Signal Processors

If you want quality outboard in a compact frame, modular systems are the way to go. Find out how Audient's offering compares with the rest.

The sound of an SSL console is now available in an even smaller package - and at a smaller price.

Flux claim that their plug–ins combine simplicity and sophistication, thanks to their unusual interface design and novel controls.

Intrusive sibilants can ruin an otherwise good-sounding vocal track, and conventional de-essers are often of limited use. Can Eiosis's radical new design do any better?

This classy stomp box is much more than a guitar effect, and it is equally impressive on stage and in the studio.

The classy Phoenix rises again — but this time it has been tweaked for the mastering fraternity.

This classy piece of kit boasts the quality and flexibility of high-end algorithmic reverbs, but can also deliver convolution-like realism.

Convolution technology has provided new levels of realism for plug-in reverb, but has been unable to capture non-linear or time-variant effects such as compression, tape saturation, distortion and flanging. Until now, that is...

If you want to capture the sound of your boutique valve amp for recording but can't turn it up loud, you need a power soak... and speaker emulation... and mic emulation... SPL's Transducer does it all.

Behringer offer highly affordable excitement in the shape of two new sub-£100 rack processors.

Summit Audio's high-end designs are known for their quality and longevity — so is their new compressor a classic in the making?

The latest in Roland's pioneering VG range could qualify as the best guitar synth ever made.

Beneath this innocent exterior lies a growling analogue beast that can help you create some truly unique sounds...

Fishman's acclaimed process for improving the sound of acoustic guitar pickups is now available in pedal format — and with 24-bit converters and 32-bit internal processing, this is a distinctly superior-sounding Aura.

The X-Rack system makes SSL's large console technology much more accessible - so much so that we were reluctant to send it back!

This unusual compressor was specifically designed to process complex material, with dedicated bus-compression applications in mind.

Second-hand tape recorders are cheap and can provide uniquely warm, organic delay effects. Best of all, its a piece of cake to integrate them into a digital mixing setup. We tell you how...

I've never known what the difference is between a passive EQ and an active one. Could you explain?

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We take another look at the impressive Portico range, focusing on a compressor-limiter and a unique tape-emulation processor.

Combining the classic Neve sound with a software recall facility, this EQ offers the best of both worlds.