Signal Processors

Available through United Plugins, Muramasa Audio’s Electrum is a guitar‑style amp, speaker and pedalboard modelling plug...

Origin Effects' latest offering is inspired by the work of the backline technicians of the ’70s and ’80s who spent time modifying amps in search of new and exciting sounds.

This Voice Changer plug‑in is probably going to appeal more to those creating podcasts or low‑budget movies than to music producers...

The audio files available on this page accompany my review of the...

While UltraTap can go some way towards replicating a multi‑head tape echo machine, it also excels at artificial double-tracking, dreamy ambient delays, vocal thickening and gentle tremolo...

Baby Audio offer an intriguing take on frequency‑conscious dynamics processing.

Hotone believe you shouldn’t have to tweak a million virtual components to find a great guitar tone...

Have you ever wondered what lies behind the intriguing wobbles and lush swooshes of this classic effect?

SILO combines granular processing with reverb and pitch change, the aim being to produce complex, musically involving effects...

Want the classic Lexicon sound without having to dive deep into the parameter pages? You’re in luck...

If you prefer delays that are a little more ‘out there’, this one is aimed at you.

UJAM add some vintage vibes to their range of user‑friendly effects plug‑ins.

In this episode, Eddie Bazil discusses using Transient Shapers in place of EQ and provides six practical examples.

This powerful digital stompbox is far more than just a distortion pedal...

Think you’ve heard everything a compressor can do? It might be time to think again...

If you’re looking for one reverb to rule them all, HOFA’s massively comprehensive plug‑in ticks all the boxes.

Fideleater is a lo‑fi chorus, vibrato and delay pedal whose six controls can be used to access a huge palette of sounds.

Given the significant cost of this pedal, it’s probably going to appeal mainly to those who already know what to expect from it, though the limited production run may also make it of interest to collectors.

Created in partnership with Empirical Labs, these two emulations form a characterful yet capable channel strip.

Tegeler add convenient plug‑in remote control to one of their best‑selling processors.

UA have long been among the best developers of analogue‑modelling software, so the world is expecting great things of these little boxes. Do they deliver the goods?