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LANDR’s Mastering Plugin can generate impressively polished results fast, but its hidden processing and ecosystem incentives make it hard to trust as a final mastering solution for pros. Here’s what it gets right, where…

Softube's latest collaboration with Weiss Engineering brings a highly advanced multiband compressor to the market, offering unparalleled dynamics control and flexibility.

MyAudioFactory has released a groundbreaking plugin that leverages AI to isolate speech from complex background environments with unprecedented precision and spatial integrity.

MusicDevelopments has released RapidComposer v6.0.7, a maintenance update focused on small fixes, workflow improvements, and overall stability.

Musik Hack’s next plugin, SweetEQ, aims to do the opposite of “infinite options”: four bands, each with one job, plus saturation character. It’s built for fast tone shaping on busses, mixes, and sources where you want weight, lift, and sparkle without harshness.

Strange Audio DSP’s maniFold Ω is an experimental real-time effect processor built for evolving textures: an 8-head micro-looper fed by a rolling buffer, plus a 32-line all-pass delay cluster with recirculation for dense, reverb-like atmospheres.

Novation’s first Launch Control XL 3 firmware update adds HUI support, expands USB↔DIN MIDI routing options, and introduces workflow tweaks like fader pickup and parameter preview—making the controller feel tighter in hybrid rigs and DAW mixing.

W. A. Production and KSHMR have released KSHMR Reverb, a new reverb plug-in. They say: Presenting a stunning next-level reverb plugin from KSHMR & WA Production. This exclusive artist-collaboration is a modern and totally transformative unit with tons of possibilities to shape a…

The CXM1978 is a hardware reverb made by Chase Bliss in collaboration with Meris. Although the device is presented in a guitar pedal format and is widely accepted as one, today, we are reviewing it as a professional studio reverb. The CXM features stereo I/O that can be configur…

T-De-Esser Pro is an improved version of Techivation's freeware T-De-Esser and T-De-Esser Plus de-esser effect in VST, VST3, AU, and AAX plugin formats. Because of the distinctive natural and melodic sound it produces, the Free T-De-Esser Plugin immediately gained popularity fol…

This article reviews the Control Strip 2 from Rocksolid Audio – a new type of midi controller dedicated to SSL channel strip plugins only. What makes this particular device compelling is its price tag, ability to operate across DAWs fluently, and support for third-party Native a…

My name is Ron Bates. I’m a freelance audio engineer and producer based out of Nashville, TN. As Techivation just released the T-De-Esser, I thought it might be cool to experiment with some not-so-typical uses for De-Essing. Before we jump into some mixing scenarios, let’s first…

The C1LA is a stereo VCA compressor inspired by the now renowned SSL Quad Comp from the G-series consoles. It is designed for the API 500-series format and is packed with features and functionality found only on high-end devices, often twice its price. In this article, we'll put…

BabyAudio is a new plug-in developer company, that creates high-quality sounding plug-ins, that can be very useful for both music production and audio engineering. Today we wanna review one of their plug-ins we had the chance to try out in a few mixes, while we will consider rev…

The MP573 is yet another modern reincarnation of the legendary 1073 mic-pre circuit in a 500-series API format. It is made by the French company Sound Skulptor, led by Jean-Pierre Kuhn. The company was established as a manufacturing facility for the French recording studio and n…

Intro The Berlin-based analog gear-maker Tegeler Audio Manufaktur are carving their own vision for analog processing rather than copying older proven designs. Earlier this year we reviewed their Creme and Tube Summing Mixer, which were both exceptional devices. Now it’s time for…

By Ivo Sotirov As the world embraces AI and machine learning so does iZotope with their 9th edition of Ozone. In September 2019 this mastering suite introduced new features like Tonal Rebalance as well as a Low-End Focus module yet efficiency went up with lower power consumption…

Intro A few years ago I started building my home studio, and one of the first things that I needed to do was to choose a pair of monitors. They are a key element in your setup since everything you listen to plays through them. I decided to write an ADAM A3X Review since I

Intro As more and more software companies develop plugin emulations of analog gear to satisfy the needs of engineers for harmonic saturation and analog color, DIYRE is taking a slightly different approach. They believe in analog color and harmonics being generated by real analog…

If you have been following my writing you would know the previous article I wrote was reviewing the Tegeler Audio Manufaktur Creme (VCA stereo compressor and Pultec-Style EQ). Today I will be reviewing another piece of Tegeler engineering called the TSM (Tube Summing Mixer). Ove…

The Company  Led by Michael Krusch, the tiny boutique tech company from Berlin called Tegeler Audio Manufaktur is now blossoming into a stable and serious competitor amongst the audio gear makers. Their team is still small, but judging by the quality and quantity of product…

By Antelope Audio The compressor I want to talk about today probably isn’t worth living for, but it is worth buying an Antelope interface with a dedicated FPGA just so you could run the plugin. Antelope Audio calls it the STAY-LEVIN and it is one of the very few recreations (ana…

Antelope Audio has recently updated its “Discrete” line of interfaces. Introducing 2 versions with 4 and 8 mic pres called Discrete Synergy Core. Having used the previous generation Discrete interfaces I am excited about this new upgrade Discrete 4 Synergy Core. The previous-gen…

The reverb plugin I want to talk about today is a plugin emulation of the legendary EMT140 plate. It comes in the Ebony Channel strip from Acustica Audio. If you’re getting confused by the alien-looking picture above, the reverb is the 3rd unit, right in the middle of the channel

INTRO Sonimus is an audio production plugin manufacturer and designer which creates very unique sounding and useful plugins suitable for audio mixing and mastering. I’ve been honored to be in touch with them for a couple of years. We’ve done some plugin giveaways on the Musixon…

A small startup from the UK is hammering out the cloning competition and are even going a step further into the unknown with incredible engineering, drive and innovation. Hammeraudio’s first attempt in microphone manufacturing is a supreme clone of the classic 70s U87. I won’t g…

    OKTAVA MK012 A little-known company from Russia called Oktava has made a silent entry in the recording gear industry and are crushing the competition with surprisingly high quality and low costs. In this article, I’ll be reviewing a set of unique small diaphragm co…

  I am on the hunt for new monitors for my home-studio and I’d like to share my experience during this process. In this article, we’ll discuss my process of picking new monitors and I’ll compare speakers from: • Yamaha • Dynaudio • Munro • Focal • KRK • Adam • Genelec • Neumann If

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4xQwi55YQg&t=50s Oliver Gräfen doing a review of Stylophone GEN X-1 for Musixon. Oliver Gräfen – Music Producer

  The awesome Neumann KH310 is the evolution of the classic Klein Hummel O300. The KH310 looks very much like the O300 and has the same dimensions but it has been completely redesigned. In this review, we won't be focusing on numbers regarding the speaker because I want to…