Waves CLA MixHub Software Plug-In - Manual (Page 3)

CLA MixHub / User Guide
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Introduction
CLA MixHub from Waves is an innovative mixing tool that helps you to better visualize, understand, control, and mix
your tracks. It’s the first plugin that lets you arrange your tracks side by side in one window and work with them together.
This workflow comes naturally on analog mixing consoles, since channel strip modules are usually mounted in the
console frame in sections of eight or more channels. These groups of adjacent channel strips came to be known as
“buckets,” and organizing tracks by buckets was a natural way to control tracks that should be mixed at the same time.
This is what MixHub provides. One plugin can control eight buckets of eight tracks—up to 64 DAW tracks—so you can
see, compare, and mix many tracks from one plugin instance.
This lets you interact with your tracks in the same way you
do on a mixing console.
MixHub was developed in close collaboration with multiple Grammy ® winner Chris Lord-Alge, who has mixed a steady
flow of rock masterpieces. To make his mixes more productive and focused, Chris developed a workflow that groups
together the tracks he needs to concentrate on simultaneously, so he can mix them in context. In other words, he mixes
with buckets. This helps him understand and control how his mix elements work together.
Organization alone does not make for a good mix. You need great tools to make a great mix. With that in mind, Waves
precisely modeled Chris’s mixing console to provide a plugin that helps you find his signature sound and use it as part of
your own.
When Chris began working with Waves to bring his mixing technique to a plugin, he decided to add a few
more features to his tried-and-true console:
• The Gate/Expander section was improved to have a continuous attack time and a hold control, as well as a ducker
mode for full control over the envelope of the gate/expander process.
• There are two compressor types: Desk and Bluey. These modes have different dynamic behaviors and distinct
sonic signatures. These processing modes make up much of the character of CLA MixHub’s dynamics
processing.
• There is a dedicated sideband EQ section that does not hijack channel EQ.