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1 | WAVES PLUGINS | THANK YOU TO THE 100's OF YOU THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS EFFORT! THE ALTERNATIVES LISTED WERE CONTRIBUTED BY THE COMMUNITY AND MAY OR MAY NOT BE GOOD SUGGESTIONS. ISSUES OR QUESTIONS PM ME @ plexuss on KVR, plexus on GS. COMMENTS ARE ENABLED IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE A NOTE. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Gearspace Waves Alternatives Thread https://gearspace.com/board/music-computers/1402231-waves-alternatives-thread.html | KVR Waves Alternatives Thread https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=595096 | Download, copy and print are available from the menu | |||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Abbey Road Chambers | IKM Fame / Sunset Reverb | UAD Hitsville / Capitol Chambers | Softube Atlantis Dual Chambers | Airwindows Chamber2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Abbey Road EMI TG12345 Channel | Acustica Cream | Softube Curve Bender | CLA Epic | Audiority Space Station UM282 | Eventide Black Hole | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Abbey Road J37 Tape | Softube Tape | IKM Tape Collection | iZotope Ozone Vintage Tape | UAD Studer / Oxide / Ampex | Black Rooster Magnetite | Airwindows ToTape5 | Overloud TapeDesk | PA Kiive Tape Face | Acustica Taupe | Slate Virtual Tape Machines | U-he Satin | ||||||||||||||
6 | Abbey Road King’s Microphones | Acustica Audio Lava | TR5 Mic Room | AudioThing Speakers | ||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Abbey Road REDD Consoles | Shattered Glass Audio Code Red | Analog Obsession PREDD | Fuse Audio Lab VCS-1 | SKnote TCH | |||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Abbey Road Reel ADT | Softube Fix Doubler | Nembrini Audio Doubler | Airwindows ADT | U-he Satin | Valhalla Delay | iZotope Vocal Doubler | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Abbey Road Reverb Plates | Soundtoys Little Plate | IKM CSR Plate / Fame / Sunset Reverb | Valhalla Plate | UAD Pure Plate / UAD EMT140 | Arturia Plate 140 | UVI Plate | Fuse Audio VREV-140 | Airwindows kPlateA | Rare Signals Transatlantic Plate | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Abbey Road RS124 Compressor | Kush AR-1 | United Plugins Royal Compressor | Acustica Coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Abbey Road RS56 Passive EQ | Any Digital EQ (see video) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Abbey Road Saturator | Soundtoys Decapitator / Radiator | Softube Analog Saturation Processor | IKM Saturator X | PA HG-2 / VSM-3 | Fabfilter Saturn 2 | iZotope Neutron / Ozone | Arturia Dist Coldfire / Tube Culture | ||||||||||||||||||
13 | Abbey Road Studio 3 | Acustica Sienna | dearVR MONITOR / dearVR MIX | dSONIQ Realphones | Hornet VHS Headphones | Slate VSX | Sonarworks | Toneboosters Morphit | Dirac | |||||||||||||||||
14 | Abbey Road TG Mastering Chain | IKM Lurssen Mastering Console | Softube Zener Bender | IK Multimedia T-Racks TR5 One | Arturia Bus Force | |||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Abbey Road Vinyl | Airwindows toVinyl | PA Unfiltered Needlepoint | Tokyo Dawn SimuLathe | SKnote Cuttertone | iZotope Vinyl | ||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Aphex Vintage Aural Exciter | AudioThing Type B Vintage Exciter | iZotope Ozone 10 Exciter | PA Noveltech Character | Airwindows Exciter | SPL Vitalizer MK2-T | Slate FG-36A | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | API 2500 | UAD API 2500 | PA Lindell SBC/MBC | DMG Trackcomp 2 | Acustica Audio Pink | |||||||||||||||||||||
