WAVES
W43
NOISE REDUCTION PLUGIN
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................3
WELCOME.................................................................................................................3
1.1
PRODUCT OVERVIEW.................................................................................................3
1.2
COMPONENTS ...........................................................................................................4
1.3
1.4 WAVESYSTEM TOOLBAR............................................................................................4
CHAPTER 2 – QUICK START GUIDE.............................................................................5
CHAPTER 3 – INTERFACE AND CONTROLS ...............................................................6
3.1 INTERFACE................................................................................................................6
3.2 CONTROLS................................................................................................................7
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Chapter 1 – Introduction
1.1 Welcome
Thank you for choosing Waves! In order to get the most out of your new Waves plugin, please take a
moment to read this user guide.
To install software and manage your licenses, you need to have a free Waves account. Sign up at
www.waves.com. With a Waves account you can keep track of your products, renew your Waves
Update Plan, participate in bonus programs, and keep up to date with important information.
We suggest that you become familiar with the Waves Support pages: www.waves.com/support.
There are technical articles about installation, troubleshooting, specifications, and more. Plus, you’ll
find company contact information and Waves Support news.
1.2 Product Overview
Inspired by the legendary CAT43, the W43 noise reduction plugin builds upon the legacy
of the rare unit that’s been a post production favorite for decades. W43 delivers high
quality, minimal artifact multiband noise reduction like the original hardware, while
adding all the advantages of software.
Like the original, the W43 was designed to suppress noise from hiss, hum, traffic, wind, air
conditioning and other ambient sources, and provides control over four individual frequency bands.
About Waves Post Production Tools
When Waves decided to develop a line of dedicated audio processors especially for Post Production,
we conferred with the people who truly understand the field better than anyone: The Post
professionals who design, edit, and mix sound for motion pictures, television, multimedia, and video
games.
Waves knows that Post Production work presents audio engineers with specialized challenges. Once
we had identified and analyzed these issues and concerns, we set out to provide the highest quality
Post Production sound solutions available.
Waves is proud to bring more than two decades of audio processing expertise to the world of Post
Production.
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1.3 Components
WaveShell technology enables us to
components. Having a choice of components for a particular
choose the configuration best suited to your material.
The W43 co
W43
W43
nsists of two components:
Mono
Stereo
split Waves processors into smaller plug-ins, which we call
processor gives you the flexibility to
1.4 WaveSystem Toolbar
Use the bar at the top of the plugin to save and load presets, compare settings, undo and redo
steps, and resize the plugin. To learn more, clic
and open the WaveSystem Guide.
k the icon at the upper-right corner of the window
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Chapter 2 – Quick Start Guide
Insert the W
which may increase noise.
Starting with all four bands and the Threshold control at the "0" (zero) position, gradu
slider representing the most likel
Please note:
place (when the Engage control is o
A “True Flat” preset, in which input
factory presets. Additional useful and typical settings can be found under the load menu.
43 on a dialog track. Typically, it sh
y frequency range, until sufficient noise re
Even when all four frequency bands are at the "0" (zero) position, processing is taking
n).
and output signal most resemble one another, is available in
ould be placed before ot
her dynamic processors
ally lower the
duction is achieved.
the
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Chapter 3 – Interface an
3.1 Interface
d Controls
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3.2 Controls
THRES
Range:
RAN
Range:
HOLD determine
+3 to -3 (0 is calibrated to -39 dBFS)
GE FADERS determine the
+2 to -4 dB
s the level a
amount of noise reduction
t which noise reduction
begins across the four bands.
applied to e
ach band.
• Low
: 30 Hz
– 80 Hz
• Low Mid: 80 Hz – 1 kHz
• High Mid: 1 kHz – 3 kHz
• High:
3 kHz – 20 kHz
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ENGAGE enables and
disables the
noise reduction process. Please note that the plugin, like the
hardware unit that inspired it, affects the audio signal even when the noise reduction process is not
engaged (disabled). In order to achieve true bypass, please use the host bypass.
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