23rd February 2007
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#1 | | Lives for gear
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Thread Starter  | WAVES alternative plugins
Following an excellent suggestion by Scott Petito in this thread, it would be helpful to know equal or (in your opinion) better plugins as Waves alternatives.
For example:
Waves RenComp - [equal or better alternative plugin here]
Waves RenVox - [equal or better alternative plugin here]
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23rd February 2007
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#2 | | Gear maniac
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RenComp- URS 1980, PSP Mixpressor (both different, but I'd easly use them as a replacement)
R Vox- UAD-1 LA2A
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23rd February 2007
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#3 | | Gear addict
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I'm a big fan of Kjaerhus plugins.
Their Gold series compressors/limiters and eq are better than their Waves equivalents imho.
Just nothing beats R-vox on vocals.
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23rd February 2007
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#4 | | Gear addict
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Originally Posted by iziphonics  RenComp- URS 1980, PSP Mixpressor (both different, but I'd easly use them as a replacement) | Yep. The URS 1970 is also very nice, more analog.
Michael
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26th February 2007
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#5 | | Lives for gear
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Thread Starter |
Hmmmm. I thought this thread was a good idea!   me
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26th February 2007
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#6 | | Gear Guru
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It is a good idea.
You just need to start with a list of all the current Waves plugins and let people keep adding their alternatives to the list.
Good Luck.
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26th February 2007
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#7 | | Lives for gear
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Thread Starter | Quote:
Originally Posted by Produceher It is a good idea.
You just need to start with a list of all the current Waves plugins and let people keep adding their alternatives to the list.
Good Luck. | Whoa! That's a BIG list - 
AudioTrack
C1 Parametric Compander
C4 Multiband
DeBreath
DeEsser
Doppler
Doubler
Enigma
Q10 Equalizer
IR-1
IR-360
IR-L
L1 Ultramaximizer
L2 Ultramaximizer
L3 Multimaximizer
L3 Ultramaximizer
L3-16 Multimaximizer
Linear Phase Equalizer
Linear Phase Multiband
MaxxBass
MaxxVolume
MetaFlanger
MondoMod
Morphoder
PAZ Analyzer
PS22 Stereo Maker
Q-Clone
Renaissance Axx
Renaissance Bass
Renaissance Channel
Renaissance Compressor
Renaissance DeEsser
Renaissance Equalizer
Renaissance Reverb
Renaissance Vox
S1 Stereo Imager
SoundShifter
SSL E-Channel
SSL G-Master Buss Compressor
SSL G-Equalizer
SuperTap
S360° Surround Panner
S360° Surround Imager
IDR360° Bit Re-quantizer
LFE360° Low-Pass Filter
L360° Surround Limiter
C360° Surround Compressor
R360° Surround Reverb
M360° Surround Manager
M360° Surround Mixdown
TransX
TrueVerb
Waves Tune
Waves Tune LT
UltraPitch
V-Comp
V-EQ3
V-EQ4
X-Crackle
X-Hum
X-Noise
X-Click
Z-Noise
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26th February 2007
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#8 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Nov 2006 Location: SLC, UT
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I relax in calm waters (no Waves, get it?  ), by relying primarily on UAD-1 plug-ins. And when I want to stay native, Voxengo. I own every Voxengo plug-in, and I've always been happy with the results.
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26th February 2007
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#9 | | Gear Guru
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Whoa! That's a BIG list -
AudioTrack
C1 Parametric Compander
C4 Multiband - TCMasterX
DeBreath
DeEsser
Doppler
Doubler
Enigma
Q10 Equalizer
IR-1 - Altiverb, TLSpace
IR-360
IR-L - Altiverb, TLSpace
L1 Ultramaximizer - Massey 007
L2 Ultramaximizer - Massey 007
L3 Multimaximizer - Massey 007
L3 Ultramaximizer - Massey 007
L3-16 Multimaximizer
Linear Phase Equalizer
Linear Phase Multiband
MaxxBass
MaxxVolume
MetaFlanger
MondoMod
Morphoder
PAZ Analyzer
PS22 Stereo Maker
Q-Clone
Renaissance Axx
Renaissance Bass
Renaissance Channel
Renaissance Compressor - Massey CT4
Renaissance DeEsser
Renaissance Equalizer - Digi EQIII, Sony Oxford
Renaissance Reverb
Renaissance Vox
S1 Stereo Imager
SoundShifter
SSL E-Channel
SSL G-Master Buss Compressor
SSL G-Equalizer
SuperTap
S360° Surround Panner
S360° Surround Imager
IDR360° Bit Re-quantizer
LFE360° Low-Pass Filter
L360° Surround Limiter
C360° Surround Compressor
R360° Surround Reverb
M360° Surround Manager
M360° Surround Mixdown
TransX
TrueVerb
Waves Tune
Waves Tune LT
UltraPitch
V-Comp
V-EQ3
V-EQ4
X-Crackle
X-Hum
X-Noise
X-Click
Z-Noise
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27th February 2007
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#10 | | Lives for gear
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Thread Starter |
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27th February 2007
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#11 | | Lives for gear
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The PSP stuff is great. I have the Total Pack. The Voxengo stuff fills in the gaps - and I like the odd Kjaerhus plugin.
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27th February 2007
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#12 | | Lives for gear
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Just got the Massey Limiter and its out of control good.
Elemental Audio (Roger Nichols) Eqium destroys Q10 in every conceivable way.
