Waves GTR Native Guitar Processor

Full Description

Hardware DI / pre-amp:

Waves and PRS Guitars developed a hardware interface which retains the guitars full range of dynamics and fidelity as it transforms the signal to low impedance and converts the guitars unbalanced signal to a balanced signal for better hum control.

An extremely transparent preamplifier circuit allows levels to be matched to cover a wide range of inputs, as well as differing pickups, from high output humbuckers to low output single coils.

The interface features custom-designed circuitry, extremely high quality components, studio-grade jacks and superior wiring to maintain tone at this critical point in the signal path. Outputs are at microphone or line levels, and balanced or unbalanced on XLR and 1/4" TS jack respectively. A 3-LED indicator shows signal present, nominal level when lit occasionally (showing that the best balance between level and S/N ratio is being delivered) and over.

WavesAmp:

Designed to recreate the sound captured in a traditional guitar recording session, Waves Amp was developed using entirely new, proprietary methods to sample amplifiers, cabinets, and microphone positions.

Waves Amp presents a choice of seven amps intelligently categorized by sound, and increasing levels of drive.

Each amp opens with its tone and drive controls set to a sweet spot. In addition, the cabinet, microphone, and placement are all changed to put you at the optimal starting point for that particular amp. It`s like having a studio technician set up and adjust the amp and cabinets so you can concentrate on the final tweaks. Of course, you can change and save parameter settings in as many custom presets as you like, just as you can with any Waves plug-in.

Bass, Middle, Treble and Presence knobs provide interactive tone-shaping controls specifically tuned for each amp. The Drive control is normalized to produce similar loudness at any drive setting. This lets you adjust Drive for tone without needing to readjust output gain.

Dual-Cabinet and Dual-Mic Options

Two classic techniques for getting great guitar sound in the studio are recording an amp with two different microphones or playing through two cabinets. Waves Amp gives you these options in every configuration, providing six different microphones to choose from, with each either on or off axis. You can also reverse the phase of either cabinet for even more tonal options. Cabinet sounds can be blended together easily using the Gain controls. Each cabinet can be panned separately when used in stereo.

The cabinet sounds were taken from vintage speaker boxes recorded with classic microphones using the placement of engineers known for their superior guitar tracks. A new level of accuracy was achieved by using advanced capturing techniques originally developed for Waves' award-winning IR-1 Reverb.

WavesStomp:

Like the entire GTR system, Waves Stomp was designed so you can get professional results quickly. It`s easy to use because it works so much like a real collection of stomp boxes inserted into a pedal board.

The PedalBoard is offered in Mono, Mono to Stereo and Stereo channel configurations. You can place the stomps in any order; multiple instances of the same stomp can even be chained together. The selection of stomps and their settings, including an alternative 'B setting' can be saved to PedalBoard setup files or workstation documents.

The PedalBoard and Stomps are fully automatable, letting you create dramatic effects that change over time.

27 different pedal models!

Supported Hosts

RTAS & Audio Suite: Pro Tools LE 6.9; Pro Tools LE 7

VST: Steinberg Cubase SX3.02; Nuendo 3.02

Mac Audio Units: Apple Logic Audio 7.1