Waves Audio is now shipping the Waves Feedback Hunter plugin, an innovative tool that enables live sound engineers to quickly achieve maximum gain before feedback and optimize stage monitors and PA systems, faster than ever, with seamless integration for any live show.

Feedback Hunter facilitates effortless feedback control by revolutionizing the setup process for stage monitors and PA systems. This is achieved by analyzing the mutual response of mics and monitors and creating an EQ curve that optimizes their relationship, ensuring clear sound throughout live shows, with less risk of feedback.

Front-of-house engineers can now eliminate the time-consuming process of ringing out the room and transform the tedious task of ringing out speakers into an efficient, streamlined experience: with Waves Feedback Hunter, your setup can take as little as 30 seconds. Thanks to its user-friendly interface, Feedback Hunter is not exclusive for the seasoned sound engineer but also for anyone who seeks excellent live sound.

Unlike the Waves X-FDBK plugin, which is used during the show and produces single notch bands for problematic frequencies, Feedback Hunter processes the entire frequency spectrum and is used during setup time, when engineers are ready to ring out their wedges or PA.

Feedback Hunter’s intelligent analysis evaluates the mic-speaker interaction, using white noise and it fine-tunes its reaction to the specific acoustic environment in order to maximize gain before feedback in that specific room.

Engineers can also customize results by using the “Frequency Brackets” to confine the affected frequency ranges or modify the processing intensity with the “Depth” knob as required.

Feedback Hunter is adaptable to complex spaces (for example, in noisy environments) or when more headroom is needed: the user adjusts the “Noise” and “Headroom” knobs to customize the plugin’s settings prior to the analysis phase.

Waves Feedback Hunter Features:

Maximizes gain before feedback

Setup can take as little as 30 seconds

Works in noisy environments

Eliminates the need for ringing-out speakers

Customize the affected frequency ranges

Adaptable target headroom

To learn more about Waves Feedback Hunter, click here.

Waves Audio introduces the AI-powered Waves Online Mastering service, allowing users to get high-quality masters, quickly and easily. Waves has leveraged over 30 years audio technology and expertise to offer an online mastering service that produces accurate, release-ready, custom-tailored masters for any uploaded track, guaranteeing exceptional sound quality.

Waves Online Mastering will get your song’s quality on par with other songs on the market, ensuring that your tracks sound professionally mastered on any platform. This has been accomplished by integrating Waves Neural Networks technology in an advanced AI mastering engine, along with invaluable input from top-tier mastering engineers. The result is a service that is unparalleled in the AI mastering space.

Acclaimed mastering engineer Piper Payne (Dolly Parton, Janis Ian, Madame Gandhi, Corook, LeAnn Rimes), who has been part of the Waves Online Mastering development team, comments, “I got involved with this project intending to create a tool that would be as good as, or even better than, my own skills. We have modelled the processes and techniques I use daily, using advanced machine learning technology, and meticulously compared the sound to that of my own mastering chain, until we achieved the required level of excellence. We’re very proud to share this service with you: it provides such dependable masters, that often even I can’t distinguish between them and my own mastering. It is intuitive and beneficial for any DIY producer/songwriter, professional mixing engineer, or music licenser.”

Waves Online Mastering ensures high-end mastering results with maximum musicality. Whether you’re a seasoned producer or musician, or just starting out, you can now attain professional-sounding masters quickly and easily. You can personalise the result using the service’s Style and Tone customisation options. You can also guide the service to your desired result, by uploading reference tracks whose sonic characteristics you wish the service to match.

Mixing engineer Tony Maserati (Beyoncé, Selena Gomez) says, after testing the service, “I’m thoroughly impressed with the various levels of treatment this service provides. From light-handed to more aggressive, there’s a setting that will help your track sit perfectly between whatever comes before and after it in a playlist.”

Mixing engineer and producer Lu Diaz (DJ Khaled, Pitbull, Beyoncé, Jay Z) comments, “The sound quality and ease of use are fantastic. This service makes top-notch mastering accessible to everyone.”

Hip-hop producer and songwriter Knxwledge (Anderson .Paak, NxWorries, Kendrick Lamar) adds, “Waves Online Mastering is one of the cheat codes we’ve been waiting for. I’m getting high-quality masters, so fast.”

