The Waves Vocal Production Suite contains essential professional tools from an impressive vocal tuners to vocal compressors, pitch correction plugins to audio repair tools and much more.

Software developer Baby Audio has released Smooth Operator, an Intelligent Signal Balancer that uses spectral processing to automatically resolve fatigued frequencies and bring out clarity.

Last month we reviewed the TC Electronics Brickwall Limiter. This month Matt Vanacoro puts the Master X HD multiband dynamics processing plug-in and HD-DT controller through its paces.

IK bundles 70 of its premium FX and processors into a virtual rack system with a few tricks up its sleeve. Hollin Jones took it for a spin…

The latest version of Waves Audio plugins brings a number of useful features that could enhance your music and audio production workflows.

The Echo Cat is a software emulation of a vintage, iconic tape delay machine, but with its own modern twists.

This "500 series"-style plug-in offers processors derived from IK's T-RackS, AmpliTube and SampleTank to cover a massive range of FX needs.

Joe Albano investigates the chicken or egg situation for music producers... which effects should go first in your plug-in chain? Compressor or EQ, reverb or delay?

Softube’s latest collaboration with Weiss copies the EQ1’s assembler code line by line while adding some distinctly 21st century features. Hollin Jones took it for a spin…

Blue Cat Audio just released Re-Head, a brand new plug-in created to make using headphones easier for audio professionals.

Audified has introduced an intuitive new plug-in product line starting with the one-knob VocalMint Saturator valve saturation shaper.

Joe Albano reveals how dynamics plug-ins like compressors and limiters can be utilised in ways you might not expect.

The entire collection of Arturia's "Audio Effects You'll Actually Use" includes some choice plug-ins of important hardware emulations covering filters, preamps, compressors, delays and reverbs.

Discover eight essential tips that pro audio engineers and music producers use to improve their mixes.

Founding independent developer for United Plugins, FireSonic, has a fresh take on compression as an advanced serial multi-compressor plugin suitable for every situation where compression is needed.

The plugin subscription Music Maker Access from Waves comes in three distinct flavours, all with a one month free trial.

The skilled team of software engineers at Arturia, the pro audio company based in the French Alps, launch FX Collection: bundle of high quality software effects.

This new plug-in emulates all the best qualities of vinyl records - and you can name your own price.

Audified tells us that ToneSpot Voice Pro is the all-in-one vocal mixing tool, which will make your voice sit in the track perfectly.

This mixing technique can help you achieve a punchy but controlled sound without losing dynamic impact. Joe Albano shows you how it's done.

UAD Software v9.11 includes new direct developer plug-ins from Brainworx and Sonnox and the update is free for existing users.