Waves

Bass Slapper is a stand-alone and plug-in (VST, AU, AAX) virtual instrument that, with just a little bit of practice, will allow you to give the likes of Stanley Clarke, Bootsy Collins or Mark King a run for their money.

Waves’ latest signature plug-in distils the accumulated wisdom of a master engineer into a powerful channel strip.

Does the visual look extend to the way we perceive plug-ins, and does their appearance change over time according to fashion?

A plug-in card for the Yamaha AW-series workstations that combines Waves-quality DSP effects with eight channels of ADAT optical I/O.

Is there anything wrong with riding the vocal levels in my mix using clip gain settings rather than fader automation?

Multi-band compression is one of the most powerful processing techniques available to the recording engineer. However, if you don't know how to apply it effectively it can just as easily ruin the sound of your entire production.

Torque lets you retune a drum that’s already been recorded, but without introducing the artifacts that simple pitch-shifting always seems to throw up.

As Intel and AMD continue to push the clock speeds and architectures of PC processors, music software developers are taking advantage of the optimisations possible, as demonstrated by Waves with the latest update to their native plug-ins.

With a stellar line-up of producers, engineers and co-writers behind her, Lana Del Rey appears to be unstoppable...