NAMM
Pigtronix Philosopher's Tone 2 Compressor adds a foot-switchable Grit section to access that germanium dirt section, for added colour
JMG Sound Dropkick takes your bass drums to another level! The ultimate kick drum enhancer for EDM, Techno, and other electronic styles?
The SSL bus compressor is one of the most sought-after audio tools ever designed! We check out the different formats currently available.
VIDEO
The DOCtron IMC-500 is now available as a 500-series module! This is a truly amazing addition to your lunchbox for both live and studio use.
VIDEO
The TC Electronic 2290 P brings the classic 2290 Dynamic Digital Delay rack effect and puts it into a pedal format with new features
VIDEO
Hardware processing on your master bus can transform your sound completely, we look at some of the best stereo compressors under $2000.
VIDEO
We check out the new Auto-Tune Vocal Compressor plug-in from Antares, designed to be your go-to tool for vocal dynamics processing.
VIDEO
Live now on Indiegogo The Godfather offers 4 modular style audio channels with dynamics, filtering, effects and modulation in a tidy-looking 60HP unit
Mixland Rubber Band compressor v2 turns the original proof-of-concept into a full-fledged dynamics and saturation plug-in.
VIDEO
Walrus Audio Badwater a complete bass solution in a pedal? For their first dedicated bass effect it packs in some great features for bass players
Juicer is meant to give your audio tracks, especially transient-heavy ones like drums and vocals, a fatter and wider sound with attitude.
VIDEO
Explode your Eurorack with this audio squashing combo of the Messor Stereo Compressor and Peradam Side-Chained Distortion - things are going to get huge!
Baby Audio's TAIP uses artificial intelligence instead of standard DSP to eek out the subtle nuances of analog circuits. Is TAIP worth a spin?
VIDEO
SSL has announced the Fusion series plug-ins. The series kicks off with the SSL Fusion Vintage Drive and Fusion Stereo Image plug-ins modeled after analog hardware.
Maji works like a kind of transformer that is "pushed" beyond its natural limit to generate analog compression and saturation. In a plug-in!
United Plugins Urban Puncher adds punch and fatness to your drums and loops with just a few simple controls. Are you ready to hit the Destroy button?
Black Salt Audio's Low Control and Escalator plug-ins are meant to deliver big sounds with few controls - but is the price justified?
Biggifier recreates five effects chains used by producer Jonas Aden in the one-knob format: it's designed to fatten, thicken and creamify your mixes.
Leapwing has teamed up with Al Schmitt to create the Al Schmitt Signature Plugin. Can software bring the engineer's famously natural sound to your DAW?
A compressor that syncs its Attack and Release times to your project tempo - is this the end of fiddling knobs?
Apogee and Bob Clearmountain team up for a channel strip plug-in that brings the essentials without much of a learning curve.
Goliath grows: V2 of Tone Empire's plug-in has 4 types of analog-modeled saturation, a parametric EQ, and a 1176-based FET compressor in one plug-in.
VIDEO
The new THR30IIA from Yamaha is a 30-watt stereo acoustic guitar amp, with wireless capabilities and a host of useful features that make it the perfect partner for your favourite acoustic guitar.
With a whopping 70 virtual 500-series modules taken straight from IK's various effects and insturment suites, MixBox is a Swiss Army knife of a channel strip.