Waves BB Tubes

Waves BB Tubes - Tube Saturation Plugin | Unleash Unparalleled Analog Tube Magic

Nothing compares to the auditory magic of massive, warm analog tube saturation—and the sound of Waves BB Tubes is something you have to hear to believe. As an original plugin in our Magma series, it offers a vast tonal palette, from delicate and refined to extremely aggressive, through its unique combination of BEAUTY and BEAST knobs. It's designed to help you create professional-grade music with an expensive-sounding texture.

You'll find BB Tubes to be incredibly addictive. Once you start applying it to drums, vocals, guitars, bass, synths, the mix bus, or any track, it's hard to go back. This powerful Waves plugin lets you dial in amazing tones effortlessly, without overthinking, helping your tracks feel "finished" in the mix faster than ever. It's more than just a tool; it's a secret weapon for enhancing the analog character of your productions, injecting life and warmth into your sound. It is an indispensable tube saturation solution for modern digital music production.

Key Advantages & Use Cases

The Waves Magma Sound: An Unprecedented Analog Experience
The Magma series sound is born from Waves' treasured collection of analog circuits, with its magic stemming from an extraordinary combination of tubes and transformers. In BB Tubes, the signal from the BEAUTY knob is fed in series into the BEAST knob, allowing you to create an extremely wide range of saturation tones by adjusting their interaction.

BEAUTY Knob: The Beauty of Subtle Harmonics
Focusing on even harmonics, the BEAUTY knob is perfect for subtle saturation, adding a warm glow to your sound right before it breaks up. You'll immediately hear the roundness, thickness, and sheen it brings, along with that undeniable, massive and full low-midrange.

BEAST Knob: Aggressive Energy Unleashed
Focusing on odd harmonics, the BEAST knob injects instant, punchy energy, attitude, and aggression into your sound, capable of reaching a tight crunch distortion. Even when breaking up, the sound remains controlled and clear. It also features an A/B switch, allowing you to choose between two different tube types.

Sensitivity: True Analog Response
Even with the BEAUTY and BEAST knobs at zero, simply passing audio through the plugin produces natural tube compression and harmonic distortion. You can use the Sensitivity knob to control how hard the signal hits the tubes, and all adjustments are gain-compensated to ensure consistent volume levels.

Soft Clipping: Instant Massive Loudness
Quickly achieve incredibly loud mixes with BB Tubes. The tube's soft clipping characteristic reduces the peak level of transients while significantly increasing perceived loudness, making your mix sound more impactful and modern without sacrificing dynamics.

Technical Specifications (Tech Specs)

• Plugin Type: Tube Saturation Plugin, Harmonic Enhancer
• Channel Processing: Mono-to-Mono, Stereo
• Supported Sample Rates: 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz, 96 kHz, 176.4 kHz, 192 kHz
• Latency: 0 ms (Zero Latency)
• Plugin Formats: VST, VST3, Audio Units (AU), AAX Native, AudioSuite
• Compatibility: Supports the latest versions of all major DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations), including Pro Tools®, Logic Pro, Cubase®, Ableton® Live, Studio One®, REAPER, FL Studio, and more (subject to host system requirements).
• Authorization: Online activation via the Waves Central application, can be authorized to your computer or a USB flash drive.