There are so many exciting, creative possibilities for how you can use this plug-in. Not only can you creatively sculpt a sound, but you can truly shape it dynamically, based on external influences, such as other elements of the mix. Let’s say you wanted to suppress 250Hz and boost 5k without totally cutting or boosting the sound. Imagine, if you will, that you have a horrible kick drum sound (I know, a total stretch). Having access to all the elements, you can use your multiband compressor to calm jumpy parts of the mix, either on the 2-track mix or a grouped buss of an element.īeyond the typical, expected applications for a multiband compressor, I found additional uses for the Waves C6 plug-in. A simple automation of a sidechain input on a certain frequency range can make a pesky thing disappear, ducking it in a very slick manner – especially if, as we are often asked to do, you are both mixing and mastering a track. I have always looked to mutiband compression as a last resort, when I’m up against a wall and nothing else will work. However, this is not so with the C6. Now, I haven’t even touched on working with a stereo mix, which, when it comes to multiband compression, I personally find to be a bit taboo. One of the greatest features of the C6 is the two “floating bands” which along with the predictable ranges of a multiband compressor, allow you a couple of wild card frequencies, to tame (or boost) whatever it is that is bothering you without breaking up a traditional flow. In their upper range, you can maintain that smoothness while boosting the silky top end and avoiding any harsh frequencies – with the C6 you can tame all of this in a very simple and systematic fashion. With the Waves C6, you can totally tame the low end, in the lower range of their voice, while still retaining the top end. Granted, the Waves C6 has totally utilitarian functions as well, such as taming an extremely tough vocal track. Let’s say a singer has a gigantically wide range stylistically, and that the vocals range over a few octaves. Have you ever thought of gating a pad of two different chords at two different frequency ranges for a progression in a song? NO? Well I have! And let me tell you, to do that with your average plug-ins takes a lot of extra work, but with the C6? No problem! This allows you to do some very complex compression on any signal, including in some very creative, esoteric applications. The magic feature that makes this baby kick certain sonic issues to the curb, fast, is there are sidechain inputs on every band of compression. Even when using the Notch EQ on the sidechain, it was never surgical enough to tame certain things.Įnter the C6. But alas, neither of these powerful multiband compressors HAD a sidechain! Sometimes, you could use yet another Waves plug-in for such a problem, the C1 Compressor/Sidechain, but this tool seemed designed to do heavy handed control. Of course, an experienced engineer would say, just use the sidechain. There would be situations where the multiband compression would be working when you didn’t want it to, and finding the sweet-spot threshold(s) could be an impossible battle. There were a lot of times, however, when that wouldn’t be the result. Waves’ previous offerings – the C4 Multiband and the Linear Multiband – both offered you a seemingly simple way to calm offending frequencies while leaving the other parts of your signal in tact. For the uninitiated, a traditional compressor is used to reduce the dynamic range of a signal, a multiband compressor can be used to reduce the dynamics of a specific range of frequency within that signal. This is due to the nature of what you’re doing: compressing the total frequency range at multiple crossover points. The risk in using a multiband compressor lies in the fact that you can almost instantly suck the life out of a signal. I’ve always had mixed feelings about using multiband compression it kind of feels like I’m cheating! In my recent experience with the C6, however, I’ve found there are certain times when using a multiband compressor is the best way to sculpt a signal into submission. The C6 Multiband Compressor from Waves continues a plug-in legacy comparable to the greatest of hardware manufacturers, taking simple ideas and continuing to rewrite the book on what can be done “in the box.” Yet they have always kept their interfaces clean and simple to understand, even while packing in tons of features. WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN: One of the first companies to convince scores of engineers that digital could be the future, Waves continues to innovate and push the limits of audio manipulation. Share by Facebook Tweet Share by Linkedin
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