Get Universal Audio’s 610 tube channel strips for free — DSP or native

For a limited time, you can grab UA’s 610-A and 610-B models for free, emulating tube amps, transformers, and EQ circuitry in software form. That includes both the UAD Native version you can run anywhere, plus the DSP version that integrates with their Apollo hardware. Here are some details.

Aircraft Designs is putting a full analog mastering suite into Eurorack

Don’t let front of house tell you you can’t crank your live set because it “isn’t mastered.” And don’t let the diminutive size of these modules fool you in the studio, either. Aircraft Designs, a group of young engineers from Ukraine, has built a promising take on signal processing with a series of Eurorack modules coming soon. Meet Processing System:

Peter Kirn - June 6, 2025

One knob interface, DeBoom (showing bypass switch, and... yeah, one knob)

Freebies: Eventide’s one-knob fixers, DeBoom and Sheen Machine

Eventide is in on the holiday gift game, too, with a giveaway through New Year’s Eve of one-knob signal separation fixers for low-end thump and high-end air.

Peter Kirn - December 20, 2024

Collage 2.01 effects playground plug-in adds user-requested features

Peter Kirn - March 29, 2024

Tour Collage, a colorful playground for endless custom effects

Peter Kirn - February 16, 2024

The Biamp MR/140 reverb used by Joy Division, as IRs and Ableton Live rack

Peter Kirn - January 10, 2024

Gnarly free Halloween saturation plug-ins from Acustica: distooooooortion

Peter Kirn - October 31, 2023

Pulsar’s new w495 is a perfect Neumann EQ model – and it’s free right now

Peter Kirn - September 21, 2023

Studio One 6: video track, collaboration, new effects, mixing controls; review roundup

Peter Kirn - October 4, 2022

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