Over the next few months, Wave Arts will be releasing each new plug-in; they will continue to be sold individually and in cost-saving bundles. In addition, until the new products are all released they are offering huge savings on their existing version 4 plug-ins, which includes the option to upgrade to v5 when available.

The first plug-in available from the bundle is MultiDynamics 5. MultiDynamics is a powerful multi-band dynamics processor useful for mastering, noise reduction, volume maximization, sound design, and much more. MultiDynamics provides up to 6 bands with independent compression or expansion/gating per band.

Features:

• Up to 6 independent bands.
• Full featured compressor or expander/gate per band.
• NEW: Clean and vintage compression modes.
• NEW: Visual interface design.
• NEW: Support up to 192K.
• NEW: Brand new presets and enhanced preset management.
• Proprietary crossover filter network eliminates amplitude distortion between bands.
• 18 dB/oct and 30 dB/oct crossovers.
• Per band bypass, solo and mute controls.
• Comprehensive visualization of input levels and dynamic EQ response.
• Adjustable knees and look-ahead.

MultiDynamics is available now for Windows (VST/DX/RTAS) and Mac OS X (VST/AU/MAS/RTAS) and, for a limited time, it is available for an introductory price of US$174.95. Visit www.wavearts.com for more information including upgrade information and demo versions.

In all, Power Suite 5 will include:

• TrackPlug: all-in-one channel strip with 10 band EQ, dual compressors, gate, sidechain EQ, brickwall filters, clean/vintage modes, and a peak limiter.
• MultiDynamics: up to 6 bands of dynamics processing.
• MasterVerb: multi-algorithm reverb with comprehensive early reflection and dynamics control.
• FinalPlug: mastering limiter/volume maximizer with extensive dither options and a brand new limiting algorithm.
• Panorama: 3-D virtual acoustics processor with binaural HRTF technology and environment modeling.