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Lindell Audio TE-100 $149
The TE-100 is a very faithful reproduction of the
all valve Klein and Hummel UE-100, an incredibly
sophisticated equaliser first produced in 1961 but
with the simple addition of finer control of the boosts
and cuts than the original. As you can see, there are
a myriad of controls but in essence it is a 4-band
EQ with high and low-pass filters. The HP and LP
frequencies are selected using push button steps and
you have a choice of slope. The same push buttons
are used on the other bands, LF and HF boost are
shelving with a choice of slope while the mid range
filters are something very different. The red and black
buttons define the upper and lower frequencies of the
filter so it is possible to make some pretty individual
sounding curves which you can switch into boost or
cut mode. Finally there is a Low Shelf cut at 60Hz
and a High Shelf cut at 10kHz. But it’s the sound
which matters and somehow Lindell have managed to
reproduce the character of the original. Smooth and
strong lows with a powerful yet forgiving midrange
and the sweetest of high-ends, it’s a real enhancing
tool with a true valve-like warmth. I regularly use a
pair of the originals so I’m very impressed at how
close they have got this. Hats off Lindell – I love it.
https://www.plugin-alliance.com
VERDICT 9.5
as you can radically change the
character of a sound without losing its
musicality, especially good for putting
some bark into an electric guitar
while retaining the body. Well up to
Kush’s high standards, and something
you’ll come back to again and again.
www.thehouseofkush.com
VERDICT 9.1
iZotope Neutron from
$249
Neutron is something of a one off. As
a processor it has six stages, a
12-band equaliser, two compressors,
an exciter/saturation circuit, a
transient shaper and a master limiter.
The equaliser has eight parametric
bands plus high and low shelving and
high and low-pass filters but the really
novel feature is the Masking Meter.
With multiple instances of Neutron
across different instruments you can
compare two channels and Neutron
shows you where potential frequency
buildups are so you can easily adjust
each instrument. It’s particularly
effective where you have two sources
in the same register and, because you
can link bands across two channels,
boosting a frequency on one channel
automatically reduces it in the other.
The EQ sounds great, clean and open
but with a subtle bit of warmth. The
masking option helps to open up a
mix and put definition into every part.
The compressor has switchable
characteristics that go from vintage
warmth to digital clarity, the exciter
has four types of saturation colour
and the transient shaper has three
response curves and separate controls
for attack and sustain. All three of
these dynamic processors are capable
of being divided into three bands with
variable crossover points so the
dynamic shaping possibilities are
endless and sound excellent. There is
a final peakstop limiter which can go
from a clean pumping to a hard-
edged brickwall feel. An incredible
device that can get clarity into your
mixes and add colour to any sound.
www.izotope.com
VERDICT 9.5
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