Hands on: Soundtoys SuperPlate is five plate reverbs in one – and delivers on nuance

In the midst of lots of splashy effects, Soundtoys’ latest is an exercise in subtlety and precision. These plates are as lush as you’d expect, but they stand apart in giving you detailed control over their results.

Reason Studios’ Objekt is a physical modeling synth with plenty of twists

It’s not every day we get a new, full-featured physical modeling synth. So welcome to Objekt, a new Reason Rack Extension – and possibly the most notable instrumental addition to Reason in years.

Peter Kirn - May 11, 2023

Arturia Augmented BRASS makes it uncommonly easy to build up hybrid brass sounds

Arturia has rounded out its Augmented line with Augmented BRASS. It’s like a hybrid brass plug-in even for people who don’t like brass plug-ins – more like the brass tool for synth lovers.

Peter Kirn - May 5, 2023

Baby Audio’s new Yamaha CS01 plus FX extras is killer — shoegaze or acid

Peter Kirn - April 27, 2023

Arturia LX-24 recreates 1978 Lexicon 224 reverb – but don’t miss the 2023 flipside

Peter Kirn - April 4, 2023

Piastrone is a perfect, playable reverb for Ableton Live – even when other reverbs fail

Peter Kirn - March 29, 2023

Dedalus Delay “delay mangler” plug-in packs in modulation, granulation

Peter Kirn - March 10, 2023

Minimal Audio delivers Cluster Delay, a multi-tap with sound sculpting extras

Peter Kirn - March 1, 2023

From a Neapolitan hard techno master, a beautiful, nasty waveshaping distortion plug-in

Peter Kirn - March 1, 2023

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