Waves Bass Rider Automatically Rides Bass Levels
Released as a companion to the Waves Vocal Rider plugin, the new Bass Rider plugin simplifies the process of sorting bass levels. Essentially, Waves Bass Rider rides bass levels automatically and delivers perfect bass levels, without changing the natural sound of your bass.
Optimized especially for the frequency range and envelope characteristics of bass instruments, Bass Rider covers all the bases and basses: DI, amplified, acoustic, synth, upright -- you name it.
Waves calls Bass Rider a real timesaver with dedicated studio and live components. Bass Rider is designed to keep bass levels in check and solid throughout your mix. Unlike a compressor, Bass Rider works note by note, without disturbing their inner dynamics so that they sustain and decay naturally. Because the Bass Rider plugin keeps your levels steady with automatic gain adjustment, you can focus on the feel and flow of your bass and use compression to add color and character, instead of trying to keep levels steady on your own.
"With Bass Rider, you’ll never mix bass the same way again," said Waves.
Main features of Bass Rider:
- Rides bass levels automatically
- Optimized for bass instruments
- Retains the natural character of the bass
- Dedicated studio and live components
- Up to 24-bit, 192 kHz resolution
- Mono and Stereo components
- Supports TDM, RTAS, Audio Suite, VST, AU
- PC- and Mac-compatible
Controls:
- Target Energy Meter shows the energy of the input signal
- Target Slider sets the desired bass level range and calibrates the Rider Fader "0" position
- Sensitivity controls the note detector sensitivity
- Response controls the note detector response
- Spill controls the amount of spill that the detector should ignore
- Artifacts controls the note detector's tolerance to artifacts
- Max Range sets the upper boundary of the Rider Fader movement
- Min Range sets the lower boundary of the Rider Fader movement
- Rider Fader is Bass Rider's automatic fader control
- Output trims the vocal output gain, post-auto riding
- Idle Arrow sets the Rider Fader value when there is no bass activity
- Effective Range displays the total gain range available for automatic riding
The Waves Bass Rider plugin is now available for $200 MSRP (Native) or $300 MSRP (TDM); however, for a limited time the plugin is available at the special introductory price of $99 (Native) or $149 (TDM). Owners of Waves Mercury with current Waves Update Plan coverage can get Bass Rider at no additional charge.
For more information on Bass Rider, visit waves.com.
Waves make some.....
nice products and still have a good reputation. I think their current products are great and they also seem to be improving on the customer support. They are still high end plug ins so you expect to pay top dollar for them. Certainly a lot of musicians engineers and producers seem to benefit from having some waves in their recording and mixing arsenal.
I am impressed with Bass
I am impressed with Bass Rider! If you have used Vocal Rider before then you know the difference it can make on your mix. Bass Rider keeps the bass right in the pocket and smoothes it out like nothing else. Now the bass guitar is silky smooth, you never lose a note and the best of all the dynamics are not affected.
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