Waves has announced the release of the Chris Lord-Alge Artist Signature Collection. It's available now for Windows and Mac OS X in VST, AU, RTAS and Audio Suite plug-in formats for $830.

The Chris Lord-Alge Artist Signature Collection, featuring six application-specific plug-ins - CLA Bass, CLA Drums, CLA Vocals, CLA Guitars, CLA Effects and CLA Unplugged, is the result of close collaboration between Grammy Award-winning mixing engineer Lord-Alge and the Waves R&D team.

Featuring:

• Complete all-in-one processing chains.
• Mono-to-stereo and stereo components.
• Optimized control ranges.
• 24bit/96kHz resolution.

Chris Lord-Alge on CLA Bass: "From sub-shaking smooth sounds to Mr. Buzzsaw, CLA Bass is just what the doctor ordered. The plug-in was designed to help you lay down a solid foundation for any song. It gives you six essential effects: bass, treble, compression, sub, distortion, and chorus/flange. Whether you want it to rip, roar, growl, bark, or cut, CLA Bass delivers."

Controls:

• Input Sensitivity is used to achieve optimal plug-in input level.
• Input Meter displays input signal peak level.
• Balance adjusts the offset between left and right signals. (Stereo component only)
• Sensitivity LED indicates the presence of proper levels.
• Bass controls low frequency gain.
• Bass Color toggles between low frequency filters.
• Treble controls high frequency gain.
• Treble Color toggles between high frequency filters.
• Compress controls the dynamic range.
• Compress Color toggles between compression characters.
• Sub enhances very low frequencies.
• Sub Color turns sub enhancement on/off.
• Distortion controls the amount of distortion.
• Distortion Color toggles between different distortion types.
• Pitch controls the pitch modulation wet mix.
• Pitch Color toggles between pitch modulation types.
• Output controls the output level.
• Output Meter displays output signal peak level.
• Clip LEDs light up when levels exceed 0 dBFS.

Chris Lord-Alge on CLA Drums: "One of my favorite activities is to work on drums. When creating the CLA Drums plug-in, I had one thing in mind: Anyone who uses it can get a great drum sound for any song and any mix and just have fun. There are six different modes: Kick, Snare, Toms, Overheads, Room and, of course, my favorite, Cowbell. There are three color-coded presets for bass EQ, treble EQ, compression, and reverb, plus a noise gate so you can even get rid of leakage. The faders let you control the amount of each effect and, especially important for drums, we've included a phase switch so you can find the best setting for the kit."

Controls:

• Drum Mode toggles between the six drum/mic'ing types: Kick, Snare, Toms, Cowbell (cymbals, hi-hats & bells), Over Heads, Room
• Input Sensitivity is used to achieve optimal plug-in input level.
• Input Meter displays input signal peak level.
• Balance adjusts the offset between left and right signals. (Stereo component only)
• Sensitivity LED indicates the presence of proper levels.
• Phase Switch engages input phase reversal.
• Bass controls low frequency gain.
• Bass Color toggles between low frequency filters.
• Treble controls high frequency gain.
• Treble Color toggles between high frequency filters.
• Compress controls the dynamics range.
• Compress Color toggles different compression characters.
• Reverb controls the reverb wet mix.
• Reverb Color toggles between reverb environments.
• Gate controls the gate threshold. (Not available in Cowbell mode)
• Gate Color toggles between gating shapes. (Not available in Cowbell mode)
• Delay controls the delay wet mix. (Cowbell mode only)
• Delay Color toggles delay times and character. (Cowbell mode only)
• Output controls the output level.
• Output Meter displays output signal peak level.
• Clip LEDs light up when levels exceed 0 dBFS.

Chris Lord-Alge on CLA Effects: "CLA Effects does it all. Filtered vocal? Check. Telephone FX? Check. John Lennon "I Am the Walrus" vocal distortion? Check and double check. Multiple delays with tape phasing? You got it. Reverb, tape slap, and long echo all at once? Yes, yes, and yes. One of my favorite features is the echo throw section: Hit the throw button and add long delays to just the words you want, with one click. And to top it all off, all tempos are matched to the session BPM, cutting out all the guesswork."

Controls:

• Input Sensitivity is used to achieve optimal plug-in input level.
• Input Meter displays input signal peak level.
• Balance adjusts the offset between left and right signals. (Stereo component only)
• Sensitivity LED indicates the presence of proper levels.
• Send Long Delay un-mutes the send to the Long Delay.
• EQ controls the high frequency shelf filter.
• EQ Color toggles between different filter effects.
• Distortion controls the amount of distortion in the wet mix.
• Distortion Color toggles between different distortion characters.
• Reverb controls the reverb wet mix.
• Reverb Color toggles between reverb environments.
• Short Delay controls the delay wet mix.
• Short Delay Color toggles delay times and characters. (Syncs to session BPM, Slap excluded)
• Long Delay controls the delay wet mix.
• Long Delay Color toggles between delay times and characters. (Syncs to session BPM)
• Pitch controls the pitch modulation wet mix.
• Pitch Color toggles between pitch modulation types.
• Direct controls unprocessed signal throughput, determining whether or not the dry signal is combined with the processed output.
• Output controls the output level.
• Output Meter displays output signal peak level.
• Clip LED lights up when levels exceed 0 dBFS.

