The original Aphex Aural Exciter, first offered in 1975, came without the Big Bottom circuit, which was added in 1992. Later revisions of the Aphex Aural...
Various spectral enhancers, which are devices designed to impart hyper-realism to full mixes but also to individual tracks, have been available for more...
During the past three years, relative newcomer Raven Labs has designed and produced a respectable selection of direct boxes, preamps, and mixers for musicians...
A noise gate, though not the most glamorous of components, is an essential part of any well-equipped multitrack studio. By reducing noise, including leakage...
Although the MPX 500 and, to a much lesser extent, the MPX 100 let you edit parameters to dial in custom effects, trailblazing beyond presets can be difficult because of an almost complete lack of documentation about those parameters....
I haven't had so much fun with a piece of gear in ages. In recent years, movie stars have increasingly shared the limelight with computer-generated animation...
The Filterbank 2 ($799) from Sherman Productions offers a number of electronic enhancements and cosmetic refinements to the original Filterbank (see the...
Although digital signal processing has improved in recent years, compression remains one area in which it falls short especially emulated tube compression....
The Freque II ($1,400) is the flagship of the DACS (Digital Audio and Computer Systems) line of ring modulators. It includes wonderful enhancements made...
When the Roland Corporation unveiled the VP-9000 at the winter 2000 NAMM convention, I was impressed. This unassuming black box performed magic tricks...
Moogerfooger CP-251 Control Processor Thanks to their voltage control-capabilities, the effects of Big Briar's Moogerfooger line blur the distinction...
Plug-ins that process digital audio continue to crop up in a seemingly endless variety of formats and types-TDM, AudioSuite, VST, Premiere, real time,...
Focusrite has long been known for its top-drawer (and top-dollar) studio and mastering gear. Over the past few years, the company's affordably priced...
Ironman composer Ramin Djawadi talks film-and-TV scoring. Go
What's New: Native Instruments Guitar Rig 3 XE and Guitar Rig Session, Rob Papen's Predator synth, and Haunted House Records's Electronic Critters, a sampling CD of circuit-bent toys.Go
