The Airwaves interface, nine stages of DSP behind four honest knobs.
High-frequency saturation and enhancement. We built it to add air and top-end life to a mix without adding harshness.
The Airwaves interface, nine stages of DSP behind four honest knobs.
Three cascaded Baxandall shelves (700Hz/10kHz/16kHz) through harmonic saturation, then measured RMS gain compensation so tone changes don't become loudness changes.
A dedicated parallel stage above 8kHz, with M/S pinking shelves that keep the extra air centered instead of smearing the stereo image.
Fast/slow envelope ratio on the final output distinguishes actual transient onsets from raw level.
6 independent narrowband detectors (2800/3600/4500/5500/6800/8200Hz), each with its own fast/slow envelope and 3ms lookahead so gain reduction arrives ahead of the peak, Soothe-style, no cross-band interaction.
Threshold margin set from real-time measured crest factor so dense, loud material doesn't pin the knob to its narrowest setting.
Isolates the Side channel above 6kHz and upward-expands only its transient deviation, Mid signal untouched.
Always-on two-stage true-peak limiter, no bypass switch in the UI.
A sheet-lightning flash is tied to the same transient detector driving Spark Happy.
Airwaves is finished and release-ready — code-signed, notarized by Apple, and passing auval and pluginval. $49 USD individually, or $169 USD as part of the Elemental Mastering Suite. The store opens shortly; join the list and we'll email you the day it does. $5 from every purchase goes to BC Children's Hospital Foundation.
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