: PSP Flare Compressor Plug-In
reviewed by Larry Crane
Touted as “a new kind of psycho-acoustic compressor,” PSP Flare can apply a huge amount of compression to a stereo or mono source, and do so without immediately veering into nasty...
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Raising Jake Studios: SideMinder Max Plug-In
reviewed by Larry Crane
Billed as a "Spectral Dynamic Stereo Width Maximizer," the SideMinder Max plug-in works on stereo tracks to adjust the width of a signal at different frequency ranges. I reviewed the original...
Hit'n'Mix: RipX DAW PRO
reviewed by Geoffrey Knecht
There has been so much talk about AI and its uses, but I haven't come across many products that are practically useful within the scope of my daily work. There are many fun products out there for...
Ginger Audio: iRender Binaural Monitoring Plug-In
reviewed by Adam Kagan
Those of us who have tried mixing music in Dolby Atmos understand the challenges of learning a new skill. Some of those challenges lie in creative dilemmas, such as “What should go in the...
apulSoft: apTrigga3 Sample Trigger Plug-In
reviewed by Scott Evans
apTrigga has been around since 2004 (and it was good back then!). In 2015, apulSoft released a full rewrite of their sample trigger plug-in that included AAX support, which I grabbed immediately and...
oeksound: Bloom Tone-Shaping Plug-In
reviewed by Larry Crane
Proclaimed as "an adaptive tone shaper," Bloom is a new plug-in by oeksound, known for the handy tone-fixers Soothe2 [Tape Op #138] and Spiff [#137]. I constantly use Soothe2 to fix tracks that have...
Louder Than Liftoff: Silver Bullet MK2 Plug-In
reviewed by Liam Nelson
The Louder Than Liftoff [Tape Op #122] Silver Bullet mk2 plug-in is my new favorite in the box processor by a wide margin – and that’s kind of hilarious, considering that my trusty...
Pulsar Modular: P455 MDN Sidecar Plug-In
reviewed by Matt Anderson
Pulsar Modular’s P455 MDN Sidecar plug-in was designed in conjunction with engineer Marc Daniel Nelson. Although there’s definitely some API style inspiration involved, they’ve taken...
Ableton: Live 12 Suite
reviewed by Dana Gumbiner
The importance of organization, functionality, and preparedness is central to the work we do when making music with/for others. From my perspective, DAWs are getting more comprehensive and less...
Newfangled Audio: Recirculate Echo Plug-In
reviewed by Larry Crane
Former Eventide coder/engineer Dan Gillespie, who runs Newfangled Audio (distributed by Eventide), has developed some pretty wild plug-ins. We've reviewed the fantastic virtual synth, Generate [Tape...
Auto-Tune: Vocal Reverb Plug-In
reviewed by Scott McDowell
Call me an AI pessimist, but my initial reaction was lukewarm when I considered trying out the Vocal Reverb plug-in from Antares Audio Technologies. Haven’t I already got enough reverbs? How is...
McDSP: BOB Bass Optimized Bias Plug-In
reviewed by Larry Crane
As part of the McDSP Analog Processing Box universe (APB-8, APB-16) [Tape Op #134], the BOB Bass Optimized Bias is a plug-in based on the original BOB module from McDSP's 6060 Ultimate Module...