is vintage all we have?

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Looking back to a recent music gear trade show this was exactly my question after reading some tons of disappointing press releases and reports. Replica here, emulation there. Innovation where?

so, whats on the horizon?

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After a rather frosty start into 2010 everything is slowly warming up here again and of course all the audio plug-in connoisseurs out there – aka gearslutz aka you – deserves some more answers on the stuff that really matters: Where are the updates, whats next and more important when and obligatory: why no [add your favourite vintage brand here] emulation?