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1.2 Product Overview
The Waves Artist Signature Series is our exclusive line of application-specific audio
processors,
mixing engineers. Every Signature Series plug-in has been precision-crafted to capture
the artist’s distinct sound and production style. For experienced and aspiring audio
professionals alike, the Waves Signature Series allows you to dial up the sound you’re
looking for quickly, without interrupting the creative flow.
The CLA Artist Collection consists of six plug-ins, each of which is designed to handle a
specific mixing task.
• CLA Vocals
• CLA Drums
• CLA Bass
• CLA Guitars
• CLA Unplugged
• CLA Effects
the time to read through this manual.
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created in collaboration with the world’s top producers, engineers, and
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1.3 Concepts and Terminology
Sensitivity Control/Sensitivity LED
The Sensitivity LED’s 3 colors indicate when appropriate levels are reached:
Led Off (too low)
Green (good)
Yellow (optimal)
Red (very hot)
If the LED is off during playback, your input signa
upwards until the LED lights up. We recommend adjusting the Sensitivity Control as
soon as you open the plug-in, using the section of your song with the highest peaks for
best results.
In most cases, the Sensitivity LED indicates that your levels hit the processor in a way
that will give you the intended output
optimal results for your source material may be achieved even when the Sensitivity LED
does not display “optimal” levels (yellow). As always, trust your ears.
result. However, it’s important to keep in mind that
Modes
CLA Guitars plug-in features guitar Modes which address the most common guitar
flavors: Clean, Crunch, Heavy, and Bypass.
l is too low. Push the Sensitivity Control
Re-Amplify
The CLA Guitars plug-in was designed to process guitars that were recorded either by
mic'ing an a
record a DI (direct injection) signal in parallel to the microphone/amp signal. This offers
the opportunity to “re-amplify” the source using a different amp than the original. CLA
Guitars includes a unique Re-Amplify feature, which activates a modeled guitar amp
selected especially for each Guitar Mode. If your source is a mic'ed amplifier, however,
you’ll want to keep the Re-Amplify function set to Off.
Re-Amplfy also causes the guitar Modes to function differently, depending on whether it
is on or off:
• When Re-Amplify is off, the Modes refer to the type of recorded material. Choose
•
mp or direct (DI). When recording electric guitars, it is a common practice to
clean if you have a clean recorded guitar, crunch if you have a crunchy guitar sound,
etc.
When Re-Amplify is on, the Modes refer to the desired result. Choose clean if you
want a clean sounding guitar, heavy if you want a heavy guitar sound, etc.
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Color
Each fader on CLA Artist Signature Collection plug-ins controls a specific function, such
as compression or reverb. Each function has a color-coded selector which controls th
internal characteristics of that function, resulting in a different sound character or “Color.”
You can mix and match different colors across the different faders.
e
1.4 A Few Words from CLA
"Two words describe the CLA Guitar
my axe, I just can’t stop playing! It delivers the guitar sounds I’ve used on tracks from
Green Day to Daughtry, quickly and easily. It’s like a guitar toolbox with all the necessary
combinations. The plug-in features three modes—Clean, Crunch, and Heavy—with DI
and Re-amping modes for each. You get three color-coded presets for the six most
important effects, for the perfect blend of bass, treble, compression, reverb, delay, and
chorusing/doubling."
s plug-in: Instant Gratification. Every time I plug in
1.5 Components
WaveShell technology enables us to split Waves processors into smaller plug-ins, which
we call
you the flexibility to choose the configuration best suited to your material.
The Waves CLA Guitars has two components:
components. Having a choice of components for a particular processor gives
• CLA Guitars Mono-to-Stereo – Mono in to Stereo out component
• CLA Guitars Stereo – Stereo in to Stereo out component
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Chapter 2 – Quickstart Guide
• Insert the CLA Guitars plug-in on a guitar track.
• Select the desired Guitar Mode, and turn on Re-Amplify, if needed.
• Adjust the Sensitivity control until you achieve proper levels, as indicated by the
Sensitivity LED and the input meter.
• The current plug-in setting now represents Chris's default setup.
Tweak the following controls to fit your mix:
• Adjust the Bass and Treble faders if additional EQ is desired. Toggle through the
Colors to fin
• Use Compress for dynamic range control. Toggle through the Colors to find that
which works best for the song.
•
Adjust Reverb, Delay and Pitch effect levels. Toggle through the Colors to find
that which works best for
Please note:
• When all colors are set to clear (Bypass/Mute), some fixed processing as
designed by Chris is st
•
EQ adjustment will take effect once the EQ faders are moved. At zero, cycling
through the EQ Colors will have no effect.
•
All other faders are active and set to Chris' default setup when at zero
> If the Output meter goes into the red, use the Ouput fader to lower the Output level.
d that which
works best for the song.
the song.
ill active
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