Plug-ins
KIT Plugins KIT Drums-Connor Denis—A Mix Real-World Review
We put the latest KIT Plugins release—a drum plug-in created in collaboration with Beartooth session drummer Connor Denis—to the test.
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Monitors
Steven Slate Audio VSX — A Mix Real-World Review
Steven Slate Audio has introduced VSX, a headphones/plug-in studio monitoring system based around what it calls Binaural Perception Modeling.
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Bettermaker BM60 Plug-In — A Mix Real-World Review
The Lexicon PCM60 digital reverb was an audio workhorse for decades; now it’s been reborn as a plug-in, but does it hold up? We...
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Softube Flow Mastering Suite — A Mix Real-World Review
Our Mix review team puts the Softube Flow Mastering Suite to the test and finds its a complete mastering suite for your DAW.
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Three-Body Technology Cenozoix — A Mix Real-World Review
The Cenozoix Compressor provides multiple compressor types plus unusually deep parameter control.
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Universal Audio Verve Analog Machines Plug-In — A Mix Real-World Review
Verve Analog Machines provides ten sonic choices; think of it as an analog buffet.
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iZotope RX 11 Advanced — A Mix Real-World Review
The post-production mainstay has gotten a muscular upgrade and our review team is there to put it through the paces.
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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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iZotope Trash — A Mix Real-World Review
iZotope reinvented its venerable distortion plug-in from the ground up, so we dug into the Trash for this real-world review.
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Oeksound Bloom — A Mix 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.
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Korg Collection 4 — A Mix Real-World Review…in the USVI
The Mix review team has been reviewing gear—like the Korg Collection 4—while recording in paradise.
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Eventide Blackhole Immersive and Micropitch Immersive — A Mix Real-World Review…in the USVI
Recording in the US Virgin Islands, our review team put Eventide's Blackhole Immersive and Micropitch Immersive plug-ins plug-ins to the test.
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Newfangled Audio Recirculate — A Mix Real-World Review
Reviewer Mike Levine gets in the ring with a delay that offers ultimate control and excellent sound shaping abilities.
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Brainworx bx_enhancer — A Mix Real-World Review
Our reviewer finds BX_Enahncer to be a powerful, channel-strip-like plug-in with saturation and sculpting.
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Mixland Vac Attack — A Mix Real-World Review
Find out why our reviewer calls the Mixland Vac Attack "a monster" for its ability to emulate lush tube circuitry.
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UAD Sound City Studios Plug-in — A Mix Real-World Review
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.
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Dear Reality Exoverb Stereo Reverb Plug-In — A Mix Real-World Review
With Exoverb, the company brings its spatial technology to an affordable stereo reverb plug-in—but how is it?
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Soundtoys SuperPlate—A Mix Real-World Review
Composer Rich Tozzoli plays with SoundToys' new SuperPlate plug-in and also learns about its development in this Real-World Review.
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Playfair Audio Dynamic Grading Plug-In — A Mix 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.
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LANDR Mastering Plug-in – A Mix Real-World Review
LANDR has offered online mastering for years; now the company's new AI-powered plug-in brings that directly into your DAW.
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Sonible Smart:Gate – A Mix Real-World Review
Find out why our reviewer says ‘Content Aware’ processing is a game-changer.
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Leapwing StageOne2 — A Mix Real-World Review
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.
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Brainworx bx_limiter True Peak – A Mix Real-World Review
Our reviewer finds that Brainworx's latest plug-in features a wealth of control and fine-tuning options.
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Erica Synths Zen Delay Virtual – A Mix Real-World Review
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."
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Brainworx bx_masterdesk Pro — A Mix Real-World Review
With more musicians and producers doing their own mastering, DIY mastering software is on the rise, so we put one of the most popular...
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Sound Radix Auto-Align 2 – A Mix Real-World Review
Time-aligning and phase-correcting just got significantly easier with Sound Radix’s Auto-Align 2.
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Neural DSP Mesa Boogie Mark IIC+ Suite — A Mix Real-World Review
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...
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Antares Auto-Tune Pro X – A Mix Real-World Review
The Mix knob is just one of many new features the updated Antares Auto-Tune Pro X plug-in adds to speed workflow.
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Laboratory Audio Strikeforce Cinematic Percussion — A Mix Real-World Review…in the USVI
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.
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Liquidsonics Seventh Heaven Pro Reverb — A Mix Real-World Review…in the USVI
When our reviewers headed to the USVI for some recording, they brought along Liquidsonics' Seventh Heaven Reverb to try out.
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Universal Audio Waterfall Rotary Speaker — A Mix Real-World Review…in the USVI
Recording in the US Virgin Islands, our review team put UA's Waterfall Rotary Speaker plug-in to the test.
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KIT Plugins Smash — A Mix Real-World Review…in the USVI
Recording in the remote setting of the US Virgin Islands, our review team put KIT Plugins' new Smash dynamics plug to the test.
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IK Multimedia ToneX — A Mix Real-World Review…in the USVI
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.
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KIT Plugins BB N73 Preamp / EQ — A Mix Real-World Review
KIT Plugins’ latest offering, the BB N73, is modeled off of a dozen vintage 1073s owned by Nashville’s Blackbird Studios
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Antares Auto-Tune Vocal Compressor – A Mix Real-World Review
With the release of the Auto-Tune Vocal Compressor plug-in, Antares aims its vocal-software expertise at the crowded and competitive compressor market.
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Ayaic Mix Monolith Plug-In — A Mix Real-World Review
Ayaic's Mix Monolith is an "automatic mixing system" that will get you "90 percent there" says our reviewer. Find out why!
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Waves Magma Tube Channel Strip – Mix Real-World Review
Mike Levine put the Waves Magma Tube Channel Strip Plug-In, with its modeled tube-drive circuit, to the test.
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Sonible Metering Bundle — A Mix Real-World Review
Mike Levine dives into the Sonible Metering Bundle and finds that its True:Level and True:Balance plug-ins have different modus operandi.
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iZotope RX 10 Advanced – A Real-World Review
Mix dives into the recent iZotope RX 10 Advanced update and finds that the post-production software has upped the ante.
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The Oven — Mix Real-World Review
The Mix review team puts The Oven, “a Vibe/ Coloration/Mojo" plug-in, to the test in this Real-World Review.
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Sonnox ListenHub – A Real-World Review
Our reviewer found Sonnox's ListenHub plug-in helped him achieve more consistent mixes due to its loudness monitoring and analysis
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Moog Moogerfooger Effects Plug-ins – A Real-World Review
Our review team dives into Moog's new software-based versions of its classic pedal series.