Waves Aphex Vintage Aural Exciter

Waves Aphex Vintage Aural Exciter

When it was originally introduced in the mid-1970s, the Aphex Aural Exciter® brought its distinctive sound to select sessions by leading recording artists, traveling from studio to studio as an exclusive (and expensive) rental unit.

A true groundbreaker, the original Aural Exciter was highly regarded for its ability to increase and enhance presence, brightness, and vibrancy on vocal and instrumental tracks alike. It was even credited as a "session player" on best-selling albums by the likes of Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor, engineered by Val Garay, who worked closely with us on the development of the plugin.

Modeled on one of only a few tube-powered units ever made, the new Waves Aphex Vintage Aural Exciter plugin delivers all the unique character of the rare original hardware unit, with all the advantages of software.

Features

Faithful model of the rare tube-powered original
Adds brightness, vibrancy and depth
Increases presence without raising levels
Perfect for vocal and instrumental tracks alike
Mix and AX modes for insert or send configurations
Mono and stereo components
Up to 24bit/192kHz resolution
Supports TDM, RTAS, Audio Suite, VST, AU
PC and Mac compatible

Controls

MODE selects the processing mode: MIX1, MIX2, AX.
METER selects VU meter view options.
INPUT controls input gain.
AX MIX controls the amount of AX (aural excitement)
added to the original signal.
OUTPUT controls output gain.
MAINS controls analog characteristics caused by hum,
based on the power supplies of the original units.

NOISE controls the level of the modeled analog noise.
System Requirements

Platform	PC	Mac
Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz / AMD Athlon 64 or equivalent	Core Duo 2.3Ghz
RAM	1 GB on XP 2 GB on Vista / Windows 7	2 GB
Operating System	WinXP 32-bit SP2 & SP3 Vista Business 32-bit SP1 Vista Ultimate 32-bit SP1 Windows 7 32-bit	10.5.8 - 10.6.6
Screen Resolution	1024x768 32-bit	1024x768

iLOK Required