Signal Processors

These plug‑ins are all about warmth and distortion, and the flavours on offer range from gentle saturation at the subtler end of the scale through to crunching overload and squelchy obliteration.

This isn’t the first virtual Leslie speaker plug‑in — but it might just be the best one yet!

Universal Audio continue to tempt UAD2 owners with officially licensed recreations of classic equipment — and rooms!

The 9.4 software release sees Universal Audio add a modern classic to their plug-in range.

This update to Universal Audio’s plug-in catalogue includes several mouthwatering delights!

UA’s latest updates add new compressors, delays, voice channels and virtual bass amps, as well as refreshing a few familiar faces.

Can UA's Studer plug-in really reproduce the sound of saturated multitrack tape in all its glory? To find out, we tracked down a real Studer A800, a top-flight studio and a hitmaking band...

These audio files accompany the Universal Audio Studer A800 review that featured in SOS March 2011.

Universal Audios latest plug-in, based on Manley Labs classic Massive Passive EQ, is being hailed as the best emulation yet of a hardware unit. So how would it fare when we pitted it against the real thing?

A selection of audio files comparing the Manley Massive Passive EQ hardware with the Universal Audio Massive Passive plug-in.

Universal Audio have given their UAD2 DSP platform extra appeal with yet more accurate recreations of classic studio hardware, and a new version of the card that works with laptop computers.

• WWYAM NWEQ Pro• Universal Audio Neve 1073 Equaliser

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