Waves Curves Equator

Waves Curves Equator - Intelligent Resonance Suppressor | Your First Autopilot EQ, Intelligently Balancing Your Audio

Introducing Waves Curves Equator, a groundbreaking intelligent resonance suppression plugin designed to revolutionize your mixing workflow. As the first product in Waves' new Curves Spectral series, Equator is not just a tool, but an intelligent partner in your audio engineering. Whether you're working on a full mix, vocals, instruments, or samples, it instantly identifies and eliminates problematic frequencies, corrects harsh resonances, and balances inconsistencies in your audio. This powerful mixing tool, through advanced learning algorithms, brings unprecedented clarity and balance to your tracks.

Most audio sources have hidden flaws. These issues may be masked by your monitoring environment or other instruments in the mix, but they exist and affect the final sound quality. Equator was created to solve this core problem. It can deeply analyze your audio and generate a personalized suppression curve to precisely address problem spots while protecting the unique sonic character you've carefully crafted, avoiding the sonic damage caused by over-processing. Through its revolutionary resonance suppression and frequency unmasking features, Equator allows you to effortlessly create the perfect space for each track in the frequency spectrum, achieving professional-grade mix separation. Say goodbye to tedious manual adjustments, let this intelligent EQ guide you into a new realm of sound processing, and experience unprecedented dynamic EQ control.

Core Advantages & Use Cases

Effortlessly Correct Audio Flaws
Almost all audio sources have some issues. Even if they are masked by your room acoustics, monitoring speakers, or other instruments, these flaws are still there. Equator is designed to address this fundamental problem. Simply pull down Equator's processing line, and you'll immediately feel the "veil" over your mix lift, revealing a sound that is clearer and cleaner than ever before.

Preserve Your Unique Sonic Character
Many solutions on the market use a "one-size-fits-all" approach, processing your sound with a generic average curve, which often damages the unique tone you've worked hard to create. Equator, with its unique "Learn" function, analyzes your audio and generates a personalized suppression curve, precisely correcting anomalies and imbalances while effectively avoiding over-processing to fully preserve the original charm of the source.

Revolutionary Frequency Unmasking
Using the sidechain to "Learn" can create truly magical effects in your mix, preventing different sources from clashing in the same frequency range. For example, if the vocal is the most important element in the mix, you can have Equator "SC Learn" the vocal's spectral curve and then apply its inverted shape to the instrument bus, carving out the perfect frequency space for both.

Customize Your Ideal Balance
Some audio problems are objective, and Equator can correct all of them. But some issues are subjective, as everyone's definition of "balance" differs. Therefore, we provide Shape and Tilt controls, allowing you to adjust the target processing curve according to your own auditory taste, creating a sound balance that perfectly matches your expectations.

Retain Original Energy, Enhance Sound Quality
Using a traditional equalizer or dynamic EQ to suppress resonances can easily kill the life of the music by over-processing problem areas. Equator features a unique "Dynamic Auto Makeup Gain" function, which matches the input RMS level by boosting the volume of un-attenuated frequencies, ensuring that while problems are corrected, the overall energy and impact of the audio remain intact. This feature can be toggled on or off at any time.

Professional-Grade Deep Control
Beneath its clean interface, Equator offers a wealth of advanced features. It includes 4 fully customizable processing bands, 8 processing nodes, and a range of parameters for fine-tuning, allowing professional users to achieve the deepest and most precise control over their sound, meeting any demanding processing needs.

Tech Specs

• Plugin Type: Intelligent Resonance Suppressor
• Processing Bands: 4 fully customizable bands
• Processing Nodes: 8
• Sample Rate Support: 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 176.4 kHz, 192 kHz
• Channel Processing: Mono-to-Mono, Stereo
• Latency: Zero Latency
• Plugin Formats: VST, VST3, AU, AAX Native, AudioSuite
• Compatible Systems: Supports the latest Mac and Windows operating systems
• Activation: Online activation and management via Waves Central