Waves MaxxBCL Digital Processing Unit
Includes MaxxBass, Compressor, and L2

Waves MaxxBCL Digital Processing Unit is their premier Live Sound tool. Its combination of world-class bass enhancement, compression and limiting, plus its rugged construction make it the ideal hardware solution for live venues of all shapes and sizes.  Today, many of the biggest names in show business are using MaxxBCL. including Ratt Sounds, Gwen Stefani, Cirque de Soleil, and Metallica, to name just a few.

Maxximum Bass increases bass response while reducing low frequency energy, and relieves strain on power amps and speakers.  The low-frequency feedback and rumble control improves lows from thin-sounding mics and overall gives you rounder bass from any system.  Maxximum Loudness provides in-your-face volume without distortion, increasing signal level dramatically and limiting peaks without artifacts.  Also included is Waves' IDR (Increased Digital Resolution) and ARC (Automatic Release Control).  The unit sports sleek streamlined controls and back-lit display, with the highest quality AD/DA conversion, and precision metering with peak hold options.  The reinforced construction and sturdy rack mounts are built to stand the rigors of the road.

In the Broadcast world, every radio and television station wants the loudest, best-sounding signal possible. As a broadcaster, you need to serve a variety of different systems, from headphones and computer speakers to televisions and car stereos. It isn’t always easy.  Traditional bass boosts cut into your dynamic range since bass peaks require extra headroom. And everyday compression and limiting methods add unwanted artifacts to your signal. 

For live music in studio, Waves Maxx BCL Digital Processing Unit provides the necessary overshoot-free, brick-wall limiting for unpredictable live music situations and evens out the mix with the announcer's voice. For live music feeds over ISDN, you get a well-mannered signal to the codec, resulting in a higher quality feed, whether you use analog or digital inputs.  When loading music into Automation Systems, the unit smoothes out the differences in recorded material to give a more even and fuller sound to your music archive.  And for live news reports, you can stabilize uneven man-in-the-street or news reporter recordings and provide an even sound to varying levels coming from the field.  Also, you Broadcast Production stidio benefits by punching up commercial spots, promos, and bumpers.

Mastering & Post Production
You won’t find ears more discriminating than those of the Mixing engineers in the mastering and post production environment. They require the cleanest signal path and most accurate sound quality to give every project the finishing touch of power and perfection.They are the last stop before music goes public, and it has to sound right.  They also need first-rate processing tools to create that broadcast–ready sound that listeners expect and clients demand.
-Resolution
  -MaxxBCL protects the sonic integrity of your source material with state-of-the-art components:
  -Premium 24-bit A/D & D/A converters
  -Superior quality transformers
  -High definition 96kHz sample rate
  -48-bit double precision internal signal processing
  -Passive analog input path
  -IDR (Increased Digital Resolution) with noise shaping and dithering
-Transparency
  -These days, top volume is not a choice, it’s a must. MaxxBCL’s Renaissance Compressor and L2 Ultramaximizer give you the power to
     deliver the in-your-face sound that is a requirement for today‘s hit records and motion pictures.
  -Vintage Opto and transparent Electro compression modes
  -Increased signal level without distortion
  -Overshoot-free peak limiting
  -ARC Automatic Release Control
-Depth
  -Mastering studios and post production houses need to create audio that translates well to every kind of system, large and small.
    MaxxBass gives you the power you need to get big bass out of ANY system.
  -Increases bass response while reducing low frequency energy
  -Enables lows below actual speaker capability
  -Psycho-acoustic technology conserves system resources

Waves MaxxBCL Digital Processing Unit Specifications:
-Analog Input Stage
  -Maximum Analog Input Gain: 24 dBu
  -Input Impedance, Balanced Input: 32 kOhm@1kHz 
-Analog Output Stage
  -Maximum Output: +24dBu
  -Output Impedance 600 ?
-ADC (@44.1kHz)
  -Frequency response: 10Hz - 24 kHz / -0.1dB@10Hz ÷ 0.01@24k
  -THD + Noise: = 0.0006 % @ 1kHz @ -1dBFS
  -THD 3rd Harmonic: -126 dBFS @1kHz, -10dBFS
-DAC (@44.1kHz)
  -Frequency response: 20Hz-21kHz / - 0.4dB@20Hz ÷ 0.05dB@21kHz
  -Noise: = -108 dB (unweighted)
  -THD+Noise: = 0.003% @1kHz, -1dBFS
  -Maximum Output: +24dBu
  -Output Impedance: 600 ohms @ 1kHz
  -Crosstalk: = -102 dB (1kHz, 0 dBFS)
  -THD+N: = 0.003% @ 1kHz un-weighted
  -Frequency response: -0.4 dB@20Hz ÷ 0.05 @ 21kHz 
-Latency (in samples)
  -Digital to Digital: 133 @44.1, 48kHz, 261 @88.2, 96kHz
  -Analog to Digital: 176 @44.1, 48kHz, 301 @88.2, 96kHz
  -Digital to Analog: 182 @44.1, 48kHz, 313 @88.2, 96kHz
  -Analog to Analog: 225 @44.1, 48kHz, 353 @88.2, 96kHz 
-User Interface
  -Clear backlit displays, meters and buttons are visible in all lighting conditions
  -THD + Noise: = 0.0006 % @ 1kHz @ -1dBFS
  -Precision Metering with resettable peak hold options (2 sec, infinite)
  -Accurate, wide range metering covering 90dB for input and output and 12dB for compressor and limiter attenuation
  -Quick access independent bypass on each processing block
  -Tactile feedback knobs
  -4 easy store/recall user presets 
-Input / Output
  -Analog, AES/EBU, SPDIF
  -Independent rear panel input and output headroom calibration in 6 steps (+9, 12, 15, 18, 20 and 24 dBu)
  -Passive analog inputs to the A to D converters
  -Waves analog input transformers
  -Waves analog output transformers
  -High performance IDR dithering to 16 or 24 bit output
  -Precise input level setting using 1% resistor networks 
-Processing
  -48 bit end-to-end internal processing path
  -Switchable compressor/MaxxBass order 
-Compressor
  -Opto/Electro mode selection
  -Threshold (0-60dB), Ratio (1:1-12:1) and Attack (0.5, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50 ms) controls
  -Proprietary ARC Automatic Release Control
  -Automatic gain makeup.
-MaxxBass
  -Adjustable processor frequency from 25Hz to 120Hz
  -Adjustable harmonic mix percentage from 0 to 100%
  -High Pass Filter "harmonics only" option 
-Limiter 
  -Overshoot-free Look-ahead processing
  -Adjustable Threshold (0-18dB)
  -Adjustable Output Ceiling (0-18dBFS)