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TC Electronic has released the Finalizer app, a mastering software suite with algorithms from the System 6000. But have they done themselves a favor by making it a stand-alone app, not a plug-in?
TBProAudio has released the LA xLimit III mastering limiter. The third installment of the plug-in features a new drive mode, new metering and monitoring options and a new user interface.
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Audified has released ToneSpot Drum Express, a simplified version of the ToneSpot Drum Pro plug-in. If you're looking for smashing drums but don't feel like twiddling knobs, here you go.
DSM's developers (including Paul Frindle of SSL E/G console fame) claim its dynamic spectrum mapping technology produces more authentic-sounding results than convential EQ matching.
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Brainworx / Plugin Alliance has released the Purple Audio MC77 plug-in. It's an evolution of the legendary 1176 limiting amplifier with extended functionality, now available in the DAW of your choice.
Got enough FET compressor plug-ins yet? Here's another promising contender: Black Rooster Audio has released the VLA-FET, giving you another option for 1176-style FET compression.
UK Sound has announced that it is now shipping the 276 compressor. The UK Sound 276 aims to deliver two channels of 1176-style FET compression at a reasonable price.
Yet another limiter plug-in? Wait: Signum Audio's BUTE Limiter has a sleek yet informative GUI that might tempt you to download the demo to see if it sounds as good as it looks.
Not only has Softube recreated a very interesting vintage unit, it's also come up with what we think is a really good offer - three plug-ins for the price of one!
I like how Little Labs made a compressor from the 60s look like it literally came out yesterday. The LL2A will be available next quarter for an undisclosed price.
Since Maag and Brainworx collaborated on this project, the MAGNUM-K plug-in gets the full endorsement and approval from the hardware's creators. Good stuff all-around!
Twin-L can sound like vintage VCA and Opto limiters, according to your preference. Changing the character is accomplished via a switch. It's available now at an introductory USD 49 price.
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If you are a full-on noise terrorist with aspirations toward sonic mayhem, you might need Death By Audio's new Total Sonic Annihilation 2. Insanity awaits you!
Created with Abbey Road Studios, this is a modular mastering chain which recreates the EMI TG12410's mastering processors, in use at the legendary facility's mastering suites since the early '70s right to this ...
Version 2 of Redoptor adds a lot of new functions to D16's distortion plug-in and promises a lot of phat tube goodness (as well as a sleek if busy GUI) in what looks like a stellar release.
DTB is a deceptively simple-looking plug-in with quite a lot of flexibility and power, with continuous attack and release controls for adjusting the length of transients and removing artefacts.
