PanShaper is just incredibly fun to use and has a wonderful feature-set. It's great on guitars, electric pianos, synths, drum loops and percussion. It can do everything from subtle widening (or tightening) of the stereo image to full-blown psychedelic pan madness. ..

Spend 30 seconds to read the instructions on how to edit waveforms and you're all set. Everything else is perfectly intuitive.

Gearslutz Reviews, June 2016

I'm working on my album and VolumeShaper is on half the channels of every song, no joke.

I use it for a variety of sidechain compression effects on mainly synths and drum loops, and it's easy to experiment with different rhythms of the compression.

Steve Aoki

In the latest PanShaper reviews, MusicTech states that PanShaper is "excellent for pinpointing and panning specific drum hits in a loop, adding subtle movement to arps and pads, and for pseudo-widening without phase issues. It's a great value plug-in that's easy to use, with a clear GUI and some decent presets. PanShaper is a useful tool for controlling your stereo width in new, creative ways."

Future Music adds that "there's an awful lot to like here but what separates PanShaper from many of its competitors is its multiband functionality. That, coupled to its ease of use and wide range of creative possibilities, makes this a must-have for anyone interested in wide and dynamic stereo sound shaping."

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VolumeShaper is an exciting tool in my arsenal; acting as an envelope designer to really hone in on the dynamics and punch of a song. It's also the perfect sidechainer, I've always ended up taking ages to get my compressor attack and release times right when sidechaining. VolumeShaper gets the perfect result pretty much immediately. Then there's also the more creative uses, triggering the gate with syncopated MIDI, drawing a mad wave for glitchy modulation... glorious.

Grammy Award winner Rik Simpson (Coldplay, Jay Z, Kasabian)