Signal Processors

Abbey Road Studio’s revered RS124 tube compressor has never been made available commercially... until now.

Can the Cab Clone offer something new, or is it just another ‘me-too’ cabinet simulator?

Looptrotter’s latest plaything combines the precision of digital control with the less predictable joys of analogue saturation.

Looptrotter’s products to date have appealed to me enormously. They’re all variations on the saturation theme, and it’s a gorgeous-sounding saturation too.

Musical pitch has always been putty in the hands of Melodyne. Now, revolutionary features in version 4 promise to make tempo and timbre equally fluid.

Version 7 of iZotope’s mastering package adds cutting-edge codec monitoring features as well as vintage-themed processors.

This might not be the most intuitive of devices, but the Catena offers a unique and useful blend of functions.

Where one Soundtoys plug-in isn’t enough, you can now create custom chains, with a new emulation of a classic delay on offer too.

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Anthology X makes many of Eventide’s signature effects available in native plug–in formats for the first time. Was it worth the wait?

Digital Brain Instruments are carving a niche for themselves producing fun and intuitive interactive audio tools for games...

The Squeal Killer, from Stella Vee Amplification, is a pedal-sized box designed to sit between a harp mic and a tube amp, with the sole aim of reducing feedback.

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Not all digital delay pedals strike the right balance between convenience and quality. How does this one fare?

Old and new worlds collide as this 1176 clone is treated to remote control via a VST 3/AAX plug-in.