Waves has a reputation for offering first-class sound, and the Native Gold Bundle delivers the sonic goods. Many of the processors have been optimized to offer superior performance versus the previous versions when used on modern CPUs offering SSE extensions.Īnd of course, there’s the sound.

The new version 3 processors sport a pretty new user interface, which gives them a nice, 3D look as opposed to the tired, flat, sterile look and feel of the previous versions of plug-ins.

These plugins run the gamut from the practical – such as the surgical Q10 EQ – to the utterly zany – such as the totally wacked-out Enigma. Waves Native Gold bundle offers a huge host of great processors, including EQ, compression, reverb, chorus, flange, dithering, and the highly acclaimed L1+ Ultramaximizer limiter. After all, how hard is it to review a product you love? Of course I offered to do the review, and I figured it’d be easy. Anyone familiar with my work knows that I am a vehement advocate of Waves’ products, and have used Waves tools on virtually every project I have ever done for the last five years. I was asked last year to review the new 3.0 version of Waves Native Gold Bundle. Please visit the home page for our latest content. We will not be making any updates to the article. It first appeared on in March 2002, contributed by then Editor-in-Chief Rip Rowan. PLEASE NOTE: This article has been archived.

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