Signal Processors

When it comes to valve distortion, few want it more than guitarists— and few know more about it than Thermionic Culture...

Costing almost as much as a small car, you’d expect that nothing could cut like a Knif. Find out what made our reviewer invest in a Soma...

There are many VCA compressors available, at a range of prices, but very few employ a fully discrete gain-reduction element. So what exactly does this design feature bring to the table?

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When I'm doing vocal pitch-correction, should I include breath sounds if I'm trying to get the sound to be realistic? I'm...

What could be better than a Bettermaker? A Bettermaker made better, of course...

Nvelope 500 can be used either as a full-band or a two-band processor.

Does an all-analogue, 1989 design still have a place in the world of convolution and modelling-based guitar recording products? Get ready to be surprised by the reissued SansAmp Classic.

Aphex's Exciter has been around in one guise or another for years, and when first launched, back in 1975...

Celemony’s clever restoration tool invisibly fixes the speed variations that can plague material recorded on tape or vinyl.

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Bereich03 are small manufacturers of audio outboard gear, based in Munich, Germany. When I say small, in fact they currently...

Most processors in API’s 500‑series format are classic studio tools such as preamps, EQs and compressors — but now a heavyweight champion from the synth world has joined the party.

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It's perfectly possible to use a tremolo arm to make the pitch of your guitar strings drop in real time, and guitarists have...

Well known in their native Poland, IGS Audio are now making their products available in the UK. How do they fare against the competition?

API's 'Lunchbox' 500-series seems to be breathing life into some little-known classic designs of the past, including this unsung hero of the EQ world...

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Employing a whopping three Lunchbox modules per channel, this EQ system may not come cheap — but it boasts some impressive features.

What would happen if you upgraded every component in an 1176 compressor and added all the functions you wanted? One man set out to answer that question...

With a FET compressor/limiter and tube-saturation circuit on each channel, there’s plenty here to dirty up your sounds. Get ready to mash with the Monster...