Signal Processors

Have you ever wondered how to separate a vocal or the instrumental backing from a stereo mix? We find out what’s possible — and what isn’t.

Accusonus’s innovative program brings advanced DSP to bear on a familiar audio problem.

These 1950s compressors are probably the most revered — and imitated — processors in the world. But what is it that makes them so special?

The latest version of iZotope’s best-selling restoration software adds powerful new modules, as well as a Post Production Suite bundle aimed at film and TV applications.

With options including mix-and-match ‘blue stripe’ and ‘blackface’ modes, this is far more than a simple clone of the classic UREI 1176.

This powerful vocal processor puts its controls right where you need them!

The first product from Austrian developers Sonible aims to raise the IQ of EQ.

Polish company IGS Audio’s Tubecore is back, with more facilities and more options. What’s not to like?

Soft-synth specialist Rob Papen has branched out into the world of processors — but his RP EQ is no ordinary equaliser.

We’ve all had those ‘if only I could get rid of the drums!’ moments. Zynaptiq’s innovative plug–in promises to do just that.

AmpliTube 4 gives the virtual guitarist more amp, cab and miking options than ever before.

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?