Speakerphone answers a lot of sound design issues. Just by using presets and a little tweaking, you’ll quickly find an appropriate solution, that perfectly covers a given sound design need. Starting from scratch is easy as well. The nearly full automation is also of a great help to either avoid static sound, or to dynamically change your settings, according to what’s occurring on the screen.

Of course, Speakerphone isn’t meant to replace a full sound design creation. But if you need to deliver professional work in a short delay (isn’t it always the case?), I doubt anyone will ever notice you’ve only used one tool. Regarding the sample library, it is as good as other similar products (and even better than some), and it could be sold alone at the same price as these pro libraries. Which would mean a high price.
Speakerphone also delivers excellent results as a plug-in for instruments, lead or harmony vocals, with its combination of amp and reverb IRs. Audio Ease has also programmed a preset ensemble named Experimental Presets, which demonstrates all the creative power of the plug.

There’s also some disadvantages, like the lack of individual pan in the Sample Bay, as well as a lack of volume automation. But it’s not that important, since you can export samples into your host audio tracks. And if you can’t find a particular sound, you’ll can import it from your personal collection in order to apply the same effects.
There are practically no bugs, with the exception of a rare graphic one in Logic, where the plug interface dissociates itself from the Logic plug’s black frame. I haven’t figured out if it’s Logic, Tiger or Leopard related. Another minor problem: the de-installer doesn’t work. Audio Ease is working on an update that will fix both issues.
Once again, Audio Ease has chosen to release an original plug that perfectly fulfils its objectives, rather than proposing an umpteenth and superfluous version of a well-known effect. Speakerphone is essential for working on movies, ads, clips or anything visual and is also very convincing in a musical context.

All-in-one concept
Sound quality
Wonderful speaker IRs
Reverbs come from Altiverb
Qualities of ambiences (sound, length)
Numerous effects, with unusual ones.
Ease of use
Presets
Automation (nearly complete)
Midi Learn
For sound design as well as for music
Sample Export/Import
Mono-Stereo

GUI sometimes hard to read
No internal pan for ambiences and sound effects
No independent volume automation in Sample Bay
An occasional graphic bug in Logic