Producer/engineer Mark Ralph (Clean Bandit, Years & Years) concurs: “The sound is impressive and accurate. This is great for a variety of genres, whether you need your masters to be subtle or more ‘pushed.’”

Mastering is essential to ensure your audio reaches its peak quality across all platforms, especially in today’s landscape where music is consumed through a multitude of formats and devices. For producers and musicians ready to release their music, mastering is indispensable to achieve a professional result. Waves Online Mastering makes high-end professional affordable and immediately accessible to all.   

From Kendrick Lamar and Billie Eilish to Drake, Taylor Swift and Foo Fighters, Waves’ Technical GRAMMY-winning audio technology has shaped countless hit recordings for decades. Now, Waves brings its technology and expertise to the world of AI-powered online mastering.

Waves Audio has announced that Waves plugins now run in OBS Studio, the leading live streaming and video recording software for Twitch, YouTube, and more, to enhance audio quality in OBS Video Streams.

Running Waves plugins in OBS Studio is simple and fuss-free. Just install the free Waves StudioRack plugin chainer from Waves Central, insert StudioRack on any audio source from the filters menu in OBS Studio, and continue loading your favourite Waves plugins inside StudioRack.

With Waves’ StudioRack now compatible with OBS Studio, users can take advantage of StudioRack’s advanced audio processing capabilities to dramatically elevate the sound quality of their recorded videos, podcasts, and live-streamed content on OBS, providing their audience with an immersive and engaging listening experience.

Features:

• Clean unwanted background noise with AI-powered noise reduction
• Get your voice sounding rich, smooth, and present
• Improve the sound of zoom calls and phone microphones dramatically
• Ensure your output levels are up to professional standards
• Change voice pitch, add effects, and vocoders
• Add zero latency real time pitch correction for vocals in musical performances in live streams

Waves Audio now also provides AI-optimised StudioRack plugin chains designed to elevate the quality of streaming, meaning users can enhance audio quality, reduce noise, and ensure optimal levels for live streaming with Waves’ StudioVerse custom ‘OBS’ tagged chains.

Waves Audio, a leading developer of professional audio signal processing technologies and plugins, is now shipping the Clarity Vx DeReverb Pro plugin, an advanced AI reverb removal for dialogue & vocals, and the Clarity Vx DeReverb plugin, an instant AI room and reverb removal for voice. Following the success of Waves’ Clarity Vx and Clarity Vx Pro, Waves is offering these two AI reverb removal plugins that bring the groundbreaking Waves Neural Networks technology to new heights.

Perfect for post-production engineers, dialogue and ADR editors, and re-recording mixers (and an extremely powerful tool for producers and mixing engineers), Clarity Vx DeReverb Pro enables unparalleled AI-driven reverb removal from voice with more power, precision and control than ever before, providing users with a highly efficient dialogue-editing workflow. Clarity’s pioneering AI technology dries recordings instantly and in real time, delivering immediate results. The resulting voice quality is unrivalled, granting users valuable time to focus on unleashing their creative potential.

Clarity Vx DeReverb Pro

Ensuring extremely accurate results, Clarity Vx DeReverb Pro gives users complete control over processing. Six flexible precision-processing bands allow you to only de-reverb problem frequencies, and added power offers the ability to push the processing bands up to 200% de-reverberation in areas that require it, and much more. For instance, if you’re mixing the dialogue during a wide shot, you can automate the Tail Smoothing control to maintain some of the original space, and then slowly curb the “verb” as the camera moves in closer.   

Early reflections on ADR takes? Clarity will tighten them. On-location recordings with long tails? Clarity will curb the ‘verb’ while retaining desired production sounds. Mixing a feature vocal with pre-existing reverb? Tame low and high-frequency tails and preserve the reverb’s character. With Clarity Vx DeReverb Pro, you can unleash your creativity and shape the reverb tails according to your preferences.

