Mid/Side processing explained: how to use M/S in mixing and mastering
Mid/Side splits the center of a stereo signal from its sides so you can treat them independently. Here's how the encoding works,…
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Analogue or digital mixing console: which should you choose in 2026?
In 2026 the choice between an analogue and a digital console no longer turns on sound but on how the stage is…
Harrison Audio Flex-10: the console maker builds an interface with real studio soul
For its fiftieth anniversary, Harrison enters the interface market with the Flex-10, a 10-in/12-out, 32-bit/192 kHz unit that borrows the ergonomics of…
ONRI Audio REISEI: a one-screen mastering processor that tracks harmonics one at a time
REISEI puts spectrum analysis, EQ, dynamics, saturation, stereo imaging and limiting on a single screen, and adds a PARTIAL EQ mode built…
Dusk Audio Tape Echo 2: a free, open-source Roland Space Echo in plugin form
Dusk Audio is back with Tape Echo 2, a free, open-source emulation of the legendary Roland Space Echo. Three playback heads, a…
Like the Space Echo: 8 tape echo plugins (free and paid)
The Roland RE-201 Space Echo is still the reference for tape echo. Here are eight plugins that bring it into your DAW,…
Softube Reference EQs: two vintage passive tube EQs modelled for big musical moves
Softube releases the Reference 1998 and Reference 1956 Equalizer, two passive tube EQs built for colour and broad musical moves. Available for…
Triton Audio Tilt EQ: an in-line preamp that puts tone control right on your mic
Triton Audio, the company behind the FetHead, adds a single-knob tone control to its in-line preamp. The Tilt EQ delivers 22 dB…
GC Audio Total Recall Producer Channel: a 100% analog strip that finally recalls itself
GC Audio unveils the Producer Channel, a fully analog channel strip whose every setting saves and recalls instantly thanks to motorized pots…
Focusrite ISA C8X: Rupert Neve’s transformer preamp finally lands in an audio interface
Focusrite brings its ISA transformer preamp — the one Rupert Neve designed for the Air Montserrat console — inside a USB-C interface.…