Brainworx: Mäag Audio MAGNUM-K Plug-In
reviewed by Gus Berry
Before I dive into a ton of information, let me start by saying I may have found my new “desert island” plug-in. In a matter of one week, this plug-in has made my mixes better and...
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Kush: SILIKA Compressor Plug-In
reviewed by Gus Berry
Kush has been consistently developing plug-ins that have major vibe with analog character for years now. Even their partner company, California's Sly-Fi Digital, has made some of the go-to plug-ins...
Filepass, LLC: Filepass File Sharing Utility
reviewed by Ben Bernstein
If you mix records for a living and are spending too much time digging through texts, Facebook Messenger posts, and bottomless email threads from various band members looking for mix notes, then...
Antelope Audio: Zen Tour Synergy Core Interface
reviewed by Dana Gumbiner
The Zen Tour Synergy Core system is an 18 x 24 (eight analog in and 14 analog out), quad DSP-enabled Thunderbolt 3/USB 2.0 recording interface with a wealth of I/O and a spec sheet that rivals or...
NUGEN Audio: SEQ-S Linear Phase EQ Plug-In
reviewed by Don Gunn
NUGEN Audio, in case you’re not familiar, have been making sizable inroads in the post-production and mastering worlds over the last 16 years with plug-ins that I generally characterize as...
Audiomovers: Listento Remote Monitoring Plug-In
reviewed by Brad Allen Williams
If the COVID-19 pandemic has any silver lining, it’s the way it has invited the reimagining of entrenched habits. When we all mothballed our tracking rooms in March, we became pretty open-minded...
Apogee Digital: Clearmountain's Spaces Plug-In
reviewed by Gus Berry
Late last year, Apogee Digital released Clearmountain’s Domain [Tape Op #135], a plug-in that allows users to emulate the effects that renowned mix engineer, Bob Clearmountain, has been using on...
FabFilter: Saturn 2 Saturation and Distortion Plug-In
reviewed by Dave Hidek
FabFilter’s Saturn was one of 2012’s most celebrated plug-ins, offering multi-band distortion and saturation, along with a sleek GUI, plus a powerful modulation section that was embraced...
Eventide: Crystals Plug-In
reviewed by John Baccigaluppi
Crystals is Eventide’s latest port of its iconic H3000 Harmonizer algorithms into a simpler plug-in GUI – similar to their Blackhole, MangledVerb, Spring [Tape Op #137], MicroPitch, along...
BABY Audio: I Heart NY Plug-In
reviewed by Ben Bernstein
I admit it, I don't always feel like creating a separate aux channel to add parallel compression on my drum tracks. Enter BABY Audio's I Heart NY parallel compressor plug-in, a bus compressor that...
DDMF: Plugindoctor Plug-In Analyzer
reviewed by Garrett Haines
DDMF is a German company that publishes two kinds of audio software: Outstanding signal processors and innovative utilities that no one else makes but should. Plugindoctor is one example of an...
oeksound: Soothe2 Plug-In
reviewed by Gus Berry
I love low end and I try to mix with a lot of power coming from that range. This is tough when your monitors and room start to lose clarity and tightness below 100 Hz. I have to consciously spend a...