Review

Plugin Reviews

By George Shilling and Russell Cottier

Sonnox Oxford SuprEsser De-esser plugin
Dec 23 2008 De-esser plugin
Sonnox Oxford SuprEsser

New from Sonnox is the Oxford SuprEsser, designed to be “the last word” in De-Essing.

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SSL Duende DSP powered plugins
Dec 23 2008 DSP powered plugins
SSL Duende

Duende is a Spanish word – “A mysterious power that all may feel and no philosophy can explain.” But I’m going to try anyway… Duende comes as a 1U rackmount box which houses a board with 40-bit floating point DSP processing engine chips.

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TC Electronic DVR2 Digital Vintage Reverb TDM Plugin
Dec 23 2008 TDM Plugin
TC Electronic DVR2 Digital Vintage Reverb

DVR stands for Digital Vintage Reverb, which might sound like an oxymoron, but this Pro Tools HD or HD Accel plugin is a faithful recreation of the EMT 250, the first useable digital reverb, designed back in 1975.

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TC Electronic NonLin2 TDM Plugin
Dec 23 2008 TDM Plugin
TC Electronic NonLin2

NonLin2 is another reverb plugin for Pro Tools HD or HD Accel ported directly from tc’s flagship M6000 processor. Perhaps more of a niche effect, NonLin2 provides the ultimate flexible gated reverb effect.

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Waves API Collection Native / TDM plugins
Dec 23 2008 Native / TDM plugins
Waves API Collection

With the proliferation of SSL and Neve emulations that have appeared over the last couple of years, it is perhaps inevitable that there would be an officially licensed set of plugins based on these well-loved API (Automated Processes Inc.) analogue processors.

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