Signal Processors

Acustica Audio have applied their unique sampling technology to the world of magnetic recording media — with impressive results.

The goal of turning musical omelettes back into eggs gets ever closer, thanks to some unlikely cloud-based DSP wizardry!

Voice Leveler aims to even out dynamic variations in the recorded voice, but it is not a conventional compressor...

Billed as a comprehensive graphic equaliser for the cost of a few beers, Gramotech's Babylon might better be described as a very flexible multiband EQ.

Does EastWest's new collection of impulse responses take reverb to the final frontier?

Oeksound's Spiff represents a new take on transient processing, which opens up some intriguing possibilities in mixing and mastering.

CenterOne v2 adds a new Center Width control which varies what is counted as belonging to the ‘centre’ component by the algorithm...

Originally best known for their large-format mixing consoles, Harrison have been diversifying in recent years, launching a range of inexpensive cross-platform plug-ins under the AVA sub-brand. We explore their equaliser designed specifically for mastering applications.

Superchord from LMDSP is a plug-in that takes the concept of piano-string sympathetic resonance as a starting point for an incredibly versatile range of riotously creative effects.

Auto-Tune keeps evolving, and the latest version incorporates both its best pitch-correction ever and a nod to its past.

iZotope’s one-stop shop for processed vocal sounds has acquired a few new aisles!

This enhancer plug‑in can target specific parts of the audio spectrum, presenting a user interface that operates much like a five‑band, boost‑only parametric equaliser...

Billed as “three filters you’ll actually use”, Arturia’s plug‑in trilogy is modelled on the filter sections found in three...

Envy is a pitch and modulation plug‑in designed to apply the characteristics of one sound to another.

Acustica’s non-linear convolution technology is constantly evolving, and two new plug-in suites provide a dazzling showcase for their latest Core12 engine.

Waves’ latest signature plug-in distils the accumulated wisdom of a master engineer into a powerful channel strip.

Oeksound have developed an algorithm that can automatically identify problem areas in a source and, rather than imposing fixed EQ, Soothe applies attenuation dynamically as and when it’s needed.

VoxDoubler is part of a new, much simpler, series of effects and tools that delivers the kind of sonic quality you’d expect from Sonnox, using only a small number of controls.

The latest versions of iZotope’s Ozone and Neutron are not only more intelligent than their predecessors, they can also communicate with one another.

Mercuriall’s painstaking recreation of a classic Mesa guitar preamp offers more than just rock nostalgia.

Soundtheory’s first plug-in doesn’t just give you a ‘make it sound better’ control — it has five of them!