Signal Processors

Does the new 266 compressor from dbx really excel?

The DDP takes the five dynamics processes you're most likely to want, turns them digital, and squashes them into a 1U studio workhorse box for under £600.

If you've £250 to spare and a reverb-shaped hole in your studio, Lexicon would like you to fill it with their latest budget processor, which offers 20-bit converters, a digital output as standard, and the famous Lexicon Ambience effect.

ART have been championing the cause of musicians on a budget for years with their great value multi-effects units. We check out their latest effort, offering true 4-in, 4-out capabilities for under £300.

It's a Focusrite, Jim, but not as we know it! Is it possible to deliver Focusrite quality at such an aggressively low price?

Though this Charisma has only two channels instead of eight, it's lost none of the original charm.

While this outboard EQ provides little more than a decent desk EQ in the way of facilities, it does have that distinctive vintage JoeMeek sound at a price that won't break the bank.

Paul White takes two migraine tablets and has a nice sit down before tackling the 'eye-catching' Resinator filter unit...

Does the DPR422 have the right combination of price and performance to break BSS into the project studio market?

This good-looking unit hides more than just reverb beneath its shiny exterior. Derek Johnson appreciates the ambience...

Is the dbx 160S pure technology, a work of art, or a little of both?

The world of multi-effects might be generally interdisciplinary, but Derek Johnson finds that there'll always be room for a specialist.