Waves Native Gold Bundle Version 3.2 (Windows and Macintosh)
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Waves Native Power Pack (Macintosh and Windows)
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Waves Renaissance Collection Native (Macintosh and Windows)
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Waves Native Restoration Bundle (Macintosh and Windows)
http://www.zzounds.com/a--3745/item--WAVNATIVEREST
Waves Native Platinum Bundle (Macintosh and Windows)
http://www.zzounds.com/a--3745/item--WAVNATIVEPLATINUM
By Rich
Wave Native Gold Mini Review
There are probably more studios relying on the Waves L1 Ultra Maximizer and C4 Multiband than they care to admit. The difference these can make on ones music is outstanding. Want to hear the difference it can make? Download the demo from Waves. It's fully functional for 14 days so you can actually use it to master some songs courtesy of Waves. If you are like me, the question might not be if you can afford it, it might be can you afford not to have it.
It took me a long time to warm up to the Waves products for a couple of reasons. They are expensive, and every time I'd look at the back of the box I'd see plugins I already had. Lessee, I have my multiband compressor, my reverb, my gate, my multi-tap
After all, it all sounds the same, Right? Wrong! It took me less than 10 seconds of running my audio through a TrueVerb, a Renaissance EQ or a Ultra Maximizer to become a total evangelical convert. Your talking to a guy who has all the sonic foundry plugins, all the Logic plugins, and many of the Cakewalk and Steinberg plugs. What sets the waves plugins apart from the rest is not only it's stunning graphics and and outstanding ease of use, but their unbelievable audio quality. The audio comes out of the oven warm, supple and professionally smooth. You really have to hear it.
My mixes are louder, clearer, with better bass, better transients. I've spent nearly a week just getting acquainted, bouncing old songs from DAT into the computer and then processing them. In about two minutes I can get dramatic improvements, just by chaining the 10 band parametric, if needed the Renaissance Bass, the C4 multiband, sometimes the stereo imager, and finally the L1 Ultra Maximizer. If you had a good mix to begin with, you'll find it easy to make it outstanding. Even if you had a just an old recording from cassette, you'll be surprised to find dynamics and nuances that were deeply buried in the original. The 10 band is so precise you can cut away damaged frequencies surgically, something that my hardware 31 band is supposed to do, but can't, not like this! The L1 Ultramaximer works so well with Logic that the peak meters match exactly. That is, if the L1 says it will limit at -.01 db that's exactly where Logic's meter pegs, ditto for bouncing to DAT. The result is increased resolution you can hear. Better tracking, better bouncing and a better mixdown.
Each plugin comes with a .pdf and paper manual so you can learn how the experts use these. I'm also getting awesome results editing samples in SoundForge with them, discovering new ways to polish sounds that eclipses differences between my studio and the big studios downtown. One cool thing is the 10 band parametric. Not only can you eq your sample exactly the way you like, you can create a different eq for the left and right side, and level each side so they peak exactly at 0db. And you can give your samples as much high end as you want, and surprisingly, the results are not harsh or strident. This allows one to make the perfect sample. It's good magic.
A final note, their is a "public beta" of the Waveshell that allows you to run the Waves plugs in your VstPlugins folder, so Cubase users can now use Waves. This too is great because VST plugins pass on automation parameters to host sequencers that support this. This is an important feature for those considering using a Logic Control or Houston Controller. Imagine, fully automated Waves processors just like the guys with massive Pro Tools setups. While that technology isn't here yet, it will be soon. Buy running the Waveshell, I have the plugins in both my VST and Direct X directories.
Can you blame a comany for trying to protect their investment?