedal

    Warm Audio’s latest overdrive pedal is the Tube Squealer, and with its name and green case that slopes down slightly at the front, there’s little doubt as to what it’s based upon! 

    Reviews Dec 2025

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