Signal Processors

With so many different interpretations of the venerable PulTec EQP-1A now available, how does this one stand out from the crowd?

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The Ottobit offers further proof that the 500-series needn’t be restricted to the niceties of analogue gear.

I’ve been using the Haas delay effect to add some nice width to my guitar parts. It sounds great, but I’ve noticed that when I listen in mono my guitars pretty much disappear from the mix. Any advice?

Thanks to the addition of powerful pitch-correction and manual time-warping features, Revoice Pro 3 offers a complete vocal-processing toolkit.

Is this humble 500-series processor the start of a great modular system?

Is this Dbx’s most user–friendly feedback suppressor to date?

It’s not easy to create an analogue multi–band compressor that competes on quality and price, but Drawmer show us it can be done.

While an overdrive pedal might not seem like an obvious studio accessory I’ve often found that using an analogue overdrive pedal before a software modelling amp/speaker produces more musical results.

A Waves plug-in based on the original hardware Dbx 160 designed by engineer David Blackmer in the early 1970s.

Acoustic guitar modelling Plug-in.

Whilst PSP’s basic design remains the same, with a graphic display of the overall EQ curve and controls for up to five parametric EQ bands. Almost every aspect has been enhanced in some way or another.

Electro-Harmonix have always had a good reputation for their pitch-shift effects. How does their latest one compare?

Kush Audio have a knack of making forward-looking products that exude vintage vibe — and this remarkable compressor is no exception.

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Anthony Demaria’s limiter is based on a classic Bill Putnam valve design — but does it live up to its illustrious heritage?

With the VST protocol now supported, more people than ever can use CEDAR’s industry-standard restoration tools.

Can Sonarworks’ calibration plug-in help to make mixing on headphones less of a compromise?

No control room is acoustically perfect, but the right correction system can help to deliver more accurate monitoring.

I discovered this very handy software, created by the makers of AA Translator almost by accident after searching for a way of batch–interleaving pairs of mono WAV files.

No-one has come near to producing a convincing copy of a Pultec EQP-1A at a wallet-friendly price. Until now!