Waves H(ybrid)-Compressor Plugin

It has been a while since I posted my last post and I almost forgot to  publish the following about the new Waves H-Compressor, H stands for Hybrid. Which I had a little to do with. 

Taken from the Waves website: 

"H-Comp is a brand new dynamics processor that combines the modeled behavior of transformers, tubes, and transistors, together with the power and precision that only a plug-in can provide. The result is a compressor with capabilities that engineers could only dream about back in the day. H-Comp lends a whole new meaning to the concept of THD: Total Harmonic Distinction."

The idea for this plugin came along about a year ago when I was talking to Gilad Keren the co-

founder of Waves. He referred me to his head developer Amir Vinci. We started talking about the concept he was working on and my concept of creating a more musical compressor resulting in the H-Compressor. 

Various issues we resolved in the design were;

• Parallel Compression (Dry/ Wet)
  
• Pre-Delay Attack (Punch)
  
• and my concept to implement more musical release times (Release)
  

Parallel Compression:

Parallel Compression is achieved in the compressor by mixing the dry signal (un-compressed) with the wet (compressed) signal using the Dry/ Wet pot. 

Pre-Delay Attack:

Pre-Delay Attack is a technique I some times apply to create additional "punch" to a kick drum and or snare drum. You achieve this by making a dupe of the original track and slightly delay this with 4 to 10ms, using this as the trigger to the original track. This is now implemented in the plugin as the "Punch"-pot. 

Free, Host & Whole Note Based Release Times:

This is my very own concept to create a more musical compressor  starting of with release times. Its the reverse trick of using a delay calculator as release time calculator as explained many times before on my blog. This is now included for the first time in an actual device, in this case a plugin.

The plugin is definitely some thing to look at for! 

http://www.waves.com/Content.aspx?id=9111

Yours truly,

The Surgeon ;-)