Signal Processors

It’s billed as a ‘digital delay with an analogue heart’ but does this compact device offer anything you can’t already get in the box?

The latest version of iZotope’s RX adds some interesting features — but do they have musical applications?

There’s more to MC AudioLab’s new 500-series modules than their funky fuchsia facades...

Q What does an API 2500 compressor’s ‘Thrust’ control do?

I don’t understand what the ‘Thrust...

If your audio is soiled, SoundSoap 4 offers new tools to restore it to gleaming whiteness.

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Rupert Neve’s processors now have plenty of admirers — and imitators. Does this one offer anything extra?

These neat little modules offer far better performance than you’d expect at this price. Is there anything not to like?

The Tossover’s thoughtful approach to routing and filtering should leave your processing options limited only by your imagination.

Have Funky Junk put their secret cache of original dbx ‘Gold Can’ VCAs to good use?

Does this take on delay-pedal history merit a place in your pedalboard’s future?

The Signature Three offers something no other EQ does — four inductor-based bands per channel.

If anyone can tease ‘that’ valve optical compressor sound out of a single-width 500-series module, Dave Hill can...

Is Retro’s recreation of the legendary Gates Sta-Level more than just a reissue?

Is Retro’s recreation of the legendary Gates Sta-Level more than just a reissue?

Real reels are a thing of the past — but not all tape emulation comes in software form.

When a top hardware expert turns his attention to plug-in design, the results are a bit special.

The Dangerous world of dynamics processing promises plenty of pleasant surprises.

A modern stompbox take on a classic digital delay unit — what’s not to like?

What secrets have Elysia hidden inside this modest‑looking rackmount case?

FMR have improved on their classic designs as they turned them into 500-series bargains!