Waves Renaissance Reverb User's Guide

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 ........................................... Introduction .... 2

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Chapter 2 ..............................................Quick Start .... 3

Chapter 3 ........................................... Components .... 4

Chapter 4 ........................................... The Controls .... 5

Chapter 5 ........................................... Reverb Types .. 10

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Chapter 1 — Introduction

Thank you for buying the Waves Renaissance Reverberator. It is designed for the pro audio user, whether in TDM
or Native applications.

The Renaissance Reverb was designed to provide elegant control of a classic sound. There are a lot of processors on
the market which directly emulate vintage gear, but Waves wanted to provide a tool which had vintage sound plus
innovative flexibility.

We took the early reflection system from TrueVerb as a starting point, improved upon it in many ways, created a
new reverb tail, then created an interface for maximum visual feedback and control.

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Chapter 2 — Quickstart

Basic Overview

How to use it (a general approach)

For “send” configuration, insert on stereo Aux track.
(Set Wet/Dry to 100% Wet) after loading preset.

For “thru” configuration, insert on desired track.
Set Wet/Dry to 50% wet after loading preset.

• Load a preset

• Adjust the Reverb Properties for color and flavor

• Adjust the Reverb Levels for balance of early reflections

• Tweak the EQ and Damping

• Change the Decorrelation for subtle flavor changes

The very top of the window contains the standard WaveSystem controls. Please see the WaveSystem chapter in this
manual for complete information. It will make your work much more efficient! The WaveSystem is part of every
software processor we make so you only have to learn it one time. Waves is unique in the industry by allowing you
to control multiple parameters at the same time, and much more, so the WaveSystem is not just a lesson on how to
click and drag!

The three main graphs on the upper part of the window show the time and frequency response characteristics. You
can change the Damping and EQ by a simple click-and-drag on the markers.

In the lower part of the window are the nine slide controls, divided into Properties and Levels of the reverb sound.

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