Plug-ins

Antares look to bring a little more harmony to their iconic pitch‑correction tool.

Strokes has evolved from a clever MIDI sequencer to a sophisticated and original instrument in its own right.

A much‑loved creative distortion plug‑in is back from its sabbatical, and it looks like the break has done it good!

These plug‑ins are all about warmth and distortion, and the flavours on offer range from gentle saturation at the subtler end of the scale through to crunching overload and squelchy obliteration.

Available through United Plugins, FireEQ combines several EQ methodologies with a view to making mixing and mastering flexible but without adding too much complexity.

Minimal Audio's Flex Chorus offers up to 24 voices plus overall control over the delay time and modulation depth.

With an array of different modelled devices and controls you won’t find on the original hardware, have Pulsar breathed new life into the humble spring reverb?

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ 4/5 Stars. Supporting all the main plug‑in formats, Bloom Aether Vocal is based on samples of short vocal phrases, both male and female, that can be manipulated in creative ways.

Is there still a place in our plug‑in folders for the core algorithms from TC Electronic’s legendary System 6000?

IK Multimedia’s monitor correction technology is now available in a standalone hardware box.

Tired of the same old delay effects? With Lumina, you can draw, position and shape your repeats any way you like.

Oeksound’s long‑awaited third plug‑in is a quietly radical alternative to equalisation.

Tone Projects’ range may not include many plug‑ins yet — but they’re all up there with the very best.

Eventide’s celebrated reverb and pitch/modulation plug‑ins have been reinvented — with immersive audio applications in mind.

If your vocals require sweetening, a little Nectar might be just the thing...

DropKick is a comprehensive set of tools for reshaping kick drum sounds, but it manages this with just a handful of rotary controls.

There are so many reverb plug‑ins for Mac and Windows DAW software now that, in order to stand out from the crowd, a new one needs to offer something a little out of the ordinary, and Minimal Audio’s Swarm Reverb does exactly this.

Realphones’ sophisticated headphone tuning is now paired with an ever‑growing array of virtual monitoring environments.

With a GUI that looks as though it was designed by an astrologer on magic mushrooms, Instant Audio’s QuickMuse is a five‑section multi‑effects plug‑in with a simple interface and some smart randomisation functions.

Recirculate is a feedback delay/echo that can process the feedback signals in various ways to make the repeats change character, with the change becoming more pronounced each time the signal passes around the feedback loop.

Can cleaning and enhancing dialogue really be this easy?