Waves l2 hardware free#
That is more like product improvement for low end computer owners. Just curious if there's a free or cheap limiter out there that works as well as the Waves L2 When I worked at my old job, that's what I used. I will offer free shipping with this sale. It also happens to look pretty much brand new cosmetically. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. This unit is working perfectly in every regard.
Waves l2 hardware professional#
Best case is the CPU allows some older algorithms to perform better for the home user. The item price includes free shipping, and professional quality packaging.
Waves l2 hardware software#
However the software algorithms have not changed at all. All that has changed is we have faster CPUs and more memory. Thanks to its 'look-ahead' feature, it can examine incoming signal before it gets processed. Peaks in the low end are treated the same as those in the midrange and high end. So in that regard nothing has actually changed in 35 years with software. The Waves L2 Ultramaximizer is what's called a 'wide-band limiter,' which means it processes the entire frequency spectrum of your music in the same way. Is there a reverb plugin even 40 years later that is better? Is there a delay plugin better than a primetime? (other than sample time) Is there a plugin today that is better than an Eventide H3000? I'd love to know, since I have not heard anything better than any of those units. Well they aren't, other than they run fast on your home computers.Ĭonsider the Lexcion 200 reverb from 1982. By no means am I implying I could develop anything but I know the younger generation think all the plugins today are some new cutting edge technology. Keep in mind I started developing software in 1978. To be clear, I consider software and firmware to be pretty much interchangeable concepts other than some minor differences in the host applications. The first digital verbs, digital delays, harmonizers, digital compressors, digital equalizers, digital guitar modelers were all patented in the 1970s. 99% of the plugins available today were commercially available in DSP hardware form in the late 70s. Perhaps before? Today it's just more easily available in plugin form. Even primitive pitch correction was available in the early 1980s. Everything else was already done years before. The only real innovation in software I can think of in the last 20 years would be Autotune. Even then it really didn't change all that much since say the 1970s. Software changes far more quickly than hardware! Maybe not the "sound" of the summing (let's not go there) but the implementation and processing quality.how long have you been on GS?!TBH, I really haven't seen software change all that much since the 90s. Totally agree with that L2 Hardware is for otb chains (even though I think myself it sounds a bit better too)
Regarding the BF76, it perhaps doesnt sound exact like 1176, but it sure as hell sound better than the rest imo It's possibly a bargain for a reason!Im just pointing out that old digital hardware, software is not necessarily any worse than modern in terms of quality performance that some might think It's not that useful in a tracking context, or in mixing (due to latency of a digital limiter - the software can look ahead/delay compensate). The point with this thread is that really the main reason to choose a hardware L2 over the software plugin is to be able to use it as hardware - eg in mastering or in broadcast. Waves L2 Ultramaximizer Hardware Mastering Limiter, works fine and flawlessly.Nice Condition, this unit was my mastering AD Converter for many years. I use the Waves Q10 for cuts too, not sure there's any reason not to! It's the emulation and creative stuff that's improved significantly.
I have 3 bluestripes and a blackface reissue here for comparison btw.ĭigital has been doing "good, clean processing" for a good while now. It may be your fave, but in practice it really responds nothing like an 1176. I'm not sure if any is "exact", but they all have the "vibe". The Slate, Waves and UAD versions sound very much more like the hardware. It's a useful compressor maybe, but it doesn't sound exact like an 1176. FWIW the UAD versions of Lexicon/EMT are really very good, and the Relab 480 has very good reports too. That's more because of the bespoke design, rather than the conversion though.
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