Subject: WaveParse: Free Forensic Plugin Suite for ACX Compliance (mix of VST3 & Nyquist plugins)
The Philosophy: Divide and conquer. Typically no need for limiters, "smart" filters, squashing, or anything else. Just linear gain, zero-crossing accuracy, and forensic transparency with extreme precision.
The Tools: A suite of 32 plugins (8 VST3, 24 Nyquist) designed to help narrators and engineers hit ACX standards with independent gain adjustments to floor, peaks, and body. Tools also for spotting anomalies in files (pure- or near-zero intervals, bad splices, and noises).
Isolate & Identify: Use "Find" plugins to label Peaks, Floor, and Mid-range without changing the audio. A label track will mark them for you.
Surgical Correction: Use "Show" plugins to expose floor, peaks, and body for independent adjustment. Remix to final output track.
Zero-Crossing Accurate: Every cut is sample-accurate at a zero-crossing. Gain changes by Audacity will not produce clicks. The ability to adjust without interaction among floor, peaks, and body prevents need for limiters, compressors, and other artifact-inducing processing.
Forensic Markers: Issues are tagged in a Label Track for manual audit. There is a facility for A/B audio comparison without resorting to manual track switching.
The Platform: WaveParse is currently available only for the Window x64 environment. The distribution ZIP includes a Windows batch file to handle the installation of all 32 plugins automatically, saving you from manual folder navigation. There is a complementary 'uninstall' batch file as well.
The Price: Free, now and forever. Currently in functional Beta (additional Tools and Analysis plugins are in active development).
Details: https://waveparse.com; questions to info@waveparse.com. There are more images in a gallery at the website. The two images shared here are limited resolution for size, open in your browser with https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TNrWxm ... sp=sharing and https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_EzFh6 ... sp=sharing.
To obtain the link to the distribution ZIP file, please request via info@waveparse.com. I repeat a promise made in the readme files: "Your email address will be used ONLY to provide update information from time to time; there will be no other use and your email address will not be provided to any third party."
A comprehensive forensic suite of VST3 and Nyquist plugins designed for precision ACX compliance without the use of l
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MarkGardner620 MarkGardner620 https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=803989
- KVRer
- 8 posts since 20 Apr, 2026
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MarkGardner620 MarkGardner620 https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=803989
- KVRer
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- 8 posts since 20 Apr, 2026
I'm new, so the site has disabled the image links in my post. It has not disabled the URL, so please feel free to go see the images in the gallery there (I'm working on an improved website, where the images will be incorporated better).
- KVRAF
- 10135 posts since 16 Dec, 2002
I can see the images
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MarkGardner620 MarkGardner620 https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=803989
- KVRer
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- 8 posts since 20 Apr, 2026
Thanks for the note. It's just that the in-post images were saved with lower quality to meet size requirement; the online versions open in the browser and are much clearer.
There will soon be a 'Wave Stats' plugin, designed to be helpful in planning and verifying ACX compliance.
There will soon be a 'Wave Stats' plugin, designed to be helpful in planning and verifying ACX compliance.