18 | API 550 | UAD API 500 / Vision Channel Strip | IKM EQ PA/PB | Lindell Audio 50 Series | Overloud EQ 550 | Softube American Class A | Acustica Audio Pink | Analog Obsession Merica | SKNote CH 5 | Presonus Fat Channel Alpine 550 | ||||||||||||||||
19 | API 560 | UAD API 500 / Vision Channel Strip | IKM EQ PG | Lindell Audio 50 Series | Red Rock Sound EQ560 | Acustica Audio Pink | Logic Pro Vintage EQ Graphic | Analog Obsession GrapHack | ||||||||||||||||||
20 | AudioTrack | Any (low CPU) channel strip | Izotope Neutron | Metric Halo ChannelStrip 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | B360 Ambisonics Encoder | DearVR Pro | IEM Room Suite Encoder | Audiobrewers ab Encoder | Nuspace Zepher | |||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Bass Fingers | Toontrack EZ Bass | Fujiya Organic Fingered Bass for Kontakt | Native Instruments Scarbee Basses | ||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Bass Rider | TBProAudio DynaRide2 | Hornet Autogain | Melda MAutoVolume | iZotope Nectar ALM | |||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Bass Slapper | Toontrack EZ Bass | Fujiya Organic Slapped Bass for Kontakt | Impact Soundworks Shreddage 3 Precision | Modo Bass 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
25 | BB Tubes | Softube Harmonics Analog Saturation Processor | IKM Saturator X | PA HG-2 / VSM-3 | Fabfilter Saturn 2 | iZotope Neutron / Ozone | Arturia Dist Coldfire / Tube Culture | Process Audio Spicerack | Soundtoys Decapitator / Radiator | KiloHearts Distortion | ||||||||||||||||
26 | Berzerk Distortion | Softube Harmonics Analog Saturation Processor | IKM Saturator X | PA HG-2 / VSM-3 | Fabfilter Saturn 2 | iZotope Neutron / Ozone | Arturia Dist Coldfire / Tube Culture | Process Audio Spicerack | Soundtoys Decapitator / Radiator | |||||||||||||||||
27 | Brauer Motion | Cableguys PanShaper / Shaperbox | Melda MAutoPan | Audio Damage Panstation 2 | Soundparticles Energypanner/Brightness Panner | United Plugins Orbitron | Lunacy Audio CUBE Mini | UAD Dytronics Cyclosonic Panner | ||||||||||||||||||
28 | BSS DPR-402 | Softube Drawmer 1973 | RJStudios DRP2a mkII | Melda MTurboComp | FabFilter Pro-MB | |||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Butch Vig Vocals | SSL Vocalstrip | Voxengo Voxformer | Izotope Nectar | ||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | C1 Compressor | Fabfilter Pro-C 2 | iZotope Neutron / Ozone | DMG Audio TrackComp | Sonnox Oxford Dynamics | |||||||||||||||||||||
31 | C360 Surround Compressor | McDSP Channel G Surround | Flux Pure Compressor | Signum SKYE Dynamics | ||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | C4 Multiband Compressor | McDSP ML4000 | Fabfilter Pro-MB | iZotope Neutron / Ozone | Toneboosters MBC | |||||||||||||||||||||
33 | C6 Multiband Compressor | ToneBooster MBC | Fabfilter Pro-MB | iZotope Neutron / Ozone | Toneboosters MBC | |||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Center | Leapwing Audio Center One | Mathew Lane DrMS | iZotope Ozone Imager | Mathew Lane StereoDelta | Voxengo MSED | Boom ReCenter | AOM Stereo Imager D | Toneboosters MBC | |||||||||||||||||
