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Arturia's Delay MEMORY-BRIGADE suits people who want to add a dark, gritty, analog-style echo. We rate it on three criteria against 10 delay plug-ins, using official manufacturer information.

Arturia's Delay TAPE-201 suits people who want to add an echo with the wobble and warmth of tape to vocals and guitars. We rate it on three criteria against 10 delay plug-ins, using official manufacturer information.

Waves' Clarity Vx Pro suits people who want finer control than Clarity Vx over how noise and room reflections are reduced. We rate it on four criteria against 13 noise reduction and audio repair programs, using official manufacturer information.

Soundtoys' Crystallizer suits people who want to add a glittering reverse echo to vocals and guitar chords. We rate it on three criteria against 9 creative effect plug-ins, using official manufacturer information.

Waves' CLA Vocals suits people with little mixing experience who want to build the mood of a vocal quickly by moving faders. We rate it on four criteria against 10 vocal processing plug-ins, using official manufacturer information.

CeVIO's CeVIO Creative Studio suits people who want to make songs and spoken lines with voices such as Satou Sasara. We rate it on three criteria against 7 singing synthesizers, using official manufacturer information.

Plugin Alliance's bx_saturator V2 suits people who want to add distortion band by band and by stereo width when finishing a mix or mastering. We rate it on three criteria against 12 saturation plug-ins, using official manufacturer information.

Signum Audio's BUTE Loudness Analyser 2 suits people who want to measure long audio, or measure to broadcast and streaming standards. We rate it on three criteria against 10 loudness meters, using official manufacturer information.

Brainworx (Plugin Alliance)'s bx_masterdesk suits people who want to finish with an analog character using presets and a few knobs rather than AI. We rate it on three criteria against 8 mastering programs, using official manufacturer information.

Waves' Abbey Road Studio 3 suits people who work on headphones and want to check how a mix sounds in the setting of a famous studio. We rate it on three criteria against 8 monitor correction programs, using official manufacturer information.