Signal Processors

I've always advised my students to set their high-pass filter slope at a steep setting of 48dB per octave to reduce boominess. Is this the best advice to give my students, who are very much at the beginner stage?

Plug‑in models of classic hardware can sound great if you feed them the right level. But what level is right?

Mark Crabtree of AMS Neve chats with Sam Inglis about how two of the biggest names in UK audio technology came together, and how they are using their unique expertise in analogue and digital audio to develop their next wave of studio products.

Compression can do radically different things to the sound of a snare drum, depending on how it's set up. In this episode, Mike Senior explores three ways in which a compressor can help bring your snare tracks to life.

11 impressive modulation processes all in one compact pedal — what's not to like?

Neo make some of the finest stereo rotary-speaker emulation pedals available. For mono users, they've packaged their core Ventilator technology into these standard-sized stompboxes.

Bucketverb imagines a history where charge-coupled analogue delay chips were used to create reverberation, and in which the digital reverb revolution never happened.

The Verbum Entropic Hall plug-in uses a chaotic reflections algorithm to create a reverb with a character that's reminiscent of early reverb machines...

Could these original effects and enhanced classics be the perfect addition to your DAW?

Is this modelled vari-mu compressor as easy on the ear as it is on the eye?

Waves' new plug–in is more than just a vocoder...

Reverb plug-ins can present a bewildering variety of parameters. We explain what they're there for, and how to put them to good use!

With more control and functionality than the Plasma pedal that preceded it, is this box the new king of controllable carnage?

If you're seeking a performance-friendly effects processor with a top-notch signal path, this might be just what the doctor ordered...

Could this be the ultimate analogue 'vibe box'?

They say they don't make 'em like they used to, but in the case of this Italian boutique filterbank, they do!

This plug-in sounds pleasingly 'organic' and adds some useful functionality compared with the Binson Echorecs on which it's based.

The 1973 version two Big Muff Pi — with a ram's head printed on the casework — was used on so many classic records that EHX have decided to bring it back.