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The 7 Best Noise Gate Pedals of 2026: Not Hiss Problem (or Hers)

27 Jul in Guitar

Looking for the best noise gate pedals? We've picked seven pedals for any budget. Is your favorite on the list?

Spectral Plugins Pancz multi-band transient shaper review

29 Jul 2022 in Studio

Pancz ticks the right boxes by doing exactly what a transient shaper ought to, then going ways beyond it. Bow to the punch!

SSL DeEss: Keep sibilance in check with relative-threshold de-essing

03 May 2022 in Studio

SSL DeEss is a new de-esser plug-in that uses a relative threshold algorithm to tackle sibilance independent from the input level.

Crazy Tube Circuits Golden Ratio φ Phi Compressor

New from Crazy Tube Circuits: Golden Ratio φ Phi V2 multi-compression pedal

08 Oct 2021 in Guitar

The new Crazy Tube Circuits Golden Ratio φ Phi V2 features three different types of compressor circuits and a wide range of compression ratios.

Top 5 Free Best Compressor plug-in VST AU

Top 5 Free Compressors: The best freeware plug-ins that sound as good as hardware

04 Aug 2019 in Studio

The best 5 free compressor plug-ins! Grab yourself some excellent compression tools to sweeten up your mix - and these are all available for free, right now!

Arturia 3 Compressors You'll Actually Use

Craig’s Production Tips #2: Use “glue” compression to subtly upgrade your mix

21 Apr 2019 in Studio

Your last mix sound sounds great. Kinda. Lots of signals sound good individually but don't coalesce into the mix you'd hoped for. "Glue" compression can make a huge difference - here's how.

1010Music Blackbox: Compact touchscreen desktop sampler

01 Apr 2019 in Synths

They say Blackbox is a next-gen sampling studio that'll sample in anything you want to throw at it and then slice, sync and build things from one-shots, loops and sequences through to full songs.

NAMM 2019: Lunastone debuts Dynamic Delay, its first digital pedal

23 Jan 2019 in Guitar

The new Lunastone Dynamic Delay pedal is the company's very first digital pedal and takes some of the ideas first used in classic '80s studio rack samplers like the TC-2290.

NAMM 2018: Kilpatrick Audio Redox and Torque desktop effects

27 Jan 2018 in Studio

Kilpatrick Audio is showing prototypes of new desktop effects units. Torque, a multi-band compressor and Redox, a stereo algorithmic reverb. Great looking boxes with easy controls.