Learn about Waves plugins like Z-Noise, Doubler, H-Delay, Vocal Rider, Bass Rider, MaxxBass, and CLA-76.

Waves is a notoriously large plugin company, and their plugin catalog can be described as no less than... enormous. Truthfully, they have so many plugins that it’s intimidating even getting into their line of products. With so many plugins to choose from, what’s worth investing in? Let me prelude this by mentioning that I have a severe plugin addiction, and extensively demo or purchase any plugin I can get my hands on. I’m confident that my dire need for psychological help will assist you in finding the next best plugin for your collection.

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All of the plugins I’m about to list are tools that I use regularly; even with a multitude of other options at my disposal. The tools that made the list are unique in effect and impressive in quality. They’re ranked in no particular order because they all serve their own purpose. The bottom line is that if it’s not the best of the best, it didn’t make the cut. 7. Waves Z-Noise Waves Z-Noise Z-Noise allows you to remove noise from your audio signal. I still have yet to come across a plugin that performs this function better than Z-Noise. Even iZotope’s RX 6 doesn’t provide the results I want as quickly as Z-Noise. A couple of key features included are the ability to solo noise, extract and create noise profiles, as well as adaptive dynamic detection that caters to changing noise levels over time. If you make much sample-based music, and use your own field recordings, this is the perfect tool for you. It can even help to make lower quality iPhone recordings useable in your songs. 6. Waves Doubler Waves Doubler Nothing is going to provide stereo width like recording extra lead vocal takes and panning them left and right, but sometimes you don’t always have these extra audio recordings to work with. Your next best option is Doubler. This plugin will duplicate your mono signal several times, pan the duplicates left and right, and then adjust the pitch and time of the duplicates to create stereo width. 5. Waves H-Delay Waves H-Delay I like this delay because it’s simple to use, has a built-in high pass and low pass filter, and allows you to do some cool stuff involving pitch with the modulation section. H-Delay provides quick results, and when you work professionally, time is of the essence. Pro Tip: If you’re experiencing unwanted noise coming from this plugin, turn the “Analog” knob to “0”. 4. Waves Vocal Rider Waves Vocal Rider A common vocal recording technique that engineers use includes “riding” the level of a track fader (with their hand), as a vocalist sings. The engineer is essentially applying manual downwards and upwards compression to the audio signal being recorded. Vocal Rider aims to mimic this technique and does so astonishingly well.

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