For many long-time engineers, McDSP represents the gold standard in professional-grade plug-ins and effects. We've been using these products for decades, and their quality has never wavered, providing outstanding performance and remarkable ease of use. From essential compression and EQ to advanced effects processing, McDSP has it covered. Whether you're working in the studio or running live sound for today's top-tier artists, you can count on the results you'll get with McDSP.
McDSP may be set in their ways, but those ways have made them (and kept them) among the most popular and successful plug-in makers ever. For starters, many of the essential algorithms that established McDSP, such as the EQs in FilterBank and the tape emulation in Analog Channel, have remained foundational in other popular releases. Better yet, since McDSP began developing their products back when computers were significantly less powerful than they are today, their plug-ins are extremely light on processing power and memory use and are so efficient as to offer as close as it gets to zero latency, which has set the standard for all McDSP plug-ins.
Physical modeling is a mainstay of processor plug-in development, but McDSP goes far beyond the limitations of many emulations. For starters, many standard emulation development approaches produce fairly static results, using a single impulse tweaked slightly for multiple models and providing very limited control. McDSP uses a more comprehensive approach to emulation, packing as many as 10 or more completely different models into single plug-ins, complete with extensive controls. In fact, they sometimes add extra controls to give you more access to deep functions, such as the Peak-Slope-Dip in FilterBank and compression Knee and Bite controls in CompressorBank and MC2000.
While McDSP has been a household name in studio mixing and music production since DAW-based recording became mainstream, in recent years, they've erupted on the live plug-in scene. In fact, they were among the earliest developers embraced by engineers using plug-ins for sound reinforcement. Not only does McDSP offer highly effective, lightweight processing for noise filtering and de-essing, their plug-ins are so reliable that you never have to worry about software issues crippling your shows. Best of all, the amazing quality these plug-ins offer translates wonderfully live, so if you demand the best sound for your live shows, you'll be satisfied with McDSP.
Who uses McDSP products? From home studios to professional front-of-house engineers, the list is endless. Nonetheless, here are some of the big names you might recognize: Tony Maserati, Dave Pensado, Andrew Scheps, Mike Minkler, Onnalee Blank, Frank Morrone, and many others. For those of us at Sweetwater, it's no surprise that McDSP has been nominated for no fewer than eight TEC Awards, and they've earned a Cinema Audio Society (CAS) award for Best Post Production Product, plus awards from Electronic Musician magazine, Sound on Sound, Pro Audio Review, and other top publications, as well as an Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development. Add to that fantastic support and a real connection to their customers, and it's little wonder that McDSP has stayed at the top of the plug-in world.
