Waves Tune - "Solid pitch corrector"
Clean singing tends to have a few major drawbacks that come with it. One is pitch, one is "ess"ing on certain notes and the last is breathing. All three of those things can totally ruin what would …
Waves TrueVerb - "Flexible reverb and reflections plugin"
There are quite a few reverb plugins in the Waves lineup, and it's no surprise as reverb is almost always used in a mix somewhere, in some form. A good sounding reverb can make a mix really breathe …
Waves Trans-X - "Transient adjusting utility"
Transients are very important in music, especially in drums. Getting them right can make a mix sound extremely dynamic and realistic. Get them wrong, and it can sound very flat, almost as if a robo…
Waves SSL 4000 Collection - "Waves SSL, "Carve out your sound""
I use the Waves SSL native bundle. The install was very simple. If your planing to buy this then there is no need for the manual as you should already know what you need to use it for. However, shoul…
Waves SSL 4000 Collection - "The SSL Sound "in the box"!"
Waves SSL 4000 Native Collection developed under license from Solid State Logic. Four modeled plugins: SSL E-Channel SSL G-Channel SSL G-Equalizer SSL G-Master Buss Compressor Mac and Pc Co…
Waves SuperTap - "Extremely powerful delay processor"
This is like the mack daddy of delays. This thing has nearly everything you could ever want, and then some. If you ever wanted to do some multi tap delay, it can do it. If you wanted to do some cr…
Waves Sound Shifter - "Awesome time and pitch shifter"
Pitch shifting is an awesome tool if you know how to utilize it. You can do all kinds of different crazy effects with this, and you can even fatten up a mix by imaging the actual track, micropitchin…
Waves S1 Stereo Imager - "Audio spreader"
Stereo spreaders are great, assuming you use them for the right kind of music and use them sparingly. Explaining exactly how the plugin works is pretty difficult, but it basically turns something mo…
Waves Renaissance Vox - "Dynamic processor for vocals"
I'll be up front about this in that I don't use this plugin too often given that I'm a death metal guitarist. When I do vocals, it's mostly guttural stuff with tons of compression and gain boosts. …
Waves Renaissance Reverb - "Fairly nice digital reverb"
Reverb is probably one of my favorite effects to really add depth to a mix. It's been a staple of the 80s LA studios, and it's works awesome on clean passages. This is a pretty powerful plugin, and…
Waves Renaissance Equalizer - "Very powerful paragraphic EQ"
EQ is easily one of the most abused tools in today's audio world. One of the biggest issues I always find is that people tend to boost way too much and bloat up the entire mix. With paragraphic EQs…
Waves Renaissance DeEsser - "Solid DeEsser"
DeEssers can be life savers in mixes, especially when it's something regarding spoken words. I've used plenty of DeEssers throughout the years, and this has always been one of my main choices. For …
Waves Renaissance Compressor - "Analog sound with digital accuracy"
Compression has been probably the number one effect ever since The Beatles started using it heavily. There is always a battle between trying to find a compressor that sounds organic and vintage, yet…
Waves Renaissance Channel - "Awesome audio mix chain"
Channel strips have long been something that's been emulated in the digital world. However, a lot of them don't seem to capture that awesome sound that so many channel strips have (SSL for example).…
Waves Renaissance Bass - "Beefs up the bass"
Bass can be one of the hardest things to mix. The low frequencies itself are harder to hear than midrange frequencies, and there are a lot of sound systems out there that have trouble capturing the …
