Waves
Waves is a leading developer of signal processing solutions for the professional, broadcast, and consumer electronics audio markets. Heard on hit records, major motion pictures, and popular video games worldwide, Waves’ over 100 cutting-edge software and hardware processors are used in every aspect of audio production, from tracking to mixing to mastering, broadcast, live, and more.
Software by Waves
Reverb plates. State-of-the-art modeling of the four legendary EMT 140 reverb plates housed at Abbey Road Studios and used on recordings by the Beatles and Pink Floyd....
Sound enhancer. When it was originally introduced in the mid-1970s, the Aphex Aural Exciter® brought its distinctive sound to select sessions by leading recording artists,...
EQs and compressor. Developed in association with Automated Processes Incorporated, the API Collection features four precision processors based on renowned API modules: the 550A...
Bass enhancer. Bass Rider is an innovative, easy-to-use plugin that rides bass levels automatically. A companion to our popular Vocal Rider plugin, Bass Rider delivers perfect...
Dynamics processor. Long favored by studio, live and broadcast engineers, the BSS® DPR-402 dynamics processor is known for its punch, versatility, and the explosive sound it...
Vocal processor. Widely considered one of the most influential rock producers of recent decades, Butch Vig helped spawn an entirely new rock genre. From Nirvana and Smashing...
Multiband Parametric Processor. Features :
- 4 fully-parametric bands for any combo of compression, expansion, limiting or EQ
- ARC - Waves patented Auto-Release Control TechnologyTrue...
Multiband compressor. For years, the C4 has been a favorite of studio engineers the world over, and in live sound, it's quickly become a must-have for front-of-house and monitor...
Mid-Side controller. Ideal for final mixes and mastering, Waves Center is an innovative new processor that separates phantom Center content from Side (L/R) content. With Center, you...
6 specific plug-ins. 6 application-specific audio plug-ins, created in collaboration with mixing-engineer Chris-Lord-Alge.
- CLA Bass: "From sub-shaking smooth sounds to Mr....
Compressors and limiters. Chris Lord-Alge is a true classic. Over the course of a career spanning almost three decades, he has worked alongside many artists who are classics in their own...
Harmonics shaping tool. Cobalt Saphira is an advanced harmonics shaping tool for mixing and mastering that lets you add rich harmonics to your tracks in order to give them analog...
Wavetable Synth. Waves Codex is a cutting-edge polyphonic synthesizer based on an advanced granular wavetable engine and powered by Waves’ Virtual Voltage technology. Designed to...
Compressor - Limiter. Considered one of the best drum compressors ever, the original dbx® 160 stands tall among its peers, boasting a very clean sound with minimum THD. The...
Breath eliminator. Breathing is something singers seem to insist on doing, even when it spoils a perfectly good take. Now DeBreath lets you not only eliminate those breaths, but...
Doppler effects. Create real-time doppler effects, both realistic and "outside the box". Waves Doppler gives you auto and manual triggering modes, plus full control of air...
Hardware meters emulations. The Waves Dorrough Meter Collection features models of Dorrough's most popular loudness meters: 280D/240D, 380D/340D, and 40AES/EBU. Developed in association...
Automatic Mixing. Developed in association with renowned pro audio inventor Dan Dugan, the Waves Dugan Automixer is a groundbreaking software version of the popular Dugan Speech...
Virtual analog synth. Element is the first ever synthesizer from Waves. Powered by Virtual Voltage™ technology, Element is an analog-style polyphonic instrument engineered to deliver...
Virtual analog channel strip. Waves and Abbey Road Studios bring to life the legendary TG12345, the first-ever solid-state console from EMI which epitomized the sound evolution of the late...
Dynamics processor. The first plugin to use Waves’ groundbreaking Parallel Detection technology, Waves eMo D5 delivers the power of five state-of-the-art dynamics processors — Gate,...
Fx. Enigma combines a complex notch filter system, short delay feedback loops, and modulation.
30 bandes graphic equalizer. Waves GEQ is a full-featured graphic equalizer plugin with both Classic and Modern mono and stereo components, featuring 30 ISO bands plus high and low pass...
Vocal processor. The Greg Wells VoiceCentric plugin is the first in a line of Greg Wells Signature Series plugins, created in collaboration with multiple GRAMMY®-nominated...
Guitar and bass processing solution. Featuring a number of realistically modeled amps, cabinets and stomp boxes, GTR Solo offers the GTR family's studio-quality sounds in an intuitive, highly...
Compressor. H-Comp is a brand new dynamics processor that combines the modeled behavior of transformers, tubes, and transistors, together with the power and precision that...
Delay. From real old school PCM42-style effects like filtering, flanging, and phasing, to slap-back echo, ping-pong delay, and tempo-sync with modulation, H-Delay...
Eq. H-EQ is a uniquely powerful hybrid equalizer, featuring vintage and modern EQ inspired by the finest British and American consoles; seven different filter types...
Hybrid Reverb. New technologies open new creative horizons. H-Reverb is a pioneering FIR reverb based on innovative Finite Impulse Response reverberation technology, providing...