Chris Lord-Alge on CLA Vocals: "The most important part of any song is the vocals. The CLA Vocals plug-in makes this part of mixing an absolute joy. I have taken the very best settings which I use in my everyday mixes and crafted them into this chain. It works great on all styles of singers and, best of all, they will want that sound every time. You also get three flavors of the top six effects you need: the right amount of bass, treble, compression, reverb, delay, and chorusing/doubling."

Controls:

• Input Sensitivity is used to achieve optimal plug-in input level.
• Input Meter displays input signal peak level.
• Balance adjusts the offset between left and right signals. (Stereo component only)
• Sensitivity LED indicates the presence of proper levels.
• Bass controls low frequency gain.
• Bass Color toggles between low frequency filters.
• Treble controls high frequency gain.
• Treble Color toggles between high frequency filters.
• Compress controls the dynamic range.
• Compress Color toggles between compression characters.
• Reverb controls the reverb wet mix.
• Reverb Color toggles between reverb environments.
• Delay controls the delay wet mix.
• Delay Color toggles between delay times and characters. (Syncs to session BPM)
• Pitch controls the pitch modulation wet mix.
• Pitch Color toggles between pitch modulation types.
• Output controls the output level.
• Output Meter displays output signal peak level.
• Clip LEDs light up when levels exceed 0 dBFS.

Chris Lord-Alge on CLA Guitars: "Two words describe the CLA Guitars plug-in: Instant Gratification. Every time I plug in my axe, I just can't stop playing. It delivers the guitar sounds I've used on tracks from Green Day to Daughtry, quickly and easily. It's like a guitar toolbox with all the necessary combinations. The plug-in features three modes—Clean, Crunch, and Heavy—with DI and Re-amping modes for each. You get three color-coded presets for the six most important effects, for the perfect blend of bass, treble, compression, reverb, delay, and chorusing/doubling."

Controls:

• Guitar Mode toggles between guitar modes: Clean, Crunch, Heavy, Bypass.
• Re-Amplify engages a modeled guitar amp, tailored for the current guitar mode.
• Input Sensitivity is used to achieve optimal plug-in input level.
• Input Meter displays input signal peak level.
• Balance adjusts the offset between left and right signals. (Stereo component only)
• Sensitivity LED indicates the presence of proper levels.
• Bass controls low frequency gain.
• Bass Color toggles between low frequency filters.
• Treble controls high frequency gain.
• Treble Color toggles between high frequency filters.
• Compress controls the dynamic range.
• Compress Color toggles between compression characters.
• Reverb controls the reverb wet mix.
• Reverb Color toggles reverb types.
• Delay controls the delay wet mix.
• Delay Color toggles between delay times and characters. (Syncs to session BPM)
• Pitch controls the pitch modulation wet mix.
• Pitch Color toggles between pitch modulation types.
• Output controls the output level.
• Output Meter displays output signal peak level.
• Clip LEDs light up when levels exceed 0 dBFS.

Chris Lord-Alge on CLA Unplugged: "CLA Unplugged is a dream box of reverb effects plus great hi-res EQ and compression for complex sounds. I always loved the Aerosmith "Dream On" vocal reverb with the really long pre-delay. And I wanted a plug-in that you could also put on strings, piano, acoustic guitars, and nylon guitar solos. This plug-in was designed to give you limitless reverb and delay possibilities, and the smoothest EQ curve around."

Controls:

• Input Sensitivity is used to achieve optimal plug-in input level.
• Input Meter displays input signal peak level.
• Balance adjusts the offset between left and right signals. (Stereo component only)
• Sensitivity LED indicates the presence of proper levels.
• Bass controls low frequency gain.
• Bass Color toggles between low frequency filters.
• Treble controls high frequency gain.
• Treble Color toggles between high frequency filters.
• Compress controls the dynamic range.
• Compress Color toggles between compression characters.
• Reverb 1 controls reverb 1 wet mix.
• Reverb 1 Color toggles between reverb environments.
• Pre Delay 1 controls the pre-delay timing of Reverb 1. (Syncs to session BPM)
• Pre Delay 1 On turns Reverb 1 pre-delay on or off.
• Reverb 2 controls Reverb 2 wet mix.
• Reverb 2 Color toggles between reverb environments.
• Pre Delay 2 controls the pre-delay timing of Reverb 2. (Syncs to session BPM)
• Pre Delay 2 On turns Reverb 2 pre-delay on or off.
• Delay controls the delay wet mix.
• Delay Color toggles between delay times and characters. (Syncs to session BPM)
• Direct controls unprocessed signal throughput, determining whether or not the dry signal is combined with the processed output.
• Output controls the output level.
• Clip LEDs light up when levels exceed 0 dBFS.