35 | CLA Bass | United Plugins QuickBass | Boren Digital Bass Knob - STD | CLA-3A: Black Rooster VLA-3A | ||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | CLA Drums | Voxengo Drumformer | SSL Drumstrip | AnalogObsession SweetDrums | ||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | CLA EchoSphere | Plate: Lexicon 480L - Relab LX480, UAD 224/480, Slate Verbsuite | Slap: Lexicon PCM42 - PSP Lexicon 42, Slate Repeater | |||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | CLA Effects | SerumFX | JST Howard Benson Vocal Multiplier | Soundtoys Effect Rack | NI Guitar Rig 6 Pro | |||||||||||||||||||||
39 | CLA Epic | Actual hardware units listed as there are no equivalent plugins. You can find software equivalents to each hardware and recreate Epic/Echosphere in your DAW with more flexibility | A/Plate: Lexicon 480L B/Room: Sony DRE-2000 + Bricasti M7 + EMT246 + Yamaha Rev-1 C/Hall: Eventide H3000 D/Space: AMX RMX16 | 1/Tape: Marshall Tape Eliminator 2/Throw: Line6 Echo Pro 3/Slap: Lexicon PCM42 4/Crowd: Ursa Major Space Station | ||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | CLA Guitars | NI Guitar Rig 6 Pro | JST Bus Glue Guitars | Korneff Amplified Instrument Processor | Audified ToneSpot Electric Pro | |||||||||||||||||||||
41 | CLA MixDown | bx_Masterdesk | IKM Lurssen Mastering Console | JST Bus Glue Mix | Arturia Bus Force | |||||||||||||||||||||
42 | CLA MixHub | PA bx SSL 4000 E/G 9000J | IKM British Channel | SSL Native Channel Strip 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | CLA Nx | Acustica Sienna | dearVR MONITOR / dearVR MIX | dSONIQ Realphones | Hornet VHS Headphones | Slate VSX | Sonarworks | Toneboosters Morphit | Dirac | |||||||||||||||||
44 | CLA Unplugged | United Plugins QuickAG | JST Bus Glue Mix/Keys | Audified ToneSpot Acoustic Pro | ||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | CLA Vocals | IK Joe Chiccarelli Vocal Strip | Voxengo Voxformer | Leapwing Al Schmidt | AnalogObsession SweetVox | |||||||||||||||||||||
46 | CLA-2A Compressor / Limiter | UAD LA-2A Collection | Softube Opto Compressor | DMG TrackComp 2 | PA bx_opto / Acme XLA-3 | IK White 2A | Overloud Comp 2A | Analog Obsession LALA | NI Vintage Compressors (VC 2A) | Softube Summit TLA-100 | ||||||||||||||||
47 | CLA-3A Compressor / Limiter | Overloud Comp 3A | UAD LA-3A | Apogee Opto-3A | ||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | CLA-76 Compressor / Limiter | UAD 1176 Collection | Softube FET Compressor | DMG TrackComp 2 | Arturia FET 76 | IK Black 76 | u-he Presswerk | Analog Obsession FET | PA Purple Audio MC77 | Acustica Audio Nickel | NI Vintage Compressors (VC 76) | Overloud Comp76 | Sonic Academy SA76 | |||||||||||||
49 | Clarity Vx | DaVinci Resolve Fairlight | Acon Digital Acoustica | Sonnox Claro | Acon Extract:Dialogue | Goyo Voice Separator | UAD C-Suite C-Vox & Amb Noise Red | |||||||||||||||||||
50 | Clarity Vx Pro | DaVinci Resolve Fairlight | Acon Digital Acoustica | Acon Extract:Dialogue | Goyo Voice Separator | UAD C-Suite C-Vox & Amb Noise Red | ||||||||||||||||||||
51 | Clavinet | Spectrasonics Keyscape | NI Scarbee Clavinet | Pianoteq Hohner Collection Clavinet | ||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | Cobalt Saphira | Waves Factory Spectre | Toneboosters Enhancer | Fabfilter Saturn 2 | Endeavor FX Contemporary Color | |||||||||||||||||||||
53 | Codex Wavetable Synth | Arturia Pigments | u-he Hive | Ableton's Stock Wavetable Synth | UAD Opal Morphing Synthesizer | |||||||||||||||||||||
54 | COSMOS Sample Finder | Sound Particles Explorer | Loopcloud | Plugin Alliance MEGA Sampler | ADSR Sample Manager | XLN XO | ||||||||||||||||||||
55 | CR8 Creative Sampler | Logic Quicksampler | Ableton Live Simpler/Sampler | Big Fish Audio Momentum | TAL Sampler | |||||||||||||||||||||
