Waves

If you want your mixes to go to 11, Waves' new mastering limiter might be the weapon you need.

Waves are the latest software company to launch their own hardware DSP accelerators. The APA 32 and 44-M can be linked over Ethernet to form massively powerful plug-in farms.

Software guitar amp modelling has been around for a while, but GTR is Waves' first foray into the field — and as you'd expect, they have made a huge effort to get it right, even hiring guitar maker Paul Reed Smith to design a bespoke preamp.

Waves are tempting owners of Yamaha digital hardware with an updated DSP board and a new selection of additional plug-in processors.

More and more material needs to be delivered in surround formats, but what if you dont have the time or the budget for a 5.1 remix? We test the current crop of unwrap plug-ins that can create a surround master from a stereo mix.

With their Vocal Bundle, Waves look to take voice processing and automatic pitch correction to a new level of sophistication.

In modern productions, reverb often isn’t just reverb. Waves’ latest plug-in offers all the extra tools you’ll need.