Console channel. Developed in association with legendary producer/engineer Eddie Kramer, the HLS Channel was meticulously modeled on a Helios mixing console just like the one he...
Phase correction. InPhase is a phase correction plugin for phase shift treatment, phase alignment and complex phase manipulation tasks.
Phasing can occur throughout the...
Convolution reverb for live sound. Waves IR-Live is an impulse response-based convolution reverb designed with the live sound engineer in mind, but sure to find a home in the studio as well....
Parametric Convolution Reverb. IR-1 is a convolution reverb which has flexible classic controls of the key reverb parameters. Unlike other convolution reverbs only the IR-1 allows editing of...
Tape saturation plugin. Waves and Abbey Road Studios present the J37 tape saturation plugin, a precision model of the very machine used to record many of the greatest masterpieces in...
EQ, Compressor, Limiter. The Jack Joseph Puig Analog Legends features the following plug-ins :
PuigChild 660 & 670 - Compressor / Limiter
Throughout the vinyl era, the original...
Six application-specific audio plug-ins. The Jack Joseph Puig Collection are six application-specific audio plug-ins created in collaboration with iconic Grammy®-winning producer/engineer Jack Joseph...
Tape machine emulation. Developed in association with Eddie Kramer, the Kramer Master Tape plugin is modeled on a rare vintage 1/4" reel-to-reel machine. With adjustable tape speed,...
Multi-Band Auto-Summing Limiter. The key to the L3's power is its patent-pending Peak Limiting Mixer (PLMixer ) engine. The L3 differs from conventional wide band and multi-band limiters in...
Subharmonic generator. For years, sound design and post production professionals have been waiting for a subharmonic synthesizer plug-in that delivers the earthshaking sound of...
Mixing tools. Four-time GRAMMY® award-winning mixing engineer Manny Marroquin takes the Waves Signature Series to a new level with six hybrid plugins that bring his unique...
Audio Tools for Mastering. -Linear Phase Equalizer :
Eliminates phase distortion with phase linear FIR filters to provide more transparent sound that better perserves the musical balance....
Bass enhancer. MaxxBass patent pending technology takes your bass to the maximum on more speaker sizes, from any source, by adding a series of harmonics to the signal. These...
Flanger. MetaFlanger produces vintage tape-flanging, phaser-emulation, and special effects. It create gentle choruses, sharp phasing effects and a variety of true...
Modulable filter. Designed around a multimode filter with extensive modulation options and powered by Waves’ Virtual Voltage technology, Waves MetaFilter has everything you need...
AM, FM, and Rotation modulators.. Mondo Mod is a combo of linked AM, FM and Rotation Modulators yielding gentle wandering guitar solo panning of bizarre destructive effects, all in one plug-in....
Tape saturation. Developed in association with Eddie Kramer, the MPX Master Tape plugin is modeled on a rare machine consisting of an Ampex 350 transport and 351 electronics....
Waves plugins host. A true Live sound breakthrough, MultiRack is a software host that lets FOH and Monitor engineers run multiple simultaneous instances of the same Native Waves...
Bundle of 7 plug-ins. Trueverb : reverberation processor
Q10 : Paragraphic Equalizer
DeEsser : for attenuating high frequency 'ess' sounds
L1 Ultramaximizer : limiter/ maximizer
S1...
Summing plugin. Waves, together with three of today's top producer / engineers, is proud to present the NLS Non-Linear Summer: Three legendary consoles – in one powerful...
Noise Suppressor. The most intuitive professional noise suppression plugin ever created, Waves NS1 Noise Suppressor intelligently differentiates between dialog and unwanted noise....
Virtual Mix Room over Headphones. Waves Nx is a virtual monitoring plugin that simulates the ideal acoustics of a high-end mix room – inside your headphones.
Powered by Waves’ groundbreaking Nx...
Treble booster. One Knob Brighter is an intelligent treble booster that adds brightness from the mid-high range on up, Brighter is perfect for brightening up a track or make it...
Overdrive. Inspired by famous guitar overdrive pedals, Driver is capable of everything from light overdrive to full-on distortion. But it's not just for guitars; it sounds...
Resonant filter. From the mixing room to the DJ booth, Filter is a powerful sweepable filter with switchable Resonance modes, perfect for full mixes, loops, analog synths and more.
Limiter and maximizer. Using a combination of peak limiting and low-level compression with automatic makeup, Louder effectively makes tracks louder, increasing RMS by up to 24 dB.
Overdrive. Phatter is a bass booster that provides a quick way to add bottom, weight and body to bass, keys, kick drums and vocals alike, to thicken them in the mix.
Dynamics processor. From light, parallel-style compression to pumping and squashing, Pressure is a versatile dynamics processor, ideal for percussive sources like loops and drum...
Moisterizer for dry tracks. From short, bright ambiences that are felt more than heard, to longer, darker spaces, Wetter adds instant depth to any track, creating the perfect atmosphere.
Psychoacoustic analyser. Realtime analyser based on our hearing, shows 52 or 68 bands, with RMS, peak, weighting, variable integration time.