56 | dbx® 160 Compressor / Limiter | Arturia Comp VCA 65 | NI Vintage Compressors / Guitar Rig 6 | Softube VCA Compressor | UAD dbx 160 | Analog Obsession dBComp | DMG TrackComp 2 | Stillwell Majortom | Presonus Fat Channel Comp 160 | |||||||||||||||||
57 | DeBreath | iZotope RX Breath Control | Antares Aspire | Izotope Nectar 3 Plus | ||||||||||||||||||||||
58 | DeEsser | Fabfilter Pro-DS | iZotope Neutron/Nectar | PA SPL De-esser | Sonnox Oxford SuprEsser | Softube Weiss Deess | Eiosis e2deesse | Analog Obsession LOADES | Oeksound Soothe 2 | DSEQ | AOM DeSibilizer | Airwindows DeBess | IKM De-esser | HOFA IQ-Series DeEsser | ||||||||||||
59 | Doppler | GRM Tools Doppler | Aegean Doppler Dome | Tonsturm Traveler / Whoosh | Sound Particles Doppler | |||||||||||||||||||||
60 | Dorrough Stereo | Brainworx bx_meter | DAW RMS Meter (600ms response) | RME DigiCheck | Martin Zuther K-Meter | |||||||||||||||||||||
61 | Dorrough Surround | bx_meter | Youlean Loudness Meter (LUFS) | MeldaProduction MLoudnessAnalyzer | ||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | Doubler | iZotope Vocal Doubler | Eventide Quadravox/Octavox | StereoSavage | Airwindows Doubler | Soundtoys Little Alterboy | Soundtoys Microshift | Softube Fix Doubler | ||||||||||||||||||
63 | Eddie Kramer Bass Channel | Leapwing Al Schmidt | JST Bus Glue Bass | Audified ToneSpot Bass Pro | ||||||||||||||||||||||
64 | Eddie Kramer Drum Channel | Voxengo Drumformer | JST Bus Glue Drums | Audified ToneSpot Drums Pro | ||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | Eddie Kramer Effects Channel | denise slappy & Any Reverb | Boz Imperial Delay | UAD Cooper Time Cube MkII | ||||||||||||||||||||||
66 | Eddie Kramer Guitar Channel | NI Guitar Rig 6 Pro | Neural DSP | Audified ToneSpot Electric Pro | ||||||||||||||||||||||
67 | Eddie Kramer Vocal Channel | SSL Vocalstrip | Voxengo Voxformer | Leapwing Al Schmidt | ||||||||||||||||||||||
68 | Electric 200 Piano | Arturia Wurli | Modartt Pianoteq | UVI Keysuite Electronic | IKM Electromagnetik | AAS Lounge Lizard | ||||||||||||||||||||
69 | Electric 88 Piano | Arturia Stage73 | Modartt Pianoteq | UVI Keysuite Electronic | IKM Electromagnetik | AAS Lounge Lizard | ||||||||||||||||||||
70 | Electric Grand 80 Piano | Modartt Pianoteq | XLN Addictive Keys Electronic Grand | Toontrack EZKeys | Arturia Piano V3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
71 | Element 2.0 Virtual Analog Synth | Fabfilter Twin3 | UAD PolyMAX Synth | Klevgrand syndt | ||||||||||||||||||||||
72 | eMo D5 Dynamics | McDSP ML4000 | tc electronic DYN 3000 | Metric Halo ChannelStrip 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
73 | eMo F2 Filter | Any EQ(-18dB Filter) | Stock EQ | DAW mixer LP&HP Filter | ||||||||||||||||||||||
74 | eMo Generator | Melda Production MNoiseGenerator | in Protools, shift + control + option + 3 | Stock Plugin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
75 | eMo Q4 Equalizer | tc electronic PEQ 3000 | FabFilter Pro-Q3 | DMG EQuick | ||||||||||||||||||||||
76 | Enigma | VPS Essential FX Bundle 1 (Chorus/Phaser/Flanger) | Serum FX | D16 Group Antresol | ||||||||||||||||||||||
77 | F6 Floating-Band Dynamic EQ | Fabfilter Pro-Q 3 | TB ProAudio dEQ6V4 | Sonnox Oxford Dynamic EQ | McDSP AE600 | PA Threebody Kirchhoff | TDR Nova GE | UVI Shade | HOFA IQ-Series EQ | |||||||||||||||||
78 | Flow Motion FM Synth | Tracktion F'em | Reason Algorithm | Steinberg FM Lab | ||||||||||||||||||||||
