For the first time in a while, there was an unmistakable optimism in the air at the New York AES Convention. There was a memorable show downstairs, from the overflowing special events to the in-depth technical panels and workshops.
Up on the showroom floor, the displays weren’t quite expansive as Read more...
(Article Update, February 15, 2014 — Softube announced that the Console 1 is now officially available, for a list price of $1,099 and a “probable” street price of $999.
In addition, SSL is officially endorsing the channel strip model included in the purchase, which will be called Solid State Logic Read more...
Last month, we brought you a roundup of some of the best extreme and unusual compressor plugins on the market. In that feature, we looked at the kinds of dramatic sound-shaping dynamic tools that are worth owning, but that you might not use on every mix.
Today, we present the Read more...
For a newly-updated 2018 version of this post, click here for “The (Updated) Big List of Free Pro Tools Plugins”.
For a long time, it’s been easy to find a whole world of free VST and AU plugins on the web. But for users of Pro Tools – arguably the Read more...
For years there have been plenty of compressors plugins on the market that offer tremendously clean and transparent dynamic control. Later on came countless emulations of the classics, which seem have to become progressively more convincing with each iteration.
But what about compressors that offer something a little more extreme Read more...
