Plugins

Many engineers and producers would nominate these as “desert island” plugins—so start here, and find out why so many pros choose Waves. This compel...

Dave Audé’s Grammy-winning remixes turn hits into mega-hits—just ask Beyoncé, Selena Gomez, Katy Perry, Madonna, Coldplay, Celine Dion, U2, Rihanna...

With more #1 dance club hits than any other producer on the Billboard charts, Dave Audé is one of the world’s most in-demand producers. He’s the ma...

Multi-head tape delays defined the sound of spacey echoes. SuperTap does everything the vintage hardware did, but its 6 independent stereo delay li...

There’s nothing quite like the magic of huge-sounding analog tube saturation—and this one must be heard to be believed. An original-design plugin f...

Travel back in time, then bring the sound and vibe back with you. Or, discover past treasures, with the degraded sound from decades of neglect. Ret...

Analog sound’s most compelling component is subtle harmonic distortion. Cobalt Saphira’s harmonic synthesis engine allows you to add harmonics to y...

In the 70s, the Aphex Aural Exciter had almost mythical status. It ‘excited’ tracks by restoring the highs lost through the recording and playback ...

The classic C1 combines a musically pleasing dynamics sound with rich features and functionality: Compression, expansion, upward expansion, gating,...

The C4 blends an optimum combination of compression, expansion, limiting, dynamic EQ, and standard EQ to edit both dynamics and EQ with ease and ac...

C6 is ideal for serious audio surgery on individual tracks and masters. Its extreme flexibility comes from 4 configurable frequency bands—and 2 add...

The dbx 160’s VCA-based compression was a clean break with previous designs. Its savagely fast attack and fresh transparency made it an instant hit...

Dynamic EQ takes parametric equalization a giant step forward, by letting you boost or cut a defined frequency range in a way that dynamically depe...

You’ve spent countless hours crafting the perfect mix, and it’s time for multiband compression to add that final touch. Conventional multiband dyna...

Waves Spherix is a suite of two plugins, a compressor and a brickwall limiter, designed from the ground up for fast, efficient work on the beds (fi...

Whether for live mixing or for studio work on music, voiceovers, or narration, eMo D5 incorporates 5 essential dynamics processing solutions: Compr...

Inspired by the vintage gear used for precision de-essing and high-frequency limiting, DeEsser tames “ess” and “shh” sounds. As recordings boost hi...

Sibilance breaks down sound into basic, individual components prior to processing. When Sibilance recognizes unwated “ess” and “shh” vocal sounds, ...

Make drums leap out of a mix. Help the snare crack instead of thud. Get strummed acoustic guitar to sound crisper. Enable percussive rap vocals to ...

Mixing live shows is a rollercoaster ride, where things constantly change. Mic bleed could be causing feedback that prevents you from turning up th...

In the later eras of hardware, this processing powerhouse was huge for live sound, broadcast, and studios—thanks to VCA compression, peak limiting,...

MV2 is no ordinary compressor—sure, it can compress audio above a threshold. But it can also compress low-level audio upward. Bring up a drum’s roo...

Deeper bass, bigger kicks, floor-shaking dance mixes, large-than-life sound design—Submarine packs a subharmonic punch you can’t obtain any other w...

It’s such a hassle to balance levels of all the audio feeds involved in broadcasts, podcasts, panel discussions, theater groups, pre-show music and...

Trans-X gives you pinpoint control over the transient-heavy percussive sounds in your mix: Make drums softer, or punchier. Give your acoustic guita...

Waves’ first-ever limiter, L1 quickly became a favorite among audio engineers, whether to control peaks, change the dynamics and character of music...

With its legendary combination of look-ahead brickwall peak limiting, level maximization, and ultra-high resolution, the L2 has become a mainstay i...

There’s a reason why the L3 Multimaximizer has been the choice of top mastering engineers for over a decade: It artfully merges five-band parametri...

There’s nothing like the L3-16. Fusing paragraphic EQ and dynamics control, the informative displays shows 16 virtual bands, with response represen...

MaxxBass® does the seemingly impossible: it gives a strong sensation of bass, even on the smallest speakers. Based on psychoacoustic research about...

MaxxVolume’s quartet of dynamics processors is the key to maximum sonic impact. The Low-Level Compressor brings up detailed sounds, like room tone ...

It’s an audio streaming audio world—whether for music, podcasts, YouTube, games, broadcast, movie trailers, commercials, or other media. WLM Plus g...

It takes a legendary engineer/producer like Eddie Kramer to work with legendary artists like Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, the Beatles, the Rolling S...

When working with guitar-heavy bands like Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin, it took Eddie Kramer’s legendary engineering skills to...

Eddie Kramer’s acclaimed production and engineering with Led Zeppelin, Hendrix, and the Rolling Stones tells all you need to know about his drum so...

Designed with Grammy®-winning studio legend Eddie Kramer (The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin), this processor re-creates t...

Eddie Kramer produced and engineered the revered guitar tones of Led Zeppelin, Hendrix, Keith Richards and The Rolling Stones, Kiss, Johnny Winter ...

Eddie Kramer’s engineering has brought out the best in rock’s quintessential vocalists, from Mick Jagger in the Rolling Stones to Robert Plant in L...

The Helios console at London’s Olympic Studios was famous for fat bass, sweet saturation, and high-end presence. Working in close collaboration wit...

Early analog tape was the sound of rock’n’roll. Recording engineers pushed analog tape ever-further into distortion, creating a type of tape compre...

Based on pulse-width modulation (PWM) technology, the Pye compressor’s speed, transparency, and low distortion set it apart from other compressor t...

GEQ has what you want from a graphic equalizer—30 precise ISO bands, with stereo/mono link. What you don’t expect is a choice of classic or modern ...

Standard EQs delay some frequencies, which produces phase shifts. This can be a problem when mastering or when mixing multi-miked groups. EQ can ex...

With zero latency, ultra-low CPU consumption, multitouch response (with a generous interface size), transparent sound quality, and full integration...

As it celebrates 30 years of service to the pro audio industry, the reason for the Q10’s longevity is simple: it solves problems. The recent 25th a...

The Q-Capture/Q-Clone combination solves three crucial limitations with outboard analog EQ: You can’t use more than one instance of a hardware proc...

So many issues need only a simple high or lowpass filter—prevent bass buildup, reduce hiss, keep low frequencies out of reverb, fix acoustics issue...

Speeding cars, airplane fly-bys, railroad trains moving past you—the Doppler effect is an essential sound design tool to create the impact of space...