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  • Page 1 Waves Center User Guide...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    1.1 Welcome........................3 1.2 Product Overview ....................3 1.3 Concepts and Terminology..................4 Chapter 2 – Quickstart Guide.................... 5 Chapter 3 – Interface and Controls ................... 6 3.1 Interface........................6 3.2 Controls ........................7 3.3 WaveSystem Toolbar....................10 Waves Center User Guide...
  • Page 3: Chapter 1 - Introduction

    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.
  • Page 4: Concepts And Terminology

    Center and Sides (Left/Right) signal split. Waves Center uses a detector that looks for those elements of the stereo signal whose left and right time and frequency properties are equal. These elements comprise what is known as the ‘Phantom Center.’...
  • Page 5: Chapter 2 - Quickstart Guide

    • Load Waves Center on a stereo track. • Use the Center and Sides faders to adjust their balance. For example, to trim down lead vocals, slide the Center fader downwards. • The Center meter indicates when center content is detected.
  • Page 6: Chapter 3 - Interface And Controls

    Chapter 3 – Interface and Controls 3.1 Interface Waves Center User Guide...
  • Page 7: Controls

    High controls balance of high frequency content between the Center and Sides. Range 0 - 100 (0=Center) Punch controls the spread of transient content between the Center and Sides, affecting the center detection and the center detection meter. Range 0 - 100 (0=Center)
  • Page 8 Master Gain controls the overall stereo gain. Range +6dB to -24dB Center controls the Center gain. Range +6dB to Off Waves Center User Guide...
  • Page 9 Sides controls the Sides gain. Range +6dB to Off Output Meters display the stereo output after processing. Range 0 dBFS to -36 dBFS Waves Center User Guide...
  • Page 10: Wavesystem Toolbar

    Center gain, High, and Low settings. (Center detection is affected by the Punch control setting.) A mono input will display a full Center meter, while different program material in Left and Right channels will display an empty Center meter. 3.3 WaveSystem Toolbar Use the bar at the top of the plugin to save and load presets, compare settings, undo and redo steps, and resize the plugin.

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