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Waves Audio, provider of digital signal processing solutions and digital music production tools, now celebrates its 25^th anniversary, an occasion that also marks the advent of the digital plugin itself — a concept that has revolutionized every corner of audio production over the last quarter-century.

To mark this occasion, Waves is now shipping revamped and reskinned versions of three of its plugins: the Q10 Equalizer, the AudioTrack channel strip plugin, and the L1 Ultramaximizer level maximizer/peak limiter. These revamped 25th Anniversary editions include new plugin features, as well as a choice between two graphic user interfaces – the traditional ‘Legacy’ interface, and the new ‘Modern’ interface created especially for the 25th Anniversary celebrations.

Twenty-five years ago, Waves introduced the first audio plugin, the Q10 Paragraphic Equalizer. With its introduction, Waves not only transformed the way we work in the recording studio, it also created an entirely new industry sector: software-based audio signal processing. Further, Waves attributes the Q10 as giving the computer a new status in music recording by offering high-end professional sound quality “in the box,” on par with the sound provided by hardware gear.

What was then considered a surprising foray into computer-driven sound processing tools has since become a prevalent industry staple, with Waves tools now being used in many sectors of the audio market, from recording, mixing, mastering and post-production, to broadcast, live sound, and consumer electronics. For its accomplishments, Waves received a Technical GRAMMY Award in 2011.

Waves has gone on to develop a comprehensive line of over 200 audio plugins, a line of hardware units, and an expanding line of virtual instruments.

For more information visit www.waves.com