Related Manuals for Waves Linear-Phase MultiBand Software Audio Processor
Summary of Contents for Waves Linear-Phase MultiBand Software Audio Processor
- Page 1 Waves – Linear-Phase MultiBand Software Audio Processor Users Guide Waves LinMB software guide page 1 of 28...
-
Page 2: Chapter 1 - Introduction
Waves created the LinMB to answer to the most demanding and critical requirements when Mastering any sound and genre of music. While the Waves Masters bundle is focused to provide purist quality tools for Mastering, there are many applications in which it may be very useful i.e. - Page 3 The Linear MultiBand is the first processor to introduce this de-masking behavior, of which you can read more in Chapter 3 of this guide. Waves LinMB software guide page 3 of 28...
-
Page 4: Chapter 2 - Basic Operation
WideBand signal will be split into the 5 discrete bands. NDIVIDUAL BAND CONTROLS Each band of Waves LINMB has 5 adjustable dynamics settings. Threshold, Gain, Range, Attack, Release, Solo and Bypass. These function similarly in most dynamics processors but in this processor they affect the dynamics of one of the 5 bands. -
Page 5: Quick Start
UICK TART To start off, Waves provide a selection of factory presets. These can mostly serve as good starting points for applying MultiBand Dynamics. As this is not an effects processor the actual settings have to be program dependant and most mastering engineers would prefer to manually set the processor and not rely on ready made settings. - Page 6 Practice Makes Perfect! This tool presents a lot of choice. Its not the Renaissance tools that help you save time for great results. It’s a highly flexible, ultra professional, purist quality tool. Waves LinMB software guide page 6 of 28...
-
Page 7: Chapter 3 - Specialties Of The Chef
Set the Adaptive control to –0dB at this setting you will get very adaptive behavior. Do a bit of an A > B listening test. Try to pay special attention to passages that have different spectral dynamic nature and Waves LinMB software guide page 7 of 28... - Page 8 AVES ELEASE ONTROL Waves ARC was designed and debuted in the Waves Renaissance Compressor. This routine sets the optimal gain adjustment release time by being program sensitive. The Auto Release Control still refers to its band’s release time and optimizes it according to the actual attenuation assuring maximal transparency.
- Page 9 ARC to get it right. ARC was so well accepted wherever we introduced it and in the LinMB it is ON by default. Waves LinMB software guide page 9 of 28...
-
Page 10: Chapter 4 - Linmb Controls And Displays
0.50 – 500ms. Defaults scaled for each band. Defines the time it will take to apply the gain reduction from the moment the detected energy exceeds the threshold. ELEASE 5 – 5000ms. Defaults scaled for each band. Waves LinMB software guide page 10 of 28... - Page 11 Each of the four Crossovers has a unique range of frequencies as follows: : 40Hz – 350Hz. Default – 92Hz. : 150Hz – 3kHz. Default – 545Hz. : 1kHz – 8kHz. Default – 4000Hz. : 4kHz – 16kHz. Default – 11071Hz. Output Section – Waves LinMB software guide page 11 of 28...
- Page 12 Read more about Adaptive Thresholds and de masking in chapter 3. ELEASE ARC or Manual. Default – ARC. Waves LinMB software guide page 12 of 28 bit rather then just rounding...
- Page 13 GR. This can be very beneficial for deeper compression applications. • Electro is a compressor behavior invention by Waves, in that it is very much the inverse of the Opto mode. As the meter comes back to zero, the faster it moves.
- Page 14 When you want to set your nominal thresholds you can use the peak as reference and then continue to set them with the master threshold control. Waves LinMB software guide page 14 of 28...
-
Page 15: Chapter 5 - Range And Threshold Concept
Range to a moderate negative value, between –3 and –9. In this way the gain changes will take place at the upper part of input dynamics — just like a normal compressor will do. Waves LinMB software guide page 15 of 28... - Page 16 EQ curve. In a multiband compressor application, this low-level compression is very handy to create a dynamic ‘Loudness Control’ that could boost the LOW and HIGH bands only when their levels are low, as just one example. Waves LinMB software guide page 16 of 28...
- Page 17 Range to negative, anything around or above the Threshold can be reduced in gain. However! Here’s the tricky part: if we set Gain to perfectly offset the Range value, then everything well above the Threshold has no effective gain Waves LinMB software guide page 17 of 28...
- Page 18 Here is another bit of help so that you can really learn and use the power of the LinMB to its fullest capability. We’ll take another example from the Waves C1 Parametric Compander, our one-band processor (it also does wideband and sidechain).
- Page 19 LinMB Setup Library. In the next chapter there are more specific examples of using low-level processing (compression, expansion) that are very good starting points as well as models for learning. Waves LinMB software guide page 19 of 28...
-
Page 20: Chapter 6 - Examples Of Use
To enhance low-level signals (a great way to boost level without squashing dynamics), try the Upward Comp +5, or +3 version of the preset. This is great for adding level without losing punch. Waves LinMB software guide page 20 of 28... - Page 21 Because of the RANGE and THRESHOLD concept explained in Chapter 5, it’s easy to think of the Waves LinMB as a dynamic equalizer which allows you to set 2 different EQ curves (low level EQ and high level EQ), then set the transition point between them.
- Page 22 In other words, someone might have seriously over compressed the track. To some degree using upward expansion, which is the exact opposite of compression, can restore the squashed dynamics. As the signal goes around Waves LinMB software guide page 22 of 28...
- Page 23 Here’s another tip: to bypass a band but still have it available as “EQ”, simply set the Range control to zero and use the Gain control to set the EQ level in that band. Waves LinMB software guide page 23 of 28...
-
Page 24: Chapter 7 - Factory Presets
Master Range is bigger, so the ratio is higher and there is more compression. However, the attack times are slower than in Basic Multi, so the transients are still quite present and untouched. A punchy preset. Waves LinMB software guide page 24 of 28... - Page 25 Renaissance Compressor does. The longish attack and release times of this setup let the processor gently increase lower levels while Waves LinMB software guide page 25 of 28...
- Page 26 Wideband upward expansion is probably the first method you should try (with the Waves C1 or Renaissance Compressor), unless you can positively identify a mix that has already had some multiband or DeEssing (parametric) type of compression misprocessing.
- Page 27 Waves LinMB software guide page 27 of 28...
Need help?
Do you have a question about the Linear-Phase MultiBand Software Audio Processor and is the answer not in the manual?
Questions and answers