Signal Processors

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Anthony Demaria’s limiter is based on a classic Bill Putnam valve design — but does it live up to its illustrious heritage?

With the VST protocol now supported, more people than ever can use CEDAR’s industry-standard restoration tools.

Can Sonarworks’ calibration plug-in help to make mixing on headphones less of a compromise?

No control room is acoustically perfect, but the right correction system can help to deliver more accurate monitoring.

I discovered this very handy software, created by the makers of AA Translator almost by accident after searching for a way of batch–interleaving pairs of mono WAV files.

No-one has come near to producing a convincing copy of a Pultec EQP-1A at a wallet-friendly price. Until now!

Flux FX is an ambitious iOS effect processor created by guitar legend Adrian Belew and developers. It provides a chain of up to five versatile effects, each with an X-Y pad for performance access, plus a step sequencer for capturing pad motion.

This all-analogue compressor-gate promises versatile utility for the budget conscious.

Auto-Tune is said to be the biggest-selling plug-in of all time. How does the new version shape up against the competition?

It’s billed as a ‘digital delay with an analogue heart’ but does this compact device offer anything you can’t already get in the box?

The latest version of iZotope’s RX adds some interesting features — but do they have musical applications?

There’s more to MC AudioLab’s new 500-series modules than their funky fuchsia facades...

Q What does an API 2500 compressor’s ‘Thrust’ control do?

I don’t understand what the ‘Thrust...

If your audio is soiled, SoundSoap 4 offers new tools to restore it to gleaming whiteness.

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Rupert Neve’s processors now have plenty of admirers — and imitators. Does this one offer anything extra?

These neat little modules offer far better performance than you’d expect at this price. Is there anything not to like?

The Tossover’s thoughtful approach to routing and filtering should leave your processing options limited only by your imagination.

Have Funky Junk put their secret cache of original dbx ‘Gold Can’ VCAs to good use?

Does this take on delay-pedal history merit a place in your pedalboard’s future?