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The sound quality of free plug-ins has come a very long way in the past decade. Freeware used to be somewhat synonymous with effects that sounded inferior, forcing you to shell out precious budget on paid plug-ins and preventing you from investing in other areas of your recording setup – but this is no longer […]
Fender has added six new effect pedals to its range the new Pour Over Envelope Filter, Smolder Acoustic Overdrive, Compugilist, The Trapper Fuzz, MGT- LA Tube Distortion and Reflecting Pool Delay/Reverb. Reflecting Pool This new Fender stereo delay and reverb pedal is called the Reflecting Pool (affiliate link). The focus here is on both ambiences and rhythmic delays. […]
Only a few weeks after launching the Pro version, Audified has released ToneSpot Drum Express. The plug-in does many of the same things as its Pro cousin, but with a much simpler, streamlined interface. If you’re looking for smashing drums but don’t feel like twiddling knobs, here you go. It was to be expected: All […]
Once more, Acustica Audio presents a suite of analog-modeled gear to aid against that ‘sterile’ sound. Designed primarily for the purposes of mastering, Coral2 includes colored recreations of an equalizer, compressor, eliptical filter, preamp and an M/S Baxandall-type EQ. Acustica describes Coral2 as “extremely transparent”, with broad EQ curves and a gentle dynamics section which […]
Brainworx seems unstoppable these days. The Purple Audio MC77 is the fourth plug-in the company has released in quick succession, after the Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor, Focusrite SC and Ampeg V-4B. The plug-in’s hardware counterpart is an evolution of the legendary 1176 limiting amplifier with extended functionality. With the Plugin Alliance Purple Audio MC77, you […]
Now that’s a nice surprise! Plugin Alliance is releasing the Brainworx Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor as a native plug-in. Now you can enjoy the software emulation of the fabled 8000 dollar compressor natively in your DAW, without investing in UAD hardware. The Brainworx Shadow Hills Mastering Compressor isn’t the first plug-in leaving the exclusive world […]
Black Rooster Audio has released the VLA-FET compressor plug-in, giving you another option for 1176-style FET compression. According to the developers, the emulation uses “real-time component based circuit simulation”, thereby “capturing the sound and feel of the analog unit as close as possible”. Black Rooster Audio has been making a name for itself with releases […]
Shortly after the release of its Honey3 American console modeling suite, Acustica Audio debuted another new product called Cola. It’s a collection of plug-ins emulating a ’72 British console, with a twist. For the first time, Acustica has employed deep learning AI tech in the role of simulating the mixing decisions of a real-life audio […]
The Kush Audio team released an emulation of an interesting hardware compressor with deep musical history. In particular, the unit saw notable use at the Abbey Road Studios on later Beatles and early Pink Floyd records. Its progenitor is the old Altec 436B compressor, an all-valve vari-mu American design originally envisioned for telephone, broadcast, and […]
Developer Sonible has released an interesting compressor called smart:comp. The plug-in belongs to the same family as smart:eq 2, which you can read more about here. smart:comp is designed around the concept of spectral compression – input signal is continuously analyzed across more than 2000 bands, with the plug-in acting as an intelligent multiband compressor […]