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    Waves Doubler software guide page 1 of 6 W a v es – Doubler Softw ar e A udio Pr ocessor User’ s Guide[...]

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    Waves Doubler software guide page 2 of 6 Chapter 1 – Introduction and Overview The Waves Doubler is a digital audio effects pr ocessor that replicates the incoming audio signal to another 2 or 4 voices. Each voice can be changed in Gain, Pan, Delay and Tune (Pitch). This achieves a wide range of colors of classic sounds that were popularized in t[...]

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    Waves Doubler software guide page 3 of 6 Chapter 2 – Controls and Displays. The Doubler offers a selection of contro ls and displays as an interface to the DSP algorithm. This chapter lists the different controls and displays and details the properties of each. C ONTROLS Per-Voice Control Strips Each voice control strip offers the following contr[...]

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    Waves Doubler software guide page 4 of 6 M ODULATION D EPTH : –200 to +200 in cents. Default: 0. Positive values will star t by modulating upwards, negat ive values will start off modulating downwards. The modulation will always occur around the voice’s nominal detune so if you set a detune of 10 and a Mod Depth of 10, the voice will begin by g[...]

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    Waves Doubler software guide page 5 of 6 F REQUENCY : Low Shelf Cutoff 16Hz to 1600Hz. Default: 156Hz. Hi Shelf 1000Hz to 21000Hz Default: 5990Hz. Master controls include: A LIGN D IRECT : On/Off. Default: Off. When set to On, this control delays the direct signal in order to align it to the Voices’ inherent latency. With the Ali gn On, you can r[...]

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    Waves Doubler software guide page 6 of 6 Master Output and meters M ASTER O UTPUT G AIN : 0.0 to –infinity. Default: 0.0dB. The Master Gain control will affect the total Doubler output, including the direct path. When there is a generally good-sounding setup that occasionally clips the output, you can adjust the gai n in order to eliminate clippi[...]