Generates super solid sub bass based on your material. I’ve used it a ton for pitch shifting breakbeats. It has a sound of its own that you won’t get anywhere else. It is not a transparent pitch shifter by any stretch, but that’s why I love it. Having control over the stereo image of your mix is important. Great reverb! 12 different types to choose from, great (freshly redesigned) UI, tons of good presets. But if you don’t have one yet and decide to get Horizon, I don’ t think you need to look any further. There are many great competing products out there.
I think many of the analog emulations in the Waves catalog are dated and there are better options out there now. Used that one on the original amen version of “Fall” – those who know, know. I love it and have used it on a lot of tracks throughout the years. But beyond that, its modulation capabilities (including a step sequencer and an envelope follower) make it great for adding subtle movement and life to boring sounds. It also has high level compression, gate and a leveler. The low level compression in this plugin is a great trick for making things louder without crushing them. A classic plugin for enhancing the low end and the upper bass region in particular. If used wrong, linear phase processing creates pre-ringing (smearing of transients and loss of punch). Again – careful with anything linear phase. It’s a good tool to have in your kit, even if you don’t use it often.Be careful with it, especially in the low end. You can also use the L2 just for the dither if you need one. It’s not the loudest or the most transparent limiter in this day and age, but has a forward sound that often works well on drums and other things (switch of ARC, set a fairly short release and hit it fairly hard). The punch switch is also a nice touch – helps retain transient energy. I wonder why not more compressors do that. I really dig that you can sync the release time with the BPM of your project. It has a unique “hard and solid” sonic character which I am quite fond of. Great for making just about anything fat and wide. But for the rest of us, it’s a pretty cool tool for crafting experimental sound design. It’s very useful if you are doing film stuff. If you just need a precise, clean, low CPU compression, expansion or gating, the C1 gets the job done. I wish the same would happen for the rest of the older Waves plugins. I think the recent user interface remake on these is spot on. Excellent quality workhorse package for mixing and other audio work.
#WAVES V9 FULL#
You can find the full Waves Horizon plugin list here. It focuses quite a bit on the older generation of classic Waves plugins (which I personally think is a good thing). The Waves Horizon bundle includes 83 plugins. Good news for me! What Plugins are in Waves Horizon? With the new version 13, Waves plugins are now natively compatible with Mac M1. Horizon doesn’t have many of the newer flashy Waves plugins. You know, plugins like the S1, Trans-X and Doubler – they’ve always been there for me and never let me down. It includes a whole host of those “good old” Waves plugins which I personally really like and gravitate towards. It’s designed for music production, mixing and mastering work. The Horizon bundle is a collection of 83 audio plugins by Waves Audio.
#WAVES V9 UPDATE#
Is Waves Update Plan Worth It? Is This a Scam?.
#WAVES V9 HOW TO#
#WAVES V9 UPGRADE#
I owned a bunch of the plugins already, but all my upgrade plans had expired years back (I was on version 9 mostly). I decided to get the Horizon Bundle in an upgrade deal. Waves Audio just came out with version 13 of their plugins. Disclaimer: I have bought the Waves Horizon bundle.