Features:

• The next generation of Clarity AI voice processing
• Instant reverb removal for dialogue & vocals
• Fast and seamless workflow with intuitive GUI
• Unprecedented power, precision & control for voice de-reverberation
• Real-time workflow in context, fully automatable parameters
• Toggles for solo, bypass & delta – hear what’s being removed
• Trained on all types of spaces, incl. long & short tails
• Includes a license for Clarity Vx DeReverb
• Acclaimed Waves Neural Networks technology, trusted by Oscar winners
• Six flexible processing bands – choose where you de-reverb
• Tail Smoothing to soften release and rebuild natural room sound
• Presence control to restore organic voice frequencies
• Dedicated neural networks for dialogue (speech) & sung vocals

Clarity Vx DeReverb

Ideal for content creators, podcasters, musicians and producers, Clarity Vx DeReverb’s groundbreaking AI technology delivers instant removal of room sound and over-reverbed voice recordings. When recording in an untreated environment, a significant amount of room sound and reflections is also inadvertently captured. The vocals you’re working with might have more reverb and echo than they should, which can cloud your production and diminish its clarity. So, whether it is a podcast shot in a living room, an inspiring voice memo that’s perfect for your song but sounds too roomy, or a clip from social media you want to sample: Clarity Vx DeReverb’s AI technology does the heavy lifting, instantly solving room and reverb problems and giving you high fidelity, and professional-sounding vocal & dialogue recordings regardless of the room’s acoustic characteristics.

If you’re remixing a track and have only received the mix stems, you will likely have digital reverb baked into the vocals. Use Clarity Vx DeReverb to start at zero with dry vocals and make your own creative decisions. Treat the vocal with your choice of FX and produce and mix the track the way you want. The secret to a tighter mix is controlled use of reverb. With Clarity Vx DeReverb, your mix will sound punchier, more focused and more professional.   

Podcasters lacking an acoustically treated room: Thanks to Clarity Vx DeReverb, that is no longer a problem. You could be recording content in a living room or interviewing a guest in their glass-walled office. Clarity Vx DeReverb will drastically increase intelligibility and focus on the dialogue making podcasts & video content sound far more professional.   

Features:

• Instant one-knob AI room & reverb removal for vocals & dialogue
• Solve room problems in any vocal or voice recording with ease
• Make usable vocal samples that have too much reverb
• Record a spontaneous moment anywhere, and remove room issues with Clarity
• The next generation of Clarity AI voice processing
• Trained on all types of reverb-y spaces, incl. long & short tails
• Dedicated neural networks for dialogue (speech) and sung vocals
• Acclaimed Waves Neural Networks technology, trusted by GRAMMY and Oscar winners
• Both plugins are available for either purchase or subscription:

Purchase (perpetual licenses)

Each plugin can be bought separately.
Both plugins are also included in the Waves Mercury, SD7 Pro Show, and Pro Show bundles.

Subscription

Clarity Vx DeReverb is included in both Waves Creative Access subscription options:
Waves Essential (110 plugins) / Waves Ultimate (220 plugins)

Clarity Vx DeReverb Pro is included in Waves Ultimate.

Waves Audio, a leading developer of professional audio signal processing technologies and plugins, is now shipping Gems, a growing collection of creative effects, each designed with a unique sonic signature, available in Waves Creative Access subscriptions. Each Gem is designed with a unique sonic signature, giving you a fresh set of exciting textures and instant creativity boosters.

Each Gem includes a few simple intuitive controls that let you shape vocals, create motion in instruments, add character to drums, and much more, achieving your creative vision quickly without missing a beat. Each individual Gem opens from within the Waves Gems plugin, for a speedy workflow, and allows you to work intuitively and creatively, without thinking about parameters.

Waves Gems are now available in Waves Creative Access subscriptions, with this growing collection including 10 Gems — five included in Waves Essential, and all ten included in Waves Ultimate.

Available In Both Waves Packs:

• RockVoc – Take your vocal sound back in time with vintage mic tones and retro 60s/70s effects
• Sunsets – Instantly mesmerising ambience, with a lush and dreamy sound, perfect for synths, vocals, and any instrument
• The Neighbor – Make your tracks sound like they’re coming from the loudest party in town as it were happening right next door
• Liquid Glass – Make your tracks drip with the smooth, unpredictable textures of swirling liquid in a glass
• Fan Only – Rev up your synths and instruments with one-of-a-kind fan-induced textures

Available In Waves Ultimate:

• Shine Vox – Get that lit-up vocal performance with big, bright, in-your-face vocal sound, without the harshness
• Corroder – Add grit and grime to your tracks with this must-have tool for audio destruction and sick sound design
• Solar Drone – Infuse eerie motion, dramatic space, and dark shimmer onto any track
• GT16 Mini – This gaming console will pixelate your tracks for a retro vibe
• Pow! – Add extra punch, dynamic drive, and fat subs to any kick, snare, tom or drum group