Exciters / Enhancers

Softube’s latest plug-in aims to offer the ultimate doubling and stereo-widening tool, and also packs in some helpful extras such as de-essing, multi-band compression and octave effects.

Soundtoys have announced that their Soundtoys 5 Academic Bundle is being offered at a reduced price until 20 August 2024.

SideMinder Max offers some comprehensive stereo widening capabilities while avoiding mono compatibility issues.

AIR Music Tech say that their all-in-one Creative FX Collection 2 bundle has been designed to meet the rigorous demands of today’s music producers. 

CLRS reimagines Modbap's HUE module, combining DJ-style high- and low-pass filters with some versatile saturation and stereo width tools and built-in ducking. 

Waves V15 rolls out a whole host of new features across the company’s plug-in line-up, adds new plug-ins to some of their existing bundles, and ensures compatibility with the latest operating systems. 

Master Plan 1.5 sports a brand new look and introduces an additional EQ band, improved loudness metering and more. 

As well as gaining a pair of existing plug-ins, FX Collection 5 also includes two completely new offerings in the form of Bus PEAK and Bus EXCITER-104.

Techivation’s latest plug-in is said to be able to identify and eliminate problematic frequencies, helping users to keep their tracks sounding crystal clear.

Bass Focus promises to add weight and power to low-end sounds, and also improve how mixes translate to smaller speaker systems. 

Flow Mastering Suite comes equipped with signal chains created by professional engineers and offers an all-in-one solution for adding the finishing touches to a track. 

Along with a new harmonic enhancer plug-in, the Korneff Audio range has also gained a Waves L1-inspired limiter and a recreation of a consumer effects processor that became popular for guitar processing.

The lastest free update for ShaperBox introduces some enhancements to the plug-in suite's presets system and LFO Waves function.

The latest version of Eventide's H3000 plug-ins promise to provide users with the most authentic recreation of the classic hardware unit possible.

FAC Punchlab is an all-in-one processing solution that comes loaded with nine modules and boasts a user-friendly GUI with comprehensive metering and feedback.

Bloom promises to take the place of dynamic EQs and multi-band compressors, despite not doing either of those things. 

Available as a free download, S Doubler generates four additional voices based on its input and offers a range of stereo placement options.

Pulsar Modular's new P455 MDN Sidecar bundle models a setup based around an API Sidecar that was housed in Sausalito Record Plant. 

MeldaProduction’s latest plug-in pairs simple Mid-Side balance control with spectral processing that offers more in-depth control than traditional decode/encode matrices. 

Much like how harmonic exciters synthesise sounds lacking in high frequencies, SubMassive is designed to produce low frequencies absent in the original audio.