Waves AudioTrack

Waves AudioTrack - The All-in-One Channel Strip Plugin | The Swiss Army Knife for Your Mixing Workflow

Stop wasting energy piecing together a basic channel strip from multiple plugins in your Digital Audio Workstation (DAW)—Waves AudioTrack has done all the tedious work for you. This extremely efficient Channel Strip plugin integrates the three core tools of the recording and mixing process—EQ, Dynamics, and Gating—into a single, intuitive interface, letting you focus on creation, not complicated setups. Whether you're optimizing tone, eliminating floor noise, or taming and enhancing audio peaks, AudioTrack delivers powerful sound processing with minimal resources.

One of AudioTrack's biggest highlights is its extremely low CPU usage. This means you can load it on every track of a large project without worrying about system crashes or latency. For efficiency-focused music producers and mixing engineers, this mixing plugin is an indispensable tool. You can set it as the default plugin in your song templates, so when you start a new project, its powerful EQ and dynamics processing are ready to go, saving you valuable creative time and enabling a truly seamless workflow.

Core Advantages & Use Cases

All-in-One Channel Strip
Integrates the three most commonly used tools in recording and mixing—a four-band parametric equalizer (EQ), a compressor/expander, and a gate—into one clean and simple plugin. You no longer need to open multiple windows to fully process a single track; from tone sculpting to dynamics control, it's all seamless.

Extremely Low CPU Usage
Designed for an efficient workflow, AudioTrack's processing power is highly optimized, placing a minimal load on your computer's CPU. This allows you to add AudioTrack to every track in large projects with tens or even hundreds of tracks without affecting system performance or stability.

Intuitive and Fast Sound Sculpting
Features a full-fledged four-band parametric EQ for precise frequency adjustment. Whether you need to make surgical cuts to specific frequencies or apply broad enhancements to an instrument's tone, its intuitive graphical interface makes it easy to achieve the sound you envision.

Precise Dynamic Range Control
The built-in compressor/expander module is the perfect tool for managing audio dynamics. You can use it to tame overly prominent vocal or drum peaks, helping them sit better in the mix, or use it in reverse to add punch and presence to audio that lacks impact.

Pristine Track Cleanup
The Gate function effectively eliminates unwanted background noise, microphone bleed, or faint hum from instruments during rests. It's especially useful for processing drum recordings, spoken word vocals, or guitar amp hiss, making your final mix cleaner and more professional.

Create Personalized Mixing Templates
Thanks to its lightweight and all-in-one nature, AudioTrack is the ideal choice for creating DAW mixing templates. Pre-load AudioTrack on each track in your template, and when inspiration strikes, you can start creating and mixing immediately without setting everything up from scratch, taking your efficiency to a whole new level.

Detailed Features

Technical Specifications (Tech Specs)

• Sample Rate Support: 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 176.4 kHz, 192 kHz
• Channel Processing: Mono and Stereo
• Latency: 0 samples (zero-latency processing, ideal for real-time monitoring and recording)
• Main Components: 4-Band Parametric EQ, Compressor/Expander, Gate
• EQ Types: Bell, Low-Shelf, High-Shelf, High-Pass Filter, Low-Pass Filter
• Dynamics Controls: Threshold, Ratio, Attack, Release, Makeup Gain
• Gate Controls: Threshold, Floor, Attack, Release
• Plugin Formats: VST, VST3, AU, AAX Native, AudioSuite
• Compatibility: Supports all major DAWs, including Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Cubase, Ableton Live, Studio One, Reaper, FL Studio, etc. (requires support for the listed plugin formats)