79 | GEQ Graphic Equalizer | Voxengo Marvel GEQ | Eventide Newfangled Audio EQuivocate | Kilohearts Carve EQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
80 | Grand Rhapsody Piano | UVI Key Suite Acoustic | Xperimenta PF2 | Sound Magic Piano collection | UAD Ravel Grand Piano | VI Labs Ravenscroft 275 | ||||||||||||||||||||
81 | Greg Wells MixCentric | PA bx_masterdesk | Leapwing Al Schmidt | Klevgrand Grand Finale | Arturia Bus Force | |||||||||||||||||||||
82 | Greg Wells PianoCentric | Any Compressor + Delay + Chorus | Leapwing Al Schmidt | Leadpwing Joe Chicarelli | ||||||||||||||||||||||
83 | Greg Wells ToneCentric | Sonnox Inflator | iZotope Ozone Exciter | SSL X-Saturator | ||||||||||||||||||||||
84 | Greg Wells VoiceCentric | Leapwing Al Schmidt | iZotope Necter3 | JST Howard Benson Vocal Multiplier | ||||||||||||||||||||||
85 | GTR Solo | Line6 Helix Native | IKM Amplitube 5 | NI Guitar Rig | Neural DSP | Kuassa Amplifikation 360 | PA Brainworx Amps/Pedals | Softube Amp Room | Presonus Ampire | |||||||||||||||||
86 | GTR3 | Line6 Helix Native | IKM Amplitube 5 | NI Guitar Rig | Neural DSP | Kuassa Amplifikation 360 | PA Brainworx Amps/Pedals | Softube Amp Room | Presonus Ampire | |||||||||||||||||
87 | GTR3 Amps | Line6 Helix Native | IKM Amplitube 5 | NI Guitar Rig | Neural DSP | Kuassa Amplifikation 360 | PA Brainworx Amp Sims | Softube Amp Room | Presonus Ampire | |||||||||||||||||
88 | GTR3 Stomps | Line6 Helix Native | IKM Amplitube 5 | NI Guitar Rig | Neural DSP | Kuassa Amplifikation 360 | PA Brainwrox Pedals | Softube Amp Room | Presonus Ampire | |||||||||||||||||
89 | GTR3 ToolRack | Line6 Helix Native | IKM Amplitube 5 | NI Guitar Rig | Neural DSP | Kuassa Amplifikation 360 | PA Brainworx Amps/Pedals | Softube Amp Room | Presonus Ampire | |||||||||||||||||
90 | GTR3 Tuner | The stock one in your DAW | PA bx_tuner | Aurora DSP Tuna | ||||||||||||||||||||||
91 | H-Comp Hybrid Compressor | Fabfilter Pro-C 2 | U-he Presswerk | NI Supercharger | iZotope Neutron / Ozone | |||||||||||||||||||||
92 | H-Delay Hybrid Delay | Valhalla Delay | Soundtoys Echoboy / Echoboy Jr | NI Replica XT | UVI Relayer | Softube Tape Echoes | McDSP EC300 | Fabfilter Timeless3 | KHS Delay and Dual Delay | bx_delay 2500 | D16 Group Sigmund | UADx Galaxy Tape Echo | Cargocult Slapper | Audiothing Outer Space | Boz Imperial Delay | D16 Repeater Delay | UA Sandman Pro | |||||||||
93 | H-EQ Hybrid Equalizer | Fabfilter Pro-Q 3 | Threebody Tech/PA Kirchoff EQ | HoRNet Total EQ | DMG equiblirium | iZotope Neutron / Ozone | ||||||||||||||||||||
94 | H-Reverb Hybrid Reverb | Valhalla Vintageverb | iZotope Neoverb | Liquidsonics Seventh Heaven | Fabfilter Pro R | Izotope Stratus | SSL Flexverb | |||||||||||||||||||
95 | IDR360 Bit Re-Quantizer | MAAT LINSurround | AOM sakura dither | Ghz Good Dither | ||||||||||||||||||||||
96 | Infected Mushroom Pusher | Process Audio Sugar | Flux BitterSweet Pro(Transient) | Decap Knock | ||||||||||||||||||||||
97 | InPhase | SSL X-Phase | SoundRadix AutoAlign | Flux Evo In | UAD Little Labs IBP | Voxengo PHA 979 | MAAT RSPhaseShifter | Eventide Precision Time Align / Delay | ||||||||||||||||||
98 | InPhase LT | SSL X-Phase | SoundRadix AutoAlign | Flux Evo In | Melda Production MAutoAlign | Voxengo PHA 979 | MAAT RSPhaseShifter | Eventide Precision Time Align / Delay | ||||||||||||||||||
99 | IR-L Convolution Reverb | Reverberate 3 | Melda Production MConvolutionEZ | Convology XT | Fog Convolver | |||||||||||||||||||||
100 | IR-Live Convolution Reverb | Fog Convolver | Melda MConvolutionEZ | Ableton/Max Convolution Reverb |