CLA Unplugged

CLA Unplugged is the result of close collaboration between Grammy Award-winning mixing engineer Lord-Alge and the Waves R&D team.

Acoustic instruments play in an acoustic space, so enveloping them with a realistic ambiance is crucial to the mixing process. Chris Lord-Alge (Foo Fighters, Muse, Green Day, Bruce Springsteen) knows that glorious acoustic sounds require exquisite effect chains.

CLA Unplugged's two lush reverbs (each with pre-delay), delay, bass/treble EQ, and compression give all acoustic instruments a luxurious polish—from realistic textures, to rich and dreamy.

Featuring:

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

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.

Chris Lord-Alge on CLA Unplugged

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.

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