All user reviews of 5/5 for the Waves H-Comp

The H Comp is a compressor made by Waves Plug-ins. It is a powerful dynamic processor that will take the tubes, transistors and transformers, together they will put out some powerful stuff if you learn to use them properly. The interface of the H Comp is very simple, you have an Analog Dial, Output Dial, Ratio Dial, Mix Dry/Wet Dial , Punch and Attack Dials, the main Threshold Dial and a Release Dial. Everything is on the main screen of the plug in and there are no sub menus or hard to navigate or read texts. The H Comp does offer a demo that you can download to decide if you want to make the purchase. Many people have compared the H Comp the CLA compressors bundle. But they CLA compressors bundle is modeled after classic hardware compressors and if you don’t have a lot of knowledge with those classic compressors you mine as well just go ahead and go with H Comp.


SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

I have installed H Comp on two different machines, one running Windows Vista and one running Windows 7. It has worked great on both and has never gave me any issues. I have used this plug in with Cubase, Ableton and Pro Tools. It has been very stable no matter where I have used it at. I have been using it for almost a year now.


OVERALL OPINION

Overall, you really cant go wrong with something from Waves Plug Ins. Every time I use one of their products I am completely happy with it, and best of all they give you a chance to use it before you pay for it so you know if its exactly something you want to spend your money on. I am very happy with my purchased. You will love how easy it is to use this compressor and you will start using it a lot and maybe even as your main compressor. The price is very reasonable for the quality of a plug in that you are getting with H Comp.

The Waves Ltd. H-Comp wasn’t hard to install at all and after getting everything in synch with my iLok I had it up rather quickly.  I didn’t have any compatibility errors and really didn’t have any problems getting it up and running.  The interface of the software is laid out smartly and even though there is kind of a lot going on it won’t take users too long to get used to everything.  The plug-in has a ton of different parameters including knobs for ratio, punch, attack, threshold, release, mix, and output.  The release also has a great feature where you can synch it up to the BPM of the song that you are using this with.  There is also a knob for the amount of ‘analog’ that you want, which is a new thing in Waves’ new line of hybrid plug-ins.  There is also a meter that you can set to either show input, output, or gain reduction and a button to use this strictly as a limiter as well.  A manual wasn’t necessary for me, but for new users might not be a bad idea if you aren’t all that experienced.

SUITABILITY/PERFORMANCE

I have used the Waves Ltd. H-Comp on a Mac G5 that runs with a Pro Tools HD system.  I’ve never had a problem running a few of them at a single time, but generally will only use one or two at a time as I like to mix and match different compressors.  It really depends on what type of system you are running this on because this will take up a decent amount of processing power, but if you have an adequate machine you shouldn’t have too much trouble with it.  Pro Tools LE users will probably run into more problems than HD ones, as is the case in general with plug-ins.

OVERALL OPINION

I only recently started using the Waves Ltd. H-Comp as it is a fairly new plug-in, but already I can see that it is definitely one of the better compression plug-ins that Waves has released.  It sounds great on a variety of instruments, especially vocals and guitars.  However, it offers a ton of control over your sound so it can really be used on anything.  The new line of hybrid plug-ins that Waves has released are pretty impressive and the Waves Ltd. H-Comp is a fine example of what they have to offer.