Signal Processors

By the time you have enough separate outputs in your system to warrant one, you need no telling how valuable mixers are to your modular workflow...

At what point in the mixdown process do you think it’s best to engage the master‑bus compressor?

This all‑analogue feed‑forward limiter has the sort of look‑ahead function normally found only in digital devices.

This clever plug‑in could breathe new life into your old loops and projects.

These audio examples accompany the Universal Audio OX Stomp full review in SOS February 2024.

Guitar giants Fender join the modelling pedal party with this powerful and comprehensive floorboard. We put it through its paces...

Why clog up your stage with effects you only use briefly? Line 6’s new stompbox can be any pedal you want it to be, and will fit neatly into any pedalboard setup.

The dynamic speaker and mic modelling of UA’s popular OX amp‑top box is now available in a compact pedal format.

Transitions are the name of the game here, and as always Baby Audio and Andrew Huang encourage you to get creative!

Ozone still offers traditional mastering tools — but its AI‑fuelled options open the door to so much more!

The best plug‑ins make under‑the‑hood sophistication simple in practice...

With up to four parallel chains available, you’re free to design pretty much any amp and effects chain imaginable.

Strymon’s reputation for making top‑quality digital effects pedals is second to none, but now they’ve made some of their creations available as DAW plug‑ins.

The Endless Processor from Kyiv‑based Blukac does one thing. It takes a sound and sustains it to infinity.

Just why would you make the humble noise gate ‘smart’? Sonible asked that question, and this plug‑in answers it!

The audio examples available on this page accompany my review of the LANG PEQ-2 equaliser by Heritage Audio. This recreation...

These audio examples accompany our review in SOS January 2024 of the Universal Audio UAFX Lion ’68 Super Lead Amp stompbox.

Although less well known today than the Pultec EQP‑1A, the versatility of LANG’s valve‑less PEQ‑2 won it plenty of admirers.

Does Lindell’s LiN2A sound as classy as the famous compressor that inspired it?

UA add emulations of three iconic Marshall amps to their acclaimed UAFX amp pedal line‑up.

Ufx Reverb might sound like a conventional effect but, fear not: Reverb can do conventional things, but there’s a good dollop of UJAM creativity here too!