Signal Processors

Whether it’s sitting on your guitar pedalboard or nestled between your synthesizers, this weird and wonderful effects box oozes vintage character.

EHX have used digital technology to coax three different characters of drive from a single pedal.

UA’s digitally modelled version of the Boss CE‑1 analogue Chorus Ensemble now appears as part of the UAFX compact pedal range.

Tired of the same old delay effects? With Lumina, you can draw, position and shape your repeats any way you like.

If you’re looking for a plug‑in that beautifully recreates the classiest of boutique amps, read on...

Oeksound’s long‑awaited third plug‑in is a quietly radical alternative to equalisation.

Too much bleed on your close mics? Channel went down during your tracking session? This clever drum unmixing app could save the day...

With a Transient Designer, a de‑esser and an unusually versatile input section, there’s more to SPL’s recording channel than most.

Tone Projects’ range may not include many plug‑ins yet — but they’re all up there with the very best.

Can this ring modulator live up to the standards of the old MoogerFooger?

Eventide’s celebrated reverb and pitch/modulation plug‑ins have been reinvented — with immersive audio applications in mind.

If your vocals require sweetening, a little Nectar might be just the thing...

DropKick is a comprehensive set of tools for reshaping kick drum sounds, but it manages this with just a handful of rotary controls.

There are so many reverb plug‑ins for Mac and Windows DAW software now that, in order to stand out from the crowd, a new one needs to offer something a little out of the ordinary, and Minimal Audio’s Swarm Reverb does exactly this.

Spring reverb can be a one‑trick pony, though it’s a pretty good trick! This one incorporates additional processing to make it more versatile.

Combining Two notes’ highly respected models and dynamic IR‑based cabinets with support for third‑party machine‑learning amp captures, Genome is brimming with potential.

With a chameleon‑like ability to replicate the curves of almost any analogue bell or shelf EQ, this has to be one of the most versatile equalisers out there.

Gainlab’s channel strip delivers high‑quality valvetube preamplification and optical compression, along with some interesting tone‑shaping options.

Like the original, this Pico pedal identifies individual notes extremely well and it has plenty of attack range, from just softening the attack transient to a slow bowing type of fade‑in.

With a GUI that looks as though it was designed by an astrologer on magic mushrooms, Instant Audio’s QuickMuse is a five‑section multi‑effects plug‑in with a simple interface and some smart randomisation functions.

Recirculate is a feedback delay/echo that can process the feedback signals in various ways to make the repeats change character, with the change becoming more pronounced each time the signal passes around the feedback loop.