— Waves’ new Hybrid Line combines the best of the analog and digital worlds —

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, April 6, 2009 — Waves Audio, a leading provider of digital signal processing solutions, introduces the new Waves Hybrid Line. Drawing on the technical breakthroughs of their award-winning console/processor models (SSL 4000 Collection, V-Series, The API Collection, The JJP Collection), Waves has created a new series of plug-ins that blends the best of yesterday’s sound with today’s technology. The Hybrid Line offers the color and character of classic analog hardware processors with the features and flexibility of Waves digital plug-ins. The first two products in the Waves Hybrid Line are the H-Comp Hybrid Compressor and the H-Delay Hybrid Delay.

H-Comp Hybrid Compressor

H-Comp is a brand new dynamics processor that combines the modeled behavior of transformers, tubes, and transistors with the power and precision provided only by modern-day plug-ins. The result is a compressor with capabilities that engineers could once only dream about.

Features and capabilities include: Wet/Dry mix option for easy parallel compression; analog modeled release behavior; unique transient pass-through control; exclusive BPM sync release function; multiple analog character modes; output limiter/clipper modes; and external sidechain support.

H-Delay Hybrid Delay

From slap-back echo, ping-pong delay and tempo-sync with modulation, to filtering, flanging, phasing and more, H-Delay delivers real vintage as well as PCM42-style effects, controlled by a super-intuitive interface.

Features and capabilities include: delay time of up to 3500 ms (TDM); variable pitch delay time behavior; multiple analog character modes; infinite feedback support; LFO-controlled pitch modulation; LoFi mode; and tap + BPM synchronization.

H-Comp and H-Delay are Native and TDM.

Waves Gold, Platinum, Diamond and Mercury V6 owners covered by the Waves Update Plan receive H-Comp and H-Delay at no additional charge. H-Comp retails for $200.00 Native, $400.00 TDM. H-Delay retails for $200.00 Native, $400.00 TDM.

For more information, please visit www.waves.com.

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HOLLYWOOD, CA – Award-winning producer and engineer Tal Herzberg, who has worked with artists ranging from Black Eyed Peas to Mary J. Blige to Counting Crows, recently used an Aviom Pro16® monitor mixing system (Musikmesse/Prolight+Sound Hall 8, Stand J41) while working with top artist Queen Latifah to record her latest album, “Trav’lin’ Light.” For this jazz and R&B inspired album with over a dozen high-profile musicians being recorded in a live situation, Herzberg recognized that he would need a cue system with more robust splitting and mixing options than what his mixing console offered, and the Pro16 system did just that.

Featured on the album are such heavyweights as George Duke and Jim Cox on piano and keyboard, Abe Laboriel on bass, Abe Laboriel Jr. on drums, Jerry Hey on trumpet, and Paul Jackson Jr. and Michael Landau on guitars. Legendary artists such as these are used to having things a certain way and the Aviom system was able to ease any concerns they may have had during recording, allowing all involved to focus on the creative process.

Creating basic mixed stems that came out of Pro Tools, Herzberg was able to distribute separate splits of each musician onto the individual Aviom A-16II Personal Mixers, allowing them to control their own monitor mix. In addition to setup being simple, operation during the recording sessions was seamless as well. “Explaining the way the Aviom system works took about 15 seconds per musician,” says Herzberg. “The Personal Mixers are so straightforward and to the point that it really takes no brain power whatsoever to understand how they work. I was able to eliminate my stress factor since each musician was able to create the exact mix that they wanted without any interaction between us. I can’t believe how smooth everything worked, and the musicians were happy because they didn’t have to ask me for anything. It was just the most effortless, transparent operation that I could have conceivably created for such a potentially high-stress situation.”

The entire Aviom system runs on Cat-5 cables, allowing for minimal setup time. “With the ability to daisy chain the A16-IIs, the signal is carried on one thin cable that can be stretched for hundreds of feet,” continues Herzberg. “You don’t even feel like it’s there. It’s a very elegant solution to a potentially big problem. Placing that tactile surface control within reach of a performer is definitely a highly welcomed element.”

As a recording engineer at Interscope Studios in Santa Monica, CA, Herzberg was also involved in the studio’s decision to install the Aviom Pro16® Personal Mixing System. “I’m not really interested in doing anything without the Aviom system,” says Herzberg. “I can’t stress enough how much freedom it allows a recording engineer. You no longer have to worry about monitor distribution and can focus 100 percent of your attention to doing what you are hired to do —creating great sounding recordings.”