Signal Processors

The latest in Roland's pioneering VG range could qualify as the best guitar synth ever made.

Beneath this innocent exterior lies a growling analogue beast that can help you create some truly unique sounds...

Fishman's acclaimed process for improving the sound of acoustic guitar pickups is now available in pedal format — and with 24-bit converters and 32-bit internal processing, this is a distinctly superior-sounding Aura.

The X-Rack system makes SSL's large console technology much more accessible - so much so that we were reluctant to send it back!

This unusual compressor was specifically designed to process complex material, with dedicated bus-compression applications in mind.

Second-hand tape recorders are cheap and can provide uniquely warm, organic delay effects. Best of all, its a piece of cake to integrate them into a digital mixing setup. We tell you how...

We take another look at the impressive Portico range, focusing on a compressor-limiter and a unique tape-emulation processor.

Combining the classic Neve sound with a software recall facility, this EQ offers the best of both worlds.

If you want other people to hear your surround mixes, you'll need to encode them into a consumer format. Pro Tools users have a choice of software for this purpose. Which should you choose?

API remind us that the best analogue gear is still that bit more classy than some digital recreations...

Mastering engineers are notoriously fussy about EQ, and until now, plug-in manufacturers have struggled to compete with the best hardware designs. Can Algorithmix's Red and Blue change hearts and minds?

There are now quite a few plug-ins on the market that have the ability to split audio into hundreds or thousands of bands and treat them separately, paving the way for a variety of weird and wonderful effects. Are you brave enough to enter the frequency zone?

We take our first look at the excellent new Portico range by Rupert Neve Designs - and they don't disappoint.

If you've ever fancied creating your own VST plug-in synths and effects, Outsim's slick development tool might just have made the process that bit easier for PC users.

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro; introducing Schippmann's über filter box...

McDSP's Project Studio Bundle provides an affordable way for Pro Tools users to get their hands on versions of all the company's acclaimed effects and processors.

Auto-Tune has been the industry standard pitch-correction tool for many years, and version 5 introduces many new features, but it faces its strongest competition yet from the new plug-in version of Celemony's Melodyne. So which one should you buy?

Which effects and processing plug-ins do the Sound On Sound staff and product reviewers love the best? We asked, they answered...

Korg's tactile effects processor benefits from a major overhaul - so is the third generation the Kaoss Pad you always wanted?

PSP's new linear phase equaliser plug-ins offer mastering quality at a project-studio price.

The latest dynamics processor from Aphex combines a sophisticated gate with an easy-to-use compressor and forces them to work as a team.