Signal Processors

In the last year SOS has reviewed no less than 10 examples of the new breed of so-called 'Voice Channels', promising a one-box solution to high quality vocal recordings. Derek Johnson & Debbie Poyser present a brief guide to the models we've looked at, to help you decide which you should go for.

A good psychoacoustic enhancer can take your sound higher than you thought possible, and though there are plenty of enhancers on the market, this new Austrian model proves there's always room at the top. Paul White tries to control his excitement...

Following on from their Freebass TB303 clone, FAT's new PCP Procoder is another take on a classic instrument of the past — that mainstay of many a disco, electro, and Kraftwerk track, the analogue vocoder. Chris Carter absolutely refuses to make silly robot voices with it.

The quest for the perfect Leslie speaker simulator continues. Nick Magnus welcomes an all-analogue member to the rotary club...

Paul White tries his luck on the green and finds that where voice channels are concerned, this box is a whole in one.

Paul White studio tests a compressor whose main claim to fame is that you can't hear it working. Is transparency merely an attribute of the Emperor's new clothes, or is this unit something rather special?

High-quality equalisers have the magical property of allowing you to tweak tonal content, while themselves remaining practically invisible to the ear. Hugh Robjohns checks out a contender from an American company new to the UK market.

Tape saturation is the latest thing to get the physical modelling treatment. Can two high-powered DSPs, however, really achieve the same effect as a strip of rust being dragged over a magnet? Paul White investigates.

With their new 606 delay, Symetrix have attempled to combine today's technology with the user interface of yesteryear. Paul White finds out how well they've succeeded.

£300 is becoming a crowded price point for well-specified effects units, but Art nevertheless hope to stand out with their new Effects Network. Martin Walker decides whether it has what it takes to muscle in on the competition.

Paul White checks out the first tube product in the JoeMeek range.

Does the world need another budget parametric equalizer? Paul White discovers that it never had that many in the first place.

Paul White finds that Zoom's entry-level, sub-£100 effects box has hidden depths.

Paul White checks over the Alesis Wedge and finds that, despite its simplicity, its not the thin end of the reverb.

Four inputs, four outputs, up to four simultaneous effects... Digitech have kept to the magic number for this upgrade of their user-friendly multi-effects processor, but is it a superior being? Hugh Robjohns finds out.

Paul White checks out JoeMeek's first standalone enhancer.

Voice channels are gaining in popularity with the rise of digital, providing an easy way of recording high-quality signals without having to go through a mixer. Paul White rates the latest in the breed.

Paul White finds out about compression by numbers.

Paul White raises the tone of his studio by plugging in TL Audio's latest Crimson series parametric EQ.

It's small, sleek and extremely covetable. David Mellor opens the box.

Paul White tests one of the few-low cost tube enhancers on the market, from a new name in excitement.