Waves Scheps Parallel Particles

Waves Scheps Parallel Particles - Signature Series Effects Processor | Shape Your Track's Soul and Attitude with Four Knobs

Introducing Waves Scheps Parallel Particles, a revolutionary audio effects processor crafted by Grammy®-winning, legendary mixing engineer Andrew Scheps (whose credits span top artists like Adele, Jay Z, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Metallica). This plugin condenses Andrew Scheps' decades of refined, signature parallel processing chains into four incredibly intuitive knobs, allowing you to infuse your music with deep lows, sweet highs, a full body, and intense energy with unprecedented speed and precision.

The core design philosophy of Scheps Parallel Particles is to let creators move beyond the complex settings of traditional tools and focus directly on the "feel" and "attitude" of the music. It's not just a tonal tool; it's an emotion shaper. Behind the four seemingly simple controls—Sub, Air, Thick, and Bite—lie complex parameter chains that perfectly embody the essence of a professional mixing workflow. Whether you need to add subtle enhancements to a track or seek a radical sonic transformation, this powerful harmonic generator allows you to make adjustments in seconds, turning the sound in your head into a tangible, moving auditory experience. It is an indispensable parallel processing tool in modern music production.

Key Features & Applications

Sub - Command Deep Low-End Energy
This knob generates low-frequency harmonics that don't exist in the original track. This means it can effectively enhance low-end weight and depth without causing the muddiness often associated with traditional EQ. Whether you want to give a bassline more sub-bass presence, make a kick drum punchier, or add a robust low-frequency foundation to an acoustic piano, Sub is the perfect tool.

Air - Add Sweet High-Frequency Air
The Air module specializes in synthesizing pure high-frequency harmonics, bringing a bright, open, and never-harsh top-end quality to your tracks. You can think of it as "fairy dust" sprinkled on your mix, adding a silky sheen to background vocals or enhancing the presence of orchestral sections. It makes your high frequencies sound more refined and airy.

Thick - Build a Full, Solid Body
Through precise mid-range processing, the Thick knob adds significant body and fullness to your sound. From subtly adding a touch of "fatness" to pushing instruments like guitars, vocals, organs, snares, or toms right to the forefront of the mix, Thick makes your instruments sound "bigger" and more present.

Bite - Inject Intense Punch and Energy
The Bite knob is designed to enhance the initial transients of notes, giving your sound an exciting new punch and presence. Lower settings can subtly increase intensity and clarity, while higher settings can bring a more aggressive, fierce attack to drums, acoustic guitars, vocals, or keyboards.

Focus on Feel, Not Tedious Settings
Andrew Scheps says: "I created this plugin to help you focus on how you want a track to 'feel,' without having to figure out which traditional tools to use to get there. It will help you quickly shape not just the tone, but the soul, feel, and attitude of your music."

Technical Specifications (Tech Specs)

• Sample Rate Support: 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 176.4 kHz, 192 kHz
• Processing Bit Depth: Internal 64-bit floating-point
• Channel Components: Mono-to-Mono, Mono-to-Stereo, Stereo
• Latency: 0 samples (at 44.1/48 kHz)
• Plugin Formats: VST2, VST3, Audio Units (AU), AAX Native, AudioSuite
• Supported Operating Systems (Mac): macOS Catalina 10.15, Big Sur 11, Monterey 12, Ventura 13, Sonoma 14 (Supports Intel & Apple Silicon)
• Supported Operating Systems (Windows): Windows 10 (64-bit), Windows 11
• Authorization: Online authorization via the Waves Central application (internet connection required)
• CPU Resource Consumption: Low