WAVES NLS NON-LINEAR SUMMER USER GUIDE
Table of Contents Chapter 1 – Introduction..................................................................... 3 1.1 Welcome.................................................................................................................. 3 1.2 Product Overview .................................................................................................... 3 1.3 Concepts and Terminology...................................................................................... 4 1.4 Components .............
Chapter 1 – Introduction 1.1 Welcome Thank you for choosing Waves! In order to get the most out of your new Waves plugin, please take a moment to read this user guide. To install software and manage your licenses, you need to have a free Waves account. Sign up at www.waves.com. With a Waves account you can keep track of your products, renew your Waves Update Plan, participate in bonus programs, and keep up to date with important information.
1.3 Concepts and Terminology Analog Console Summing Ever since the dawn of the digital audio revolution, engineers the world over have tried to replicate the sound of analog summing, in the box. Many top engineers add an analog hardware console or summing box to their setup, and route multitrack audio from the DAW to the analog device, and back again as stereo, in order to get analog summing coloration.
harmonic is at a lower level than its predecessor, creating a natural decay. THD balance and decay are circuit dependent, and thus differ from device to device. Clipping Clipping is high-level distortion that adds harmonics to the input signal at a level that is very close to the fundamental level, with each harmonic remaining at a level close to its predecessor.
The NLS automatically ensures channel variation by loading a different channel model for each instance of the NLS Channel component, chosen from the pool of 32 modeled channels per console. VCA Groups In the analog world, VCA is an acronym for Voltage Controlled Amplifier. On many analog consoles, there is a physical distance between channels that makes it difficult to move them simultaneously.
1.4 Components WaveShell technology enables us to split Waves processors into smaller plugins, which we call components. Having a choice of components for a particular processor gives you the flexibility to choose the configuration best suited to your material. Waves NLS includes two components each in two channel configurations: NLS Channel Mono NLS Channel Stereo NLS Buss Mono NLS Buss Stereo All NLS components have IRXU VDPSOHV RI latency. 1.
Chapter 2 – Quick Start Guide As a starting point, we recommend using the NLS in one of the two configurations described above. Quick Start Open the NLS Channel at the last insert point on every track. Open the NLS Buss on your master or other buss. VCA Group Usage By default, all NLS instances are assigned to VCA Group 1. For global control over all NLS instances in the session, open the VCA Group Console via one of the Channel or Buss instances.
Host-Specific Shortcuts Pro Tools To create multiple plugin instances for the entire session: Hold Alt/Option + select NLS on a Mono track. Hold Alt/Option + select NLS on a Stereo track*. To create multiple plugin instances for selected tracks Select multiple channels. Hold Shift + Alt/Option + select NLS on a Mono track. Hold Shift + Alt/Option + select NLS on a Stereo track*.
Chapter 3 – Interface and Controls NLS graphic user interface comprises three elements, the Channel controls, the Buss controls, and the VCA Group Console section available as a Tab in the Channel instances or as a foldable GUI extension in the Buss instances. 3.
3.2 NLS Channel Controls 1) STUDIO sets the console type. Range: Spike, Mike, Nevo Default: Spike 2) DRIVE controls the amount of harmonic distortion, increasing the input signal and decreasing the internal headroom. At lower Drive levels, the added distortion is quite subtle; at moderate and high Drive levels, the amount of added distortion and compensation gain is much more intense. Range: 0 to +12 Default: 0 3) OUTPUT controls gain adjustment.
5) LINK toggles between Dual Mono mode, where the left and right channels are not identical models, and Stereo mode, where left and right are identical. Range: Dual Mono, Stereo Default: Dual Mono 6) MIC changes the headroom by simulating mic input levels. Range: On, Off Default: Off 7) BYPASS deactivates analog harmonics, noise and frequency response effects. Please note: The Bypass setting of the VCA Group Console overrides the Bypass settings of specific NLS instances.
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3.4 NLS Buss Controls 1) STUDIO sets the console type. Range: SPIKE, MIKE, NEVO Default: SPIKE 2) DRIVE controls the harmonic distortion ratio, increasing the input signal and decreasing the internal headroom. At lower Drive levels, the added distortion is quite subtle; at moderate and high Drive levels, the amount of added distortion and compensation gain is much more intense. Range: 0 to +12 Default: 0 3) TRIM controls output gain adjustment.
5) BYPASS deactivates analog harmonics, noise and frequency response effects. Please note: The Bypass setting of the VCA Group Console overrides the Bypass settings of specific NLS instances. Range: Bypass, Not Bypassed Default: Not Bypassed 6) NOISE activates modeled analog noise modeling. Please note: The noise setting of the VCA Group Console overrides the Noise settings of specific NLS instances. Range: On, Off Default: On 7) SHOW VCA shows and hides the VCA Groups Console section.
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3.6 NLS - VCA Group Console Controls VCA Group Console settings are the same in all NLS instances across the session. VCA Group Controls do not support Undo/Redo functions. VCA Group Console settings are the same for plugin Setups A and B. VCA Group Console settings can be loaded independently from the Waves preset system. To bounce tracks when VCA Group Console controls have been automated, use your audio host’s “real-time” bounce function.
Default: On 4) GROUP DRIVE sets the drive offset value for all NLS instances assigned to that VCA Group. The VCA Group Drive value will be added or deducted from that of each NLS instance in the group. For example, if an instance of NLS Channel is set to Drive +8, and is part of VCA Group 2 which has a Drive setting of +5, the total Drive value for that NLS Channel will be +13.
