Weather's warming, flowers are blooming, birds are chirping -- it's just another August in Chicago! Sure, you could blame "Global Warming" for our psychotic seasons, but I'm pointing the finger of blame directly at the Softube Spring Reverb Plugin, just released.

Softube Spring Reverb brings a nostalgic sound to your tracks. It's a sound reminiscent of days when "apocalypse" meant nuclear annihilation, not drowning under seas swollen with runoff from the melting of the polar icecaps. The classic sound of spring generated reverb tanks brought a magical, shimmering atmosphere to guitar amps and professional recordings, and now you can add that classic gritty shine to your DAW.

Softube's clever emulation includes the option to change spring tension and length, and an automatable "Shake" control which recreates the "pleasing" sound on fumbling your classic combo amp while trying to move it.

Spring Reverb is also part of a new effects bundle available from Softube's website. The bundle includes Spring Reverb, Tube Delay and Acoustic Feedback for VST, AU and RTAS ($229 excl. VAT full product, $149 to upgrade from one of the plug-ins, $49 from two).