UVI Shade

French audio pioneer UVI has quite the reputation, thanks to its acclaimed Falcon 2 soft-synth and many expansion libraries, designed to either work within its framework or within the more basic and free Workstation plug-in. Encompassing vintage kit and acoustic classics, UVI’s products are usually incredibly easy to get started with, thanks to their broad focus on samples rooted in the now that breathe new life into vintage sounds. The brand’s expanding line-up of effects-based plug-ins is now joined by this multi-armed processing tool.

THROWING SHADE

While it might not be immediately obvious from the name, Shade is classed as an advanced EQ, mix tool and creative filter. Given the thin line between equalisation and filtering, you could be forgiven for thinking that these facets might collide. But where Shade