Anthology II plug-in bundle   < Eventide >
Reviewed by Eli Crews on May 15, 2012
Category: Plug-Ins Signal Processors
< Issue: 89 >
Sitting down to write this review, I feel a little overwhelmed. Honestly, the notion that I can fully quantify and qualify this plug-in bundle in this short amount of space is yay short of giving me...  < KEEP READING >
Megalith Fuzz Pedal   < Mountainking >
Reviewed by Al Lawson on May 15, 2012
Category: Signal Processors
< Issue: 89 >
When I first heard about this pedal, I was told that it was used all over the recent OM and Shrinebuilder albums, and it was claimed to be the heaviest sounding fuzz pedal ever. I was interested to...  < KEEP READING >
Portico II Master Buss Processor   < Rupert Neve Designs >
Reviewed by Adam Kagan on May 15, 2012
Category: Consoles/Summing Dynamics Signal Processors
< Issue: 89 >
Rupert Neve Designs recently debuted the Master Buss Processor, adding to their Portico II range of processors that share the all-new, discrete, high-voltage, Class A circuitry that was developed for...  < KEEP READING >
Ozone 5 Advanced   < iZotope >
Reviewed by on May 15, 2012
Category: Plug-Ins Signal Processors
< Issue: 89 >
Ozone 5 Advanced is the latest version of iZotope's software mastering suite, comprised of six programs: Dynamics, Equalizer, Exciter, Imager, Maximizer, and Reverb. Any single title offers enough...  < KEEP READING >
M5 Stompbox Modeler   < Line 6 >
Reviewed by Pete Weiss on Mar 18, 2012
Category: Effects Signal Processors
< Issue: 88 >
Like many Tape Op readers (especially guitarists), I've amassed a somewhat embarrassing collection of effects pedals over the decades. For me, it started in 1982, too young to drive, when I...  < KEEP READING >
Reviewed by Alex Maiolo on Mar 18, 2012
Category: Signal Processors
< Issue: 88 >
When we think of boutique effects, what comes to mind are hand-built units, based on classic designs, created in a garage, one box at a time. Strymon, while certainly being boutique, have unabashedly...  < KEEP READING >
Reviewed by Eli Crews on Jan 12, 2012
Category: Signal Processors
< Issue: 87 >
I admit to having been quite skeptical when Eventide’s most recent stompbox, Space, arrived at my doorstep. In the first place, I’m the kind of guy whose favorite pedals have a maximum of...  < KEEP READING >
Wow And Flutter stompbox   < SNAZZY FX >
Reviewed by Larry Crane on Nov 17, 2011
Category: Effects Signal Processors
< Issue: 86 >
  SNAZZY FXIn the current age of computer-based recording, it’s easy for in-the-box effects like reverb, delay, and such to come off as sounding too “under control.” I’ve...  < KEEP READING >
Lexicon 224 Digital Reverb plug-in   < Universal Audio >
Reviewed by Neil Mclellan on Sep 15, 2011
Category: Plug-Ins Signal Processors
< Issue: 85 >
I first became acquainted with the Lexicon 224X digital reverb in Studio One at the Strongroom around about 1989. It was the first time we had made that level of investment, and back then, Strongroom...  < KEEP READING >
DRT Drum Replacement Tool   < Massey Plugins >
Reviewed by Mike Jasper on Sep 15, 2011
Category: Plug-Ins Signal Processors
< Issue: 85 >
Former Trillium Labs software engineer Steven Massey (Tape Op #68) - who worked on both TL Aggro and TL Space - now makes Pro Tools plug-ins for the rest of us. No dongles, affordably priced,...  < KEEP READING >