Now shipping are the WNS mixing tools from Waves: Vocal Rider, WNS Noise Suppressor, and LoAir.

Geared toward mixers and recording engineers, Vocal Rider (Mac / Win; $400 Native, $800 TDM) raises or lowers vocal volume without adding coloring or compression. Vocal Rider automatically keeps vocal and dialog levels steady, automates the vocal riding part of the mixing process, and does everything in real-time, in resolution of up to 24-bit, 96 kHz. This fast rider supports TDM, RTAS, Audio Suite, VST, and Audio Units formats.

The WNS Noise Suppressor ($2,800 Native or TDM) is a real-time multiband processor designed to deliver fast and effective broadband noise suppression on dialog tracks, with limited artifacts. This post-production tool is ideal for use with indoor and location dialog recordings containing constant or modulating environment noise. WNS features Digidesign Pro Tools integration, multiple simultaneous instances, full recall, full automation, zero latency, low CPU usage, 24-bit, 192 kHz resolution, and much more. It supports TDM, RTAS, Audio Suite, VST, and Audio Units formats.

LoAir ($100 Native; $200 TDM) is a sub-harmonic generating plugin that creates and enhances LFE content or “rumble.” Sound designers can use LoAir to offset their release of hot air, or to add dramatic effects to their existing audio. The plugin is made up of four separate components: Mono-to-Mono, for creating and enhancing subharmonic frequencies on existing LFE tracks; Stereo-to-Stereo, for generating LFE content from Stereo signals; 5.0-to-5.1, for generating LFE content from a 5.0 signal; and 5.1-to-5.1, for increasing subharmonic frequencies on existing LFE tracks.

LoAir processes polyphonic source material and features, full session recall, full automation, 24-bit, 192 kHz resolution, and more. Like Vocal Rider and WNS Noise Suppressor, LoAir supports TDM, RTAS, Audio Suite, VST, and Audio Units formats.

All three plugins are available now from Waves.