One of the oldest and at the same time most respected plug-in companies is celebrating 10 years in the biz this year. I’m talking about McDSP. It’s no secret that that they’re also one of my personal favorites so I decided to ask Colin McDowell a few questions. Note that these questions were asked before the word on the Retro Series spread, still Colin gave us a few hints on what we can expect.
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So far the only interviews I’ve posted here on ProTooler have been with developers. For this one I thought it would be interesting to talk to an acoustician and ask about a little of everything regarding good and bad rooms. Tom Jansen, a great guy I first met at Musikmesse last year, was happy to answer.
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SPL recently released their first plug-ins, emulations of their Ranger EQs and the very popular Transient Designer. I asked Dirk Ulrich, head of SPL software and Brainworx, some questions regarding the new SPL plug-ins as well as the upcoming Brainworx EQ.
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Home of Sonnox in Oxfordshire

Sonnox traces back to Sony Oxford who besides making a legendary digital console (OXF-R3, ‘the Oxford console’) also made some of the most popular plug-ins ever. Not long ago they released their first plug-in since the breakup from Sony so I thought it would only be fitting to ask them some questions.
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Not too long ago I posted about a new plug-in called Dynamic Spectrum Mapper from the brand new company Pro Audio DSP featuring ex-employees of Sony Oxford. I got in touch with one of them, Paul Frindle, to ask him some questions about the new company and the new plug-in.
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I often say that one of the strongest arguments for mixing in Pro Tools is McDSP. As a fan of their products I had to ask for an interview, and Colin McDowell himself was happy to do one. Here it is, the longest interview on ProTooler so far.
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After having reviewed their entire product line here at ProTooler, I decided there was only one thing left to do, see if I could ask them some questions about their philosophy, products and company. Here’s a short interview with FabFilter.
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I asked for a short email interview with Steve Massey and as always he took the time to answer the questions despite being tied up in a lot of work. Here’s what came out of it.
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