Effects

We test another group of hot plug-ins: Universal Audio Dimension D • Ugo Rez, Texture, String Theory & Motion • TC Electronic VSS3 Stereo Source Reverb.

With W2, Wizoo's aim is to combine the realism of convolution reverb with the flexibility of an algorithmic design.

We test two hot new plug-ins: Camel Audio's Camel Space (PC VST & Mac OS X AU) and TC Electronic's DVR2 (Mac/PC Powercore).

Software guitar amp modelling has been around for a while, but GTR is Waves' first foray into the field — and as you'd expect, they have made a huge effort to get it right, even hiring guitar maker Paul Reed Smith to design a bespoke preamp.

How much difference is there between the quality of a VST reverb plug-in and a hardware reverb processor such as the...

Altiverb was one of the first convolution reverbs to appear. Is it still the best?

This month: Universal Audio Boss CE1 • TC Electronic NonLin2 Stereo Effects Reverb

Anarchy Rhythms is a novel VST plug-in/stand-alone application, whose author accurately describes it as "a hybrid between an effect and a drum machine".

Not content with offering some of the most fully-featured digital mixers in the world, Yamaha have now upgraded them, and are offering extra effects packs to further expand their capabilities.

A new plug-in bundle from Dutch developer Audio Ease brings together three unique sound-shaping tools.

We check out another batch of plug-ins destined to find a place in your virtual rack.

If you're looking for a high-quality reverb with plenty of user control, Sony's Oxford Reverb might be just what you're after.

Storm, the French software studio from virtual-instrument creators Arturia, keeps on improving. We check out version 3.

There are now plenty of convolution reverbs around, but Prosoniq's Rayverb offers something a little different. So just what is 'inverse raytracing' anyway?

If you are looking for effects and instruments to give your mixes a sideways slant, Cycling '74 might have just the thing...

As well as more-or-less conventional vocoding and pitch-shifting, DelayDots' new VST plug-in offers effects so bizarre they almost defy description.

Looking to extend your sequencer's capabilities with some high-quality effects? Then you're exactly the sort of person Waves are trying to tempt with their most affordable plug-in bundle yet.

Get the most from your computer's CPU by learning how to put your effects plug-ins where they really count. Plus, find out how to increase your mixing power by incorporating hardware effects units into your software mixdown.

Brief appraisals of another selection of software Plug-ins from Disco DSP, Cutter Music, Kjaerhus Audio and PSP.

As well as a bundle of 50-plus effects plug-ins, Quantum FX provides all the tools you need to design your own.

Sound Toys claim that their new plug-in captures the sound of an analogue filter in digital form. We put it to the test...