Renaissance Channel

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Renaissance Channel puts the best of Renaissance processing in one place: a complete channel strip combining EQ, compression and gating. The sound behind many modern classics, this is the channel strip of legends.

Renaissance Channel takes the precision of R-EQ, the tightness of R-Comp, the magic of R-Vox, and combines them into one of the user-friendly channel strips available. This feature-rich processor gives you serious control over your tracks and makes it difficult to get them sounding bad.

R-Channel features separate sidechains for the Gate and Compressor, with independent filters and source selectors.

R-Channel also features a double-precision 64-bit floating point internal audio path throughout the processing chain, all the way to the channel’s output. This eliminates the possibility of internal clipping in the EQ or compressor, without loss of resolution.

With an updated interface that is more intuitive than ever, this a “one-stop-shop” channel strip that will continually bring your music to life.

Channel strip plugin with EQ, Compression, Gating, Output sections
Separate sidechains for the Gate and Comp
Flexible signal path: selectable EQ/Dynamics signal flow
Stereo rotation control
Double-precision internal audio path
NEW: Presets by leading producers & engineers: Jack Joseph Puig, Lu Diaz, more
NEW: Updated interface with 3 skin options: Light, Dark, Legacy

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How to Create an Analog Workflow in your DAW using Channel Strip Plugins

Find out how channel strip plugins speed up your mixing workflow while adding the pleasing coloration of analog consoles within your DAW – and how they have adapted into the digital age with more flexibility than ever before.

Mark Ronson Producer, DJ, Recording Artist

Amy Winehouse, Jay-Z, Adele, Bruno Mars

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Sterling Winfield Producer, Engineer, Mixer

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Mike Hedges Producer / Engineer

U2, The Cure, Dido, Manic Street Preachers

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Alan Branch Producer, Engineer, Writer, Musician

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“Renaissance Channel is the Waves plugin I probably use the most, mainly on vocals. It’s a great toolbox for compression, gating and EQ, and a fast tool for sorting out problematic frequencies. It has lovely-sounding soft compression and an easy-to-use adjustable gate that greatly simplifies noise reduction.”

Peter Denenberg Producer, Recording & Mixing Engineer

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RENEGADE EL REY Artist, Writer, Engineer

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