WAVES Kaleidoscopes

Some effects just don’t go out of fashion. Classic reverbs, compressors and EQs have found a way to write themselves into record production folklore and never lose their lustre. Those who work in-the-box have never had it so good. The competition between rival plug-in developers ensures that emulations of these classic devices achieve unprecedented levels of subtlety and detail. In turn, this means it’s affordable for us to bring the flavour of vintage, rare and prohibitively expensive hardware into our software studios. But while certain effects might retain classic status, the ways in which we want to use them will always be driven by adventure and experimentation.

All of that means wilful misuse remains just as appealing to producers today as it did to the pioneers of record production over the past few decades. Fuelled by that mindset, Waves brings this dual-engine modulation