Waves X-Noise - "Solid noise reduction software"
Have you ever recorded a guitar next to a computer? For anybody who has, I'm sure you'll have noticed the annoying hum that can occur. This is due to the magnets of the pickups picking up various f…
Waves X-Hum - "Hum attenuator"
Hum can be a real pain to battle, especially with some of this older outboard gear. While ground loops can be found with proper ground lifts and whatnot, DC hum and such can be a huge pain as it usu…
Waves X-Crackle - "Crackle and pop remover"
With old analog recordings, especially those that have been transferred from vinyl, most people tend to experience the infamous crackles and pops that occur. This can be a real pain to remove manual…
Waves WNS Noise Suppressor - "Solid noise suppressor"
Noise is something that's inevitable with recording, especially guitars. While you don't tend to experience it in a purely digital world with modelers and such (meaning they don't actively induce no…
Waves V-EQ 4 - "4 band vintage EQ"
This is very similar to the V-EQ3 that Waves also has. The main difference between this and the V-EQ3 is that this has an extra band. This plugin is actually modeled after the famous 1081 EQ. Wave…
Waves V-Comp - "When you need vintage comp look no further"
Waves is a solid company that really hasn't failed me yet. Normally I use the SSL plugin for compression but when some of my clients started asking for a more vintage sound I picked this up. Out of…
Waves SSL 4000 Collection - "Great single channel eq and compression"
Install is quick and easy. I wouldn't expect any less from Waves. It comes with some VERY usable presets including the ones from CLA if you want fast results. But I expect most users will read the…
Waves IR-1 Convolution Reverb - "Crazy versatile reverb"
The IR-1 is like the mack daddy of reverbs. It has everything you can think of and then some. They have some crazy algorithms going on in this, and tons of different spaces were pre installed on th…
Waves V-EQ 3 - "Vintage style EQ"
The mixture of vintage sound with the precision, reliability and response of digital stuff is always something that software engineers in the music industry are working to achieve. This is another v…
Waves V-Comp - "Vintage sounding comp"
Waves has a TON of different compressors. In fact, they have so many that I tend to forget which ones to use for which genre most of the time. This is yet another vintage style sounding (and lookin…
Waves Vocal Rider - "Level rider for vocals"
Levels are something that should always be watched, and when you have vocals with a huge dynamic range, constantly tweaking the level with automation gets to be a real pain. Waves has released a voc…
Waves UM226 - "Stereo to 5.1 surround plugin"
Stereo to surround is a huge issue that a lot of people face when they start remixing old movies for today's sound systems. There are two different versions of this -- the UM225 and the UM226. They…
Waves UM225 - "Stereo to 5.0 surround plugin"
When mixing movies today, the biggest thing that people seem to be paying attention to, besides the overall remaster of the video, is the sound. Converting stereo to surround sound can be quite a ch…
Waves UltraPitch - "Crazy good pitch shifter"
Harmonized lines have long since been a staple in music, especially in melodic death metal. Ideally, you want to use two different takes (one root and one harmony) to do a proper harmony, but there …
Waves Tune LT - "Simplified version of Tune"
As I said in the previous review, being off pitch is one of the three main things that can really destroy an otherwise perfect take. Waves has a plugin called Tune that works great for fixing this. …
