AmpleSound - ABP Lite 2  AmpleSound are a VSTi manufacturer who specialise in sampling an array of popular stringed instruments including electric guitars, acoustic guitars, electric basses and upright basses. They also sell an array of DLC like extension libraries that add different features to these instruments such as being able to use another pick-up or adding a plectrum play style to a bass guitar. Prices for these instruments and their expansions can be found here . As a bass player, I was immediately drawn to the ABP (Ample Bass Precision) and was delighted when I found that there was a lite version that was available for free! GUI Ample Bass P 2 Lite GUI Keeping in line with the rest of their products, the ABP 2 lite is visually stunning. It looks current and the essential controls are exactly where you would expect them to be for quick access.  The only thing that I found a bit odd is that the volume control is located on the bass guitar ...

Togu Audio Line  TAL have been a favourite plug-in producer of mine for a long while. They have a large variety of paid and free plug-ins available to download from their website - https://tal-software.com This is a review of a free plug-in of theirs, the TAL-REVERB-4, which is a modulated vintage sounding reverb. After contacting Patrick Kunz of TAL, he state that it is the delay time that gets modulated in order to get the diffused sound. There are no controls to edit the modulation on this plug-in but the amount of modulation isn't very strong until you decide to push the size parameter. GUI TAL-Reverb-4 GUI The GUI on this plug-in features an on/off button, wet, dry, pre-delay, Size, low cut filter and high cut filter. It certainly isn't the flashiest looking plug-in in the world but its utilitarian looks make it easy to use and intuitive to navigate. The wet/dry controls give this reverb the ability to be used both directly on a channel and on an...