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Waves Renaissance Axx
Category
Compatibility
VST3 · AU · AAX
Formats
Waves
Developer

Overview

One fader for instruments.

Renaissance Axx is a compressor with its parameters already set for stringed instruments, leaving three controls to adjust. A general-purpose compressor has to serve vocals, drums and mixes as well, which means most of its controls get set once and never touched when the source is a guitar. Ratio and release are calculated dynamically here. Placed before an amp sim it feeds a consistent level in, which is what produces smooth, creamy distortion rather than an uneven one.

Highlights

Single gain control drives compression behind it
Voiced for guitars, keyboards and instrument tracks
The instrument counterpart to Renaissance Vox
Level and density increase together, hard to set badly
Produces a steady, present track in one move
Efficient enough to run on many channels
Mono and stereo components
Part of the Renaissance range

Compatibility

Specs and requirements.

Licence and delivery

Formats
VSTVST3AUAAX NativeAAX DSP
Licence
Perpetual licence
Delivery
Instant download
Type
Compressor
SKU
1246-2955
Product code
RAXXTDM

macOS

OS
11 or later (native Apple Silicon)
Processor
Apple Silicon & Intel

Windows

OS
10 or later (64-bit)
Processor
64-bit Intel / AMD

Apple Silicon and Intel Macs are both natively supported.

Waves

About the maker

Meet Waves.

Waves Audio, founded in 1992 in Israel, is one of the world's largest developers of audio plugins and signal processors. Its catalogue spans EQs, compressors, reverbs, and vintage console emulations used across music, film, broadcast, and live sound.

Waves Renaissance Axx

£24