TEL AVIV, Israel — Waves Live Division, which earlier this year announced that more than 50 of its plug-ins would be compatible for use with Digidesign D-Show software and Venue consoles, announced that its Hybrid line (H-Comp Hybrid Compressor and H-Delay Hybrid Delay) and PuigChild compressor limiter will be compatible with Venue as well. Waves noted that these TDM plug-ins can run on Digidesign Venue consoles using the Waves D-Show Enabler. Current Waves TDM users can purchase the D-Show Enabler, making their Waves products Venue-compatible.
Waves said its Hybrid line builds on the company’s console/processor models (SSL 4000 Collection, V-Series, The API Collection, The JJP Collection) to combine the sound of classic analog hardware processors with the features and flexibility of Waves digital plug-ins.
The first two products in the Waves Hybrid line are the H-Comp Hybrid Compressor and the H-Delay Hybrid Delay. H-Comp is a dynamics processor that combines the modeled behavior of transformers, tubes, and transistors with the advantages of modern-day plug-ins. From slap-back echo, ping-pong delay and tempo-sync with modulation, to filtering, flanging, phasing and more, H-Delay delivers real vintage as well as PCM42-style effects, controlled by an “intuitive” interface.
The PuigChild 660 & 670 compressor/limiter was created by Waves in close partnership with producer/mixer Jack Joseph Puig. With the PuigChild Compressor/Limiter, Waves said it has captured every distinctive nuance of Jack Joseph Puig’s personal vintage Fairchild 670, along with its harmonic complexity.
The announcement continues a flurry of activity for Waves that started with its recent formation of the Waves Live Division. Since then, the Division has won the support of prominent live sound professionals including “Big Mick” Hughes (FOH for Metallica), Ken “Pooch” Van Druten (FOH for Linkin Park, System of a Down), and A/V contactor Clair Brothers, among others.
“Waves Live Division is dedicated to providing performers and live sound engineers the same high-quality processing tools found in Waves’ studio bundles,” said Asher Bitansky, Waves director of business development. “The PuigChild and the Hybrid Line have proven very successful plug-ins for a wide variety of studio users, and represent the ongoing commitment by Waves to create tools enabling new levels of creativity and control to the live sound mixer.”
For more information, please visit www.waveslive.com.
