News Pro Audio Meet the Strymon Compadre: your new companion in compression by Dave Stano The boutique guitar pedal company Strymon has recently announced their new Compadre compression and boost pedal. It’s designed as an ‘always on’ pedal, supplying multiple compression types and an independent…
News Pro Audio Pour yourself a fresh cup of vintage gear with Acustica Audio’s Coffee by Josh Davies Acustica Audio has released Coffee, a plugin suite designed as a modern take on vintage hardware. The suite includes a channel strip, EQ, preamp and compressor. Modelled on six different…
News Pro Audio Arturia FX Collection houses 15 classic effects under one roof by Josh Davies Arturia has launched FX Collection, an audio effects set that unites 15 different plugins under one roof. The Arturia FX Collection features software versions of a range of classic and…
Features Pro Audio The Fairchild compressor: an elusive icon of the studio by Dan Shaw There’s an unmistakable allure to the studio gear of the past. Some pieces were commercially successful and therefore exist higher in numbers. The Fairchild compressor is a paradoxical blend: it’s…
Features Pro Audio The Manley VOXBOX – the modern classic that owns your vocal chain by Dan Shaw The outboard processing world is populated with specialists. A particular preamp for this, another EQ for that and a favourite compressor for something else. The VOXBOX by Manley pulls off…
Lists Want to know how Gunns capture their spacious sound? Here are 5 pieces of gear they froth for by Happy If you’ve listened to Gunns‘ new EP She’s A Rainbow, one of the first things you probably noticed was that the production is fucking first class. You don’t have to be…
Pro Audio Using the Universal Audio 6176 in a digital workflow by Dan Shaw The flexibility of the Universal Audio 6176 offers us the best of both worlds and has rightly earned its reputation as a studio staple. Most studio pros will be aware…
