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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.
Drawmer have been offering no‑nonsense professional audio gear since the early ’80s, but their current range of processors offers more possibilities than ever.
With a Transient Designer, a de‑esser and an unusually versatile input section, there’s more to SPL’s recording channel than most.
Tired of the same old delay effects? With Lumina, you can draw, position and shape your repeats any way you like.
Tone Projects’ range may not include many plug‑ins yet — but they’re all up there with the very best.
Too much bleed on your close mics? Channel went down during your tracking session? This clever drum unmixing app could save the day...
Gainlab’s channel strip delivers high‑quality valvetube preamplification and optical compression, along with some interesting tone‑shaping options.
With a chameleon‑like ability to replicate the curves of almost any analogue bell or shelf EQ, this has to be one of the most versatile equalisers out there.
Meet the older, hard‑hitting version of SSL’s 4K channel compressor!
With separate control over mic and line/instrument inputs, as well as variable high‑ and low‑pass filters, Trident’s 80B‑Pre is more versatile than most 500‑series preamps.