Signal Processors

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With so many virtual guitar amps already on the market, can newcomers Scuffham Amps bring something fresh to the party?

Bereich03 are small manufacturers of audio outboard gear, based in Munich, Germany. When I say small, in fact they currently...

Most processors in API’s 500‑series format are classic studio tools such as preamps, EQs and compressors — but now a heavyweight champion from the synth world has joined the party.

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It's perfectly possible to use a tremolo arm to make the pitch of your guitar strings drop in real time, and guitarists have...

R3FX are a one‑man guitar‑effects outfit based in the US, and they offer a range of pedal mods by mail order, as well as a ...

Well known in their native Poland, IGS Audio are now making their products available in the UK. How do they fare against the competition?

API's 'Lunchbox' 500-series seems to be breathing life into some little-known classic designs of the past, including this unsung hero of the EQ world...

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Employing a whopping three Lunchbox modules per channel, this EQ system may not come cheap — but it boasts some impressive features.

What would happen if you upgraded every component in an 1176 compressor and added all the functions you wanted? One man set out to answer that question...

With a FET compressor/limiter and tube-saturation circuit on each channel, there’s plenty here to dirty up your sounds. Get ready to mash with the Monster...

Take Sonar back to the ’60s with this vintage-style tape-flanging effect!

The VoiceLive Play offers powerful vocal processing with simple footpedal control.

With an all-analogue signal path and total recall courtesy of digital control, this EQ promises a lot. Does it deliver?

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The concept behind TK’s BC1 is simple: take a classic bus-compressor design and improve on it.

The original VOGAD compressors may not have been developed with music in mind, but listening to this one you wouldn’t know that!

There have been plenty of Leslie emulators over the years, but is the Ventilator the one that finally nails ‘that’ sound?

Sonokinetic's Tutti eschews the approach taken by most orchestral sample libraries, offering, instead, a selection of effects designed to bring your pieces to life...