Signal Processors

As well as modelling Drawmer’s versatile multiband mastering processor, Softube have boiled down its essentials to create an easy-to-use preset version.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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?

Digital Brain Instruments are carving a niche for themselves producing fun and intuitive interactive audio tools for games...

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Pitch-correction software has lots of uses besides putting vocals in tune! We uncover the creative roles to which today’s pitch processors can be employed.

Multimedia’s T-Racks mastering suite is a modular program: basic core functionality is free, and users build up a collection of tasty processors by making in-app purchases from the company’s Custom Shop.

McDSP’s SA2 Dialog Processor is based on hardware originally conceived by Academy Award winning re-recording mixer Mike Minkler...

Cobalt Saphira is the first of Waves’ new Cobalt series of plug-ins. It’s an enhancer effect, but one which goes way beyond conventional harmonic enhancers.

Although not as well-known as the classic Fairchild 660, the Telefunken U73b is in many ways its European counterpart.