Waves – Doubler Software Audio Processor User’s Guide Waves Doubler software guide page 1 of 6
Chapter 1 – Introduction and Overview The Waves Doubler is a digital audio effects processor that replicates the incoming audio signal to another 2 or 4 voices. Each voice can be changed in Gain, Pan, Delay and Tune (Pitch). This achieves a wide range of colors of classic sounds that were popularized in the 1980’s by the use of digital hardware units that were designed to create harmonies but were more commonly used for pitch-shifted doubling. The main effect is “Enriching the sound”.
Chapter 2 – Controls and Displays. The Doubler offers a selection of controls and displays as an interface to the DSP algorithm. This chapter lists the different controls and displays and details the properties of each. CONTROLS Per-Voice Control Strips Each voice control strip offers the following controls: ON/OFF: Default: On. Turns the voice on or off. GAIN: 0 to –48dBFS. Default: –12. Sets the gain of the voice in relation to the other voices.
MODULATION DEPTH: –200 to +200 in cents. Default: 0. Positive values will start by modulating upwards, negative values will start off modulating downwards. The modulation will always occur around the voice’s nominal detune so if you set a detune of 10 and a Mod Depth of 10, the voice will begin by going upward 10 cents and then downward 20 cents, reaching 10 cents below the nominal detune. MODULATION RATE: 0.1 to 200Hz. Default: 1Hz. This value sets the voice’s pitch modulation rate.
FREQUENCY: Low Shelf Cutoff 16Hz to 1600Hz. Default: 156Hz. Hi Shelf 1000Hz to 21000Hz Default: 5990Hz. Master controls include: ALIGN DIRECT: On/Off. Default: Off. When set to On, this control delays the direct signal in order to align it to the Voices’ inherent latency. With the Align On, you can reach a relative delay of 0ms between the direct signal and the Voices. The Voices’ inherent latency depends on the range: at 80Hz, the Voices’ inherent latency will be 7ms and at 20Hz, it will be 24ms.
Master Output and meters MASTER OUTPUT GAIN: 0.0 to –infinity. Default: 0.0dB. The Master Gain control will affect the total Doubler output, including the direct path. When there is a generally good-sounding setup that occasionally clips the output, you can adjust the gain in order to eliminate clipping. OUTPUT METERS show the plug-in output and under the meters there are peak counters. These counters will show the peak value until reset by clicking on the meter or counter.
