Three pins, and nearly every signal in this business passes through them.

The magazine is named after the cable: the microphone in the booth, the line to the desk, the DMX run that fires the lights. Studio, stage and rig share the same cable. Most magazines pick one of the three. This one covers all of it, because the people we read do too — the engineer mixing a record on Tuesday is on front of house by Saturday.

Around a hundred and sixty sources, in English, Japanese, Spanish, German, French, Chinese and Italian: makers and their release notes, reviewers who put a hand on the thing, studios and touring crews, the producers and collectives surfacing this month and the scenes they came out of. Synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lighting. What the trade is talking about is counted and plotted. The editor's letter has just started; it will find its rhythm.

For each story: a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link out. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the maker or the photographer. A German review appears in German and a Japanese one in Japanese, as the writer published it; the link goes to the original.

Nothing is sold on this site. When a link leads to a shop, it is the maker's shop, not ours.

← XLR MAG Archive

Audio Plugin GuyGear

News: FlickSwitch Audio launches Glacier, a delay and reverb that can freeze any sound in place.

10.26

FlickSwitch Audio has launched Glacier, a delay and reverb plugin for producers, composers and sound designers.

Read at Audio Plugin Guy ↗

More from Audio Plugin Guy on XLR MAG

GearNews: ACAS Tools has released RichChords 1.0, a free effect for chord and pad buses. Audio Plugin Guy

GearNews: Fabula Audio releases Haeloc’s Crook, a reactive ambient looper that turns your playing into evolving loops and drones Audio Plugin Guy

GearNews: WET VST has released WetReducer, a free open-source plug-in that replaces parts of mixes with synthesized sounds. Audio Plugin Guy

GearNews: Driftlab Audio has released Saltwater Delay, a tempo-synced delay plugin with Clean, Ping-Pong and Dub modes for Windows. Audio Plugin Guy

GearNews: FEED Audio Lab has launched FEED BA-6A, a feedback dynamics processor for adding body and density to vocals while keeping consonants clear. Audio Plugin Guy

One letter a week, starting soon.

Latest