Waves Audio CLA Vocals User Guide

WAVES

CLA VOCALS

USER GUIDE

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 – Introduction....................................................................................................3

1.1 Welcome..................................................................................................................3

1.2 Product Overview....................................................................................................3

1.3 Concepts and Terminology......................................................................................4

1.4 A Few Words from Chris .........................................................................................4

1.5 Components............................................................................................................5

Chapter 2 – Quickstart Guide............................................................................................6

Chapter 3 – Interface and Controls...................................................................................7

3.1 Interface...................................................................................................................7

3.2 Controls...................................................................................................................8

Chapter 4 – The WaveSystem........................................................................................14

4.1 The WaveSystem Toolbar.....................................................................................14

4.2 Preset Handling.....................................................................................................14

4.3 Interface Controls..................................................................................................16

4.4 Waves Preferences (Pro Tools only).....................................................................18

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Chapter 1 – Introduction

1.1 Welcome

Thank you for choosing Waves! In order to get the most out of your Waves processor,
please take

In conjunction, we also suggest that you become familiar with www.wavesupport.net
There you will find an extensive Answer Base, the latest Tech Specs, detailed
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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 6 plug-ins, each 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.

.

, you will receive personalized information on

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)

Push the Sensitivity Control upwards until the LED lights up. We recommend adjusting
the Sensitivity Control as soon as y
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.

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.

ou open the plug-in, using the section of your song

result. However, it’s important to keep in mind that

e

1.4 A Few Words from Chris

"The most important part of any song is the vocals. The CL
part of mixing an absolute joy. I have taken the very best settings which I use in my
everyday mixes and crafted them into this chain. It works great on all styles of singers
and, best of all, they will want that sound every time! You also get three flavors of the top
six effects you need: the right amount of bass, treble, compression, reverb, delay, and
chorusing/doubling."

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A Vocals plug-in makes this

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 Vocals has two components:

components. Having a choice of components for a particular processor gives

• CLA Vocals Mono-to-Stereo – Mono in to Stereo out component

• CLA Vocals Stereo – Stereo in to Stereo out component

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Chapter 2 – Quickstart Guide

• Insert the CLA Vocals plug-in on a vocal track.

• Adjust the Sensitivity control until you achieve proper levels, as indicated by the

Sensitivity LED and the input meter.

• The current plug-in settings now represent Chris's default setup.
Tweak the following controls to fit your mix:

• Adjust the Bass and Treble faders. Toggle through the Colors to find the EQ that
works best f

• Use Compress for dynamic range control. Toggle through the Colors to find that
which works best for the

Adjust Reverb, Delay and Pitch effect levels. Toggle through the Colors to find

•

that which works best for the song

Please note:

• When all colors are set to clear (Bypass/Mute), some fixed processing as
designed by Chris is still active.

•

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's default setup when at zero.

•

> If the Output meter goes into the red, use the Ouput fader to lower the Output level.

or the song.

song.

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