While Waves has Vocal Rider, Silk Vocal is a quantum leap forward.
A modular distortion studio with 8 distortion types, 4-band EQ, and envelope followers.
Use for: Drums, bass, vocals, or any track needing edge.
During the Waves 14 era, the company moved away from simply emulating vintage hardware to creating "hybrid" tools that combine analog warmth with digital flexibility.
Life-saving utility plugin.
Supported DAWs:
Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Cubase, Ableton Live, FL Studio, Studio One, Reaper, Digital Performer, Nuendo, Bitwig, Reason, and more.
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A simple, effective noise gate/expander that now features sidechain filtering and lookahead – excellent for cleaning up live drums or podcast dialog.
Each of these plugins takes advantage of v14’s low CPU and resizable windows, making them future-proof for the next several years.
Headline:
Waves 14 – Smarter Workflow, New Sonic Power waves 14 plugins
Subheadline:
From the legendary SSL G-Master Bus Compressor to the AI-assisted COSMOS sample finder, Waves 14 delivers the tools you need to mix faster, sound better, and stay in the creative flow.
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