Voxengo Elephant

I'm a mastering engineer and I review plug-ins for the leading Dutch musicians's magazine Music Maker.  Voxengo Elephant was the first plug-in I bought right after reviewing it because of it's direct, yet warm & transparent sound.  The different limiter modes help to get the best out of every mix, no matter the sound.  It is way better than some very expensive limiters I own.  You simply get more level without squashing.

Jeroen Schilder, www.arizonamastering.nl

The Voxengo guys really have struck the right balance here between controls and automation so that, with very few tweaks and a little foreward planning, results are coming in fast.  And they are good results!

I bought Elephant during the final mastering stage of our latest album, to add those few extra dBs for punch and playability, and this little plugin with its intuitive interface did just that, and did it well.  The transparancy up to +3dB gain is excellent provided the appropriate limiting algorhithm is pushed into action.

There may be even more accomplished limiters out there.  But they probably cost multiples of what this baby retails for.  For the money, nothing beats it.

Tom, Blue Flux, www.blueflux.com

It's pretty simple why Voxengo plugins are so good - Alexsey has a better ear compared to other developers.

His plugins sound so 'musical'.  I've used many other plugins that technically perform their designed function, yet somehow just don't sound good.

I now have a whole set of expensive plugins that are just taking up drive space.  They simply don't sound as good as thier Voxengo counterparts.

Mark Briody, guitarist for Jag Panzer (Century Media Records)