Heavyocity Vast — A Mix Real-World Review
Heavyocity’s Vast lets you use any audio file under 60 seconds in duration as an IR, so our review team had to give it...
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Heavyocity’s Vast lets you use any audio file under 60 seconds in duration as an IR, so our review team had to give it...
iZotope reinvented its venerable distortion plug-in from the ground up, so we dug into the Trash for this real-world review.
Oeksound has been making waves with Bloom, an adaptive tone shaper, so we put it to the test in this Mix Real-World Review.
The Mix review team has been reviewing gear—like the Korg Collection 4—while recording in paradise.
Recording in the US Virgin Islands, our review team put Eventide's Blackhole Immersive and Micropitch Immersive plug-ins plug-ins to the test.
Reviewer Mike Levine gets in the ring with a delay that offers ultimate control and excellent sound shaping abilities.
Our reviewer finds BX_Enahncer to be a powerful, channel-strip-like plug-in with saturation and sculpting.
Find out why our reviewer calls the Mixland Vac Attack "a monster" for its ability to emulate lush tube circuitry.
A new UAD plug-in lets you transform your recordings with the acoustics and mics from an iconic studio—so we put it to the test.
With Exoverb, the company brings its spatial technology to an affordable stereo reverb plug-in—but how is it?
Composer Rich Tozzoli plays with SoundToys' new SuperPlate plug-in and also learns about its development in this Real-World Review.
We put Playfair Audio's Dynamic Grading plug-in—which lets you process three user-adjustable level ranges simultaneously on the same track—to the test.
LANDR has offered online mastering for years; now the company's new AI-powered plug-in brings that directly into your DAW.
Find out why our reviewer says ‘Content Aware’ processing is a game-changer.
StageOne2 is a funky—and functional—tool for manipulating the stereo image for width and depth, so we took it for a spin; here's what happened.
Our reviewer finds that Brainworx's latest plug-in features a wealth of control and fine-tuning options.
Our reviewer explains why "If you enjoy getting creative with sound—either live or in the studio—you’re going to love Zen Delay Virtual."
With more musicians and producers doing their own mastering, DIY mastering software is on the rise, so we put one of the most popular...
Time-aligning and phase-correcting just got significantly easier with Sound Radix’s Auto-Align 2.
A favorite of Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, Steve Lukather, Neal Schon, John Petrucci and Prince, the Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+ now has a plug-in...
The Mix knob is just one of many new features the updated Antares Auto-Tune Pro X plug-in adds to speed workflow.
For the final installment of this year's Real-World Reviews from the USVI, our team tested the Laboratory Audio Strikeforce Cinematic Percussion plug-in.
When our reviewers headed to the USVI for some recording, they brought along Liquidsonics' Seventh Heaven Reverb to try out.
Recording in the US Virgin Islands, our review team put UA's Waterfall Rotary Speaker plug-in to the test.
Recording in the remote setting of the US Virgin Islands, our review team put KIT Plugins' new Smash dynamics plug to the test.
Recording in St. John, USVI, our review team put IK Multimedia's ToneX amp sim to the test, using self-created sims of their own amps.
KIT Plugins’ latest offering, the BB N73, is modeled off of a dozen vintage 1073s owned by Nashville’s Blackbird Studios
With the release of the Auto-Tune Vocal Compressor plug-in, Antares aims its vocal-software expertise at the crowded and competitive compressor market.
Ayaic's Mix Monolith is an "automatic mixing system" that will get you "90 percent there" says our reviewer. Find out why!
Mike Levine put the Waves Magma Tube Channel Strip Plug-In, with its modeled tube-drive circuit, to the test.
Mike Levine dives into the Sonible Metering Bundle and finds that its True:Level and True:Balance plug-ins have different modus operandi.
Mix dives into the recent iZotope RX 10 Advanced update and finds that the post-production software has upped the ante.
The Mix review team puts The Oven, “a Vibe/ Coloration/Mojo" plug-in, to the test in this Real-World Review.
Our reviewer found Sonnox's ListenHub plug-in helped him achieve more consistent mixes due to its loudness monitoring and analysis
Our review team dives into Moog's new software-based versions of its classic pedal series.
Reviewer Barry Rudolph discovers that Newfangled Audio’s Invigorate is much more than a stereo compressor/limiter.
Studio pro Rob Tavaglione puts the psychoacoustic process of the new MAAT FiDef JENtwo stand-alone plug-in to the test.
Ever ask yourself what 10x Grammy-winner Joe Chiccarelli would do? With Leapwing Audio's new plug-in, you can find out.
Michael Cooper puts the ADPTR Audio Sculpt plug-in to the test and finds its an amazing tool that shapes dynamics, transients and tone in...
Waves' latest Chris Lord-Alge plug-in, CLA Nx, is a virtual mix-room emulation of his Mix LA control room.
Reviewer Russ Long wonders how he was ever able to close a mix without the new KIT Plugins BB Mo-Q plug-in.
Many free plug-ins only get half the job done, but reviewer Rob Tavaglione discovers the Youlean Loudness Meter 2 plug-in hits the target.