When sound engineers for major motion pictures need a comprehensive set of processors for mixing 5.1 Surround sound, they turn to Waves 360° Surround Tools. Conceived and created especially for Surround production, 360° Surround Tools includes compression, limiting, reverb, spatial enhancement, and much more. For the creation of sophisticated, accurate Surround mixes for today’s multi-channel listening environments, absolutely nothing compares.
C360° Surround Compressor - For multi-channel masterpieces
With its flexible channel coupling and grouping, the C360°Surround Compressor delivers state-of-the-art soft knee compression, engineered especially for high resolution 5.1 Surround production.
- Individual output ceiling limiter on each channel
- 5 interchangeable Link modes
- 3 attenuation and peak meters for each group
- Up to 3 sidechains
- Threshold look-ahead with Negative attack time
- ARC™ Auto Release Control
- Preserves cross-channel balance, phantom imaging, and channel offset
- Auto-makeup peak reference compression
- Up 96KHz resolution
- Double precision processing
L360° Surround Limiter - Loud all around.
Based on the legendary Waves L1 and L2 Ultramaximizers™, the L360¢ª delivers multi-channel brickwall peak limiting, dithering, and noise shaping for the ultimate Surround experience. The audience won’t know what hit them!
- 5 interchangeable Link modes
- ARC™ Auto Release Control for program-sensitive release time
- IDR™ Increased Digital Resolution with Dithering and Noise Shaping
- Flexible channel coupling, grouping, and parameter linking
- 3 attenuation and peak meters for each group
- Threshold look-ahead with Negative attack time
- Global threshold, ceiling and limiter controls for offset preservation
- Up to 96KHz resolution
- Double precision processing
LFE360° Low Pass Filter - Spotlight the bass.
Conceived and created especially for Surround and 5.1 mixing applications, the LFE360° lets you filter and enhance the LFE channel with fine-tune precision. Get ready for earth-shaking lows that will rock your Surround environment!
- Mono and 5.1 components
- 60 dB per octave filter roll-off
- Cutoff Frequency, Gain and Trim controls
- Filter and enhance LFE channel audio
- Preview LFE audio filter or apply to Master output
- Can be accompanied by the M360 Manager for best results
- Double precision processing
IDR360° Surround Bit Re-Quantizer - Do your bit.
Using patented psycho-acoustic dithering and noise shaping technology, IDR360° reduces the bit-depth of Multi-channel and 5.1 Surround audio with unparalleled clarity and resolution.
- 4 noise shaping types
- 6 selectable target bit resolutions
- Dither, Quantize and Shaping controls
- Patented psycho-acoustic technology
- IDR™ Increased Digital Resolution dither
R360° Surround Reverb - Space emulation, the next generation
Today’s Surround environments deliver new levels of depth and expression; R360¢ª ups the ante, giving you unmatched realism with unprecedented real-time control. Utilizing state-of-the-art tail generation technology from our award-winning Renaissance Reverb, the R360¢ª delivers six channels of rich, smooth acoustic modeling for 5.1 mixing environments.
- de-correlated
- Intuitive graphic display
- Up to 24-bit, 96KHz resolution
- PreDelay, Rear Offset, Size, and Density Reverb Properties controls
- Reverb Mix Input Gain, Input LFE, Out LFE, Center, Front/Rear and Brightness controls
- Paragraphic EQ and Damping with individual Frequency and Ratio controls
- Complements the S360 Surround Imager
M360° Surround Mixdown & M360° Surround Manager - The ultimate balancing act.
When you’re doing Surround sound design or mixing, you need flawless satellite and subwoofer monitoring. For 5.1 studio calibration and bass management, the M360¢ª Surround Mixdown is indispensable for achieving the perfect balance and spread.
- Subwoofer feed control
- Two components: M360° Manager and M360° Mixdown
- Master Rotation Width and Angle controls
- Ratio and type controls
- Speaker angle and center level adjustment controls
- Individual channel Mute, Solo, Phase, Gain, Send to Sub, Get LFE, Delay and Filter controls
- LFE gain offset adjustment
- 2-band bass-split crossover
- Send Angles for connectivity with other panners and imagers
- Imaging, rotation and width visual display
- 10 Mixdown formats
- Derives Quad, LCR, Stereo and Mono mixes from a surround mix
- Mixdown peak and individual channel level metering
- ITU standard Mixdown matrices
- Input Gain and Mix LFE controls
- 10 interchangeable Mixdown formats
S360° Surround Imager & S360° Surround Panner - Space is the place. Here, there, and everywhere
Surround technology presents exciting new sonic possibilities that go way beyond stereo. Take advantage of these sound opportunities with the S360¢ª. Engineered for the precise manipulation of imaging, distance panning, and spatial enhancement for Surround sound, the S360° generates early reflections and uses shuffling to increase low frequency width and perceived depth.
- Pair-wise or Triple-wise Rotation calculation
- Mono and Stereo source support
- Rotation, Angle, and Calculation method controls
- Width, Ratio, and Pan-Pot type controls
- Center image and LFE Send controls
- Distance Panning and low frequency width Shuffling
- Imaging, Rotation and Width display
- Up to 24-bit, 192 kHz resolution
- Imager with Early Reflection controls
- Two components: S360° Panner and S360° Imager
System Requirements
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Platform
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PC
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Mac
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Intel-based Mac
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Processor
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P4 1GHz or
AMD Athlon 1GHz
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G4 867Mhz
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Core Due 1.66
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RAM
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256 MB
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512 MB
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512 MB
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Operating System
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WinXP 32-bit & SP1 / SP2
Win2000 & SP4
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OS-X 10.2.8
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OS-X 10.4.7
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Screen Resolution
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800x600
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800x600
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800x600
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