Waves Space Rider

Waves Space Rider - Multi-Effect Plugin | Your Intelligent Spatial Effects Automation Engine

In the journey of music production, creating variations, surprises, and those special finishing touches for your tracks can be a highly challenging task. Traditionally, setting up multiple effect sends (Buses) and drawing countless automation curves is an extremely time-consuming process. Now, with Waves Space Rider, all of this becomes effortless. This powerful spatial effects plugin integrates three studio-grade core effects—Reverb, Delay, and Chorus—into a single, streamlined interface built for speed. With just a single click, you can send the chorus effect to the delay, and the delay to the reverb, instantly creating deep and layered spatial textures that breathe life into your music.

However, the true power of Space Rider extends far beyond this. Its secret weapon is the unique "Rider" feature, a dynamic controller that can be assigned to any parameter. Activate the Rider, and you can instantly shape and transform various effects, easily crafting dynamic and interesting sound textures. Taking it a step further, you can enable the built-in Envelope Shaper, allowing the Rider to perform dynamic modulation in response to the incoming audio signal, achieving complex effects that previously required hours of tedious setup. This revolutionary effects plugin lets you say goodbye to complex automation drawing, tedious routing setups, and the hassle of Send/Return configurations, making professional-grade mixing effects and automation control accessible to everyone.

Key Advantages & Use Cases

Instantly Automate Your Spatial Effects
From chorus-colored delay throws to reverb tails that breathe with the music's rhythm, Space Rider allows you to automate effects quickly with just a few clicks. Assign any parameter to the 'Rider' and activate the Envelope Follower to make the effects react in real-time to the input audio. Let your effects "breathe" effortlessly, saving hours of work compared to traditional automation drawing.

End Tedious Effects Routing
No more creating multiple tracks, loading multiple plugins, or dealing with complex routing setups. In Space Rider, you can easily route the chorus to the delay, and the delay to the reverb, with the turn of a single knob. The entire process is intuitive and efficient, ensuring your creative flow is not interrupted by technical details.

Three-in-One High-Quality Effects
Space Rider offers two newly designed reverb types, along with high-quality delay and chorus effects. These effects are inspired by classic hardware processors and modern digital algorithms, all presented side-by-side in the same interface. This not only helps you achieve your desired sound faster but also inspires you to explore unprecedented sonic textures.

Fast and Creative Sound Shaping
Instantly transform your effects with the built-in filters, stereo width controller, and modulation offset. You can shape your sound at will, creating unique tones you've never heard in traditional reverb, delay, or chorus plugins, and adding a one-of-a-kind signature sound to your productions.

Presets Crafted by Grammy-Winning Engineers
Space Rider includes a collection of professional presets created by top industry producers and mixing engineers, including Greg Wells (Dua Lipa), Matt Schaeffer (Kendrick Lamar), Lu Diaz (Jay Z), Neal H Pogue (Doja Cat), Tony Maserati (Beyoncé), Preston Reid (Kanye West), and more. You can also find complete mixing chains featuring Space Rider in Waves StudioVerse, allowing you to call up master-level sound settings with a single click.

Technical Specifications (Tech Specs)

• Plugin Type: Multi-Effect
• Effect Modules: Reverb, Delay, Chorus
• Core Features: Dynamic Rider Modulation, Envelope Follower, One-Knob Internal Routing
• Supported Sample Rates: 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 176.4 kHz, 192 kHz
• Channel Modes: Mono-to-Mono, Mono-to-Stereo, Stereo-to-Stereo
• Latency Compensation: Supports host's Automatic Latency Compensation
• Plugin Formats: VST, VST3, Audio Units (AU), AAX Native, AudioSuite
• Mac System Requirements: macOS Catalina 10.15, Big Sur 11, Monterey 12, Ventura 13, Sonoma 14 (Intel Core i7 / Apple M1 or higher)
• Windows System Requirements: Windows 10 64-bit, Windows 11 (Intel Core i5 / AMD Quad-Core or higher)
• Memory (RAM): 8 GB RAM or more recommended
• Disk Space: 16 GB free installation space
• Screen Resolution: Minimum 1280x1024 / Recommended 1600x1024
• Authorization: Online authorization via Waves Central (internet connection required)