LiquidSonics Seventh Heaven Professional Review - The reverb from heaven?
Written testThe second version of Reverberate, LiquidSonics' flagship product, completely blew us away with its Fusion-IR technology because it actually provided an unheard-of flexibility and audio quality in th…
EarMaster ApS Earmaster 6 Review - Ear to Ear
Written testEarMaster Aps is a small Danish company founded in 1994 specialized in the development of a very particular software: EarMaster, whose goal is to train your musical ear and reading skills.
A review of the Universal Audio Fender ’55 Tweed Deluxe… - Tweed Indeed
Written testUniversal Audio has released plug-ins for quite a few guitar amps in the last couple of years, but its new Fender ’55 Tweed Deluxe is its first foray into the Fender amp world, and it’s a doozy. The …
A review of the PSP 2445 Digital Reverberator plug-in - A Powerful Ambience
Written testWith the release of version 1.2 of its 2445 reverb, PSP now has the official blessing of EMT, the company that made the outboard reverb units modeled in this plug-in. We figured that was a good reaso…
Video review of Audified MixChecker - Check Please!
Written testThe MixChecker plug-in from Audified makes it possible to reference your mix on a wide range of simulated speaker types to see how it translates. How well does it work? Find out in this video review.
A video review of the new synth from Lethal Audio - Killer Sounds from Lethal
Written testLethal Audio recently released Lethal, a crisp-sounding "rompler"-style software instrument with a heavy emphasis on EDM, but which will also be useful for pop, rock, hip-hop, and film scoring.
A review of IK Multimedia's Lurssen Mastering Console - Mastering Made Painless
Written testThe Lurssen Mastering Console is new mastering software from IK Multimedia that was created in conjunction with Gavin Lurssen at Lurssen Mastering in Los Angeles, a high-profile facility that’s resp…
A video review of Eventide Anthology X - A Big Bundle of Processing
Written testThe Eventide Anthology X bundle ($999 street) offers users a large collection of effects processing plug-ins. Although there's an emphasis on the harmonizer/delay type effects that Eventide is famous…
A review of Cakewalk Rapture Session - A Rapture on a Budget
Written testRecently, Cakewalk announced Rapture Session, a new member of its Rapture software-instrument family. It offers less sounds and no programmability, but it has the same synth engine as the flagship Ra…
A review of the Waves NX Virtual Mix Room plug-in - A Revolution in Headphone Mixing
Written testHeadphones are great for checking details when you’re mixing, but to mix on them exclusively has always been a challenge — at least until now. Thanks to a revolutionary new Waves plug-in called NX (M…
A review of the UAD Marshall JMP 2203 Plug-In - JMP for Joy
Written testUniversal Audio has an ongoing partnership with the software whizzes at Softube to develop plug-ins for its UAD platform. This collaboration has resulted in many different plug-ins, including models …
LiquidSonics Reverberate 2 Review - Reverberate Goes Fusion
Written testThere are two clearly distinguishable schools in the software reverb world: algorithmic and convolution.
A review of Joey Sturgis Tones Finality Advanced limite… - Limiting Unlimited
Written testA track with too wide a dynamic range can cause problems when mixing. Rather than using automation to smooth out the levels, which is very time consuming, a compressor or limiter can do it for you au…
Klangfreund LUFS Meter Review - May the Volume Be With You
Written testLet me introduce you to LUFS Meter, a downright clever plug-in that can make life easier to anyone taking the "Loudness War" seriously. And I hope there are many of you out there, considering the pai…
A review of iZotope Ozone 7 Advanced and Ozone 7 - Lucky Sevens
Written testThe Ozone mastering suite from iZotope has gotten better with each major update. The latest, Ozone 7, adds vintage modules to its processing arsenal, which allow you to add warm, analog-like sounds. …