Compressor. Developed in association with legendary producer/engineer Eddie Kramer, the PIE Compressor was precision-modeled on a vintage Pye compressor like the ones he...
Stereo Maker. PS22 is a stereo-from-mono tool. It Creates a rich and spacious stereo image from mono sources, and also enhances the spread of stereo sources. It can be used...
Turns your favorite outboard EQ unit into a plug-in. Q-Clone is a new product utilizing unique (patent-pending) technology that lets you use your outboard hardware equalizer in a completely new way. By capturing...
Paragraphic Equalizer. Features :
- Selectable number of bands (1 to 10)
- Frequency response display
- 5 types of filters, bell, low/high shelf, low/high pass
- Filter band control...
Classic consoles recreation. London's Abbey Road Studios were at the epicenter of a seismic shift that rocked the world of music during the 1960s, and changed the course of popular culture...
Double tracking effect. Waves/Abbey Road Reel ADT is the first plugin to successfully emulate Abbey Road Studios’ pioneering process of Artificial Double Tracking. The effect that would...
Audio Processors Bundle. Renaissance Channel:
A precision channel processor combining equalization, compression, limiting, and gating. Selectable EQ/Dynamics signal flow Stereo rotation...
Restoration and noise reduction tools. X-Noise:
Intelligently learns from a section of noise, and then applies a broadband noise reduction to eliminate background noise from any source. Primary...
Passive equalizer. A passive equalizer with powerful sound-shaping capabilities, the RS56 Universal Tone Control was originally introduced in the early 1950s and used in Abbey Road...
Vintage EQ. The Waves Scheps 73 is a colorful 3-band EQ modeled on the classic 1073 console's EQ and mic preamp module and developed in association with world-renowned...
Dynamics and EQ. Developed under license from Solid State Logic, the Waves SSL 4000 Collection consists of three meticulously modeled plug-ins: the SSL G-Master Buss Compressor,...
Delay. Six taps with up to six seconds of mono or true stereo delay. Each tap includes independent Q10-style filtering, rotation (stereo panning), gain, and precision...
Surround toolkit. M360° SURROUND MANAGER :
Calibrate your studio monitoring for standard compliant mixes. Includes flexible bass management.
S360° SURROUND PANNER :
Rotation and...
Five application-specific audio plug-ins. Five application-specific audio plug-ins, created in collaboration with Eddie Kramer.
- Eddie Kramer Vocal Channel : "When mixing, there's always a fight going...
British Royal Family microphones emulation. Used exclusively by the royal family for speeches on momentous occasions, each of these three priceless microphones dating back to the 1920s and 1930s was...
Specific audio plug-ins. 7 application-specific audio plug-ins, created in collaboration with multi-platinum mixing engineer Tony Maserati.
- Maserati GRP: spécialement conçu pour les...
Multitrack recording software. Created with and for live sound engineers, Tracks Live is a multitrack recording software solution designed to capture live performances of any kind, from the...
Bundle of 4 sound processing plug-ins. - Sound Shifter
Waves SoundShifter enables the manipulation of Time and Pitch while preserving the punch, groove and transients, without artifacts nor...
Pitch correction. Tune performs pitch correction of vocals and other instruments with a new level of transparency. In addition, Tune allows you to change individual notes or...
Formant-corrected pitch shifting. UltraPitch is a formant-corrected pitch shifter with 6-voices. All pitch shifting is done with optional formant-correction to avoid the old chipmunk effect, or...
Stereo to surround processors. From music to movie soundtracks and beyond, audio engineers are upmixing all sorts of content from stereo to surround, to capture the excitement of today's full,...
Vintage EQs and dynamics. Three state-of-the-art Vintage models that capture the sound of the consoles found in the world's most exclusive recording studios. The big budget sound at your...
Sonic Enhancer. Waves Vitamin is a multiband harmonic enhancer and tone-shaping plugin that can make any track sound powerful and full of spark by mixing an enriched version...
Automatic Level-Riding Plug-in. Vocal Rider is the first of Waves pioneering new series of Mix tools. Simply put, Vocal Rider rides the levels of vocal tracks, automatically.
Instead of...
Noise reduction. Inspired by the renowned CAT43, the W43 noise reduction plugin builds upon the legacy of the popular unit that's been a post production favorite for decades....
Loudness meter. The Waves WLM Plus Loudness Meter plugin provides precision loudness measurement, metering, correction and adjustment tools for broadcast, movie trailers, games,...
Noise suppression. The first in the new line of dedicated Waves Post Production tools, the WNS Waves Noise Suppressor is a real-time multiband processor for fast and effective...
Waves plug-in installer. WOLI is a small download engine that lets you pick exactly the plug-ins or bundles you need to install. Whether you need a single plug-in, the entire Mercury...
Feedback eliminator. X-FDBK identifies the precise frequencies that cause feedback and surgically cuts them, dramatically shortening the setup time of monitors and PA speakers....
Noise reduction. Other noise reduction methods need you to provide a section of pure noise in order to deliver optimal results. Z-Noise features an exclusive Extract mode which...
