Waves NLS Non-Linear Summer: Saturation Plugin

Analog consoles are known for richness depth and harmonic complexity—not because they’re perfect but because they aren’t. This is why pro engineers revere how analog summing colors audio. And now Waves has spared no effort to capture the sound of 3 superlative analog consoles.

Whether you prefer the solid-state console that launched thousands of hits the tone of vintage British tubes or even the console used to record The Dark Side of the Moon—NLS brings them to your DAW modeled from the consoles of master mixers and producers Mark “Spike” Stent (Paul McCartney) Mike Hedges (The Cure) and Yoad Nevo (Sia).

For an Analog Whole—Sum the Parts Analog consoles didn’t see mixing as a math problem but as the fusing of sonic pathways into a cohesive whole. Analog circuitry gives each pathway slight differences that when added together breathe new life into a mix.

Channels Modeled Individually for Accurate Console Sound We analyzed and modeled 32 individual channels for each console (yes it did take forever) so each channel could have the slight differences needed for the historically accurate analog summing sound.