The only Waves I still use are the Linear Multiband and the Rverb. I plan on replacing the multiband with Wave Arts (although I haven't demoed it yet) and moving to outboard for all verb duties.
I may be in the minority here, but I feel the Digidesign Digirack Compressor is pretty freaking good, and pretty much remains my go-to ITB comp.
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27th February 2007
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#13 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by Mikem I relax in calm waters (no Waves, get it? ), by relying primarily on UAD-1 plug-ins. And when I want to stay native, Voxengo. I own every Voxengo plug-in, and I've always been happy with the results. |
MikeM you look very familiar - I cut my teeth in the SLC area. what's your last name? where have you worked/played/studied???
Last edited by gainstages; 19th September 2007 at 01:44 PM..
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27th February 2007
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#14 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Nov 2006 Location: SLC, UT
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Originally Posted by gainstages MikeM you look very familiar - I cut my teeth in the SLC area. what's your last name? where have you worked/played/studied???
Matt Mylroie -formally of "Crossfade Recording" in Logan UT | Email sent.  | |
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27th February 2007
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#15 | | Gear maniac
Joined: Mar 2004 Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
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RenVox is really the only Waves plugin I reallly like. I wish I could find an alternative to that one.
The Massey CT4 is a great replacement for RenComp.
I have a new rig on the way and I am hoping I do not need to the Waves.
Great Thread!
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27th February 2007
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#16 | | Lives for gear
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Anyone have any good replacements for these?
Metaflanger
Doppler
Mondomod
S1 Stereo Imager
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27th February 2007
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#17 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by zboy2854 Anyone have any good replacements for these?
Metaflanger
Doppler
Mondomod
S1 Stereo Imager | Not direct replacements for every one of those per se, but Eventide Anthology II and GRM Tools will do the trick.
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27th February 2007
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#18 | | Lives for gear
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unfortunately, I have found no replacement for the RenDeEsser. I've tried everything (for ProTools HD) and nothing gets as close to my 902's than the waves - which sound and behave almost exact by the way. Bummer - had to shell out...
C'mon Steven Massey! You can do it!
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27th February 2007
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#19 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by zboy2854 Anyone have any good replacements for these?
Metaflanger
Doppler
Mondomod
S1 Stereo Imager | Same.
No one ever mentions these plugs, but Metaflanger, Enigma and Mondomod are some of the main Waves plugs that I use very frequently. Also RenComp.
Seems to be bulk replacements for their EQ and Dynamics plugs, but not their Modulation plugs. :(
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27th February 2007
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#20 | | Lives for gear
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A REALLY good flanger that rivals tape would be handy | |
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27th February 2007
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#21 | | Gear addict
Joined: Nov 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia
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Originally Posted by juniorhifikit A REALLY good flanger that rivals tape would be handy | Try the new Digi Real Tape Flanger when it's out.
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27th February 2007
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#22 | | Lives for gear
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Is there a plugin (PC/MAC) to replace Maxbass/RBass?
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27th February 2007
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#24 | | Lives for gear
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Originally Posted by sardi Same.
No one ever mentions these plugs, but Metaflanger, Enigma and Mondomod are some of the main Waves plugs that I use very frequently. Also RenComp.
Seems to be bulk replacements for their EQ and Dynamics plugs, but not their Modulation plugs. :( | I like the Eventide flanging better most of the time (you can get some really good flanger sounds out of the H949)- Metaflanger has some phaser sounds that are Ok though. The modulation stuff that some of the GRM Tools plugins do is simply sick! You can also do a lot of crazy modulation fx with the other Eventide plugins like H3000 Factory, Octavox, etc. Actually I'm not a fan of the Waves modulation plugins that much any more.
For RenComp I agree about the Massey CT4, there's also TL Aggro (which Massey had a hand in) and Smack.
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27th February 2007
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#25 | | Gear addict
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Originally Posted by juniorhifikit unfortunately, I have found no replacement for the RenDeEsser. | sptfish or iq4.
Both are free and (for me) way better than RenDeEsser. Iq4 is currently the only usable deesser for me. IMHO other deesser (like waves) kill the voice (if it's in split mode) or the intelligibility (if it's in wide band mode).
Actually, iq4 is not really a desser, it's a dynamic eq. Easy, very effective and transparent.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p>
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Deessers really bugs me but this one is the best solution I found so fare.<o:p></o:p>
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27th February 2007
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#26 | | Gear Head
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These would be my Waves replacements:
EQs:
Tritone Hydratone
Voxengo HarmoniEQ
PSP Neon
Comps:
DPP Blockfish
Voxengo Marquis
PSP VW
Reverb:
Voxengo Prisitine Space
Delays:
Voxengo Analog Flux
PSP84
Modulation:
Voxengo Analog Flux
Phase90
Deesser:
DPP Spitfish
Transient/Envelope:
DPP Dominion
Pitch Shifters:
AD Discord
Madshifta
Misc:
MDA TestTone
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#27 | | Lives for gear
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The DPP stuff appears to have not been updated since 2005. I guess this means no UB versions for Mac, eh? 
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28th February 2007
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#28 | | Gear Head
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I can still run all the DPP stuff on my XP box.
Hopefully, Sasha will port his Samplitude plugs to UB Mac, though.
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28th February 2007
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#29 | | Lives for gear
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S1 Stereo Imager - does anyone know if the PSP Stereo Pack on a par with this?
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28th February 2007
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#30 | | Gear Guru
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Are there any better alternatives to the Super Tap 6 delay?(the Waves plug i use most).
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