Wave Arts

About Wave Arts

Wave Arts is a Massachusetts-based plugin developer founded in 1998 by Dr. William Grant Gardner, who earned his Ph.D. at the MIT Media Lab and spent seven years at Kurzweil Music Systems building signal processing tools. The company designs professional DAW plugins for mixing, mastering, audio restoration, and 3-D binaural processing, plus licenses its DSP algorithms to other software makers. Wave Arts is known for CPU-efficient, no-frills design and for Panorama, a 3-D audio processor using HRTF and room modeling. The company also offers Convology XT, a free convolution reverb, and maintains a long-running product line that continues to serve engineers who value clean DSP without the bloat.

Channel Strips and Mixing Tools

TrackPlug 7 is Wave Arts' channel strip plugin, bundling EQ, compression, gating, and saturation in a single insert. It's built for engineers who want fast, repeatable results without opening five separate windows. The interface is direct: you see what you need, you adjust it, you move on. Power Suite 7 bundles TrackPlug with the company's other mixing processors, giving you a full toolkit for tracking and mix sessions. Both are designed to run light on CPU, so you can load them across dozens of tracks without hearing your fan spin up.

Mastering and Dynamics

FinalPlug 7 is Wave Arts' mastering processor, combining multiband compression, limiting, and EQ in a single plugin. It's aimed at engineers finishing mixes in the box who need transparent loudness and tonal shaping without a dedicated mastering chain. MultiDynamics 7 offers multiband compression and expansion with up to six bands, useful for surgical dynamics work on buses or complex sources. MasterVerb 7 is a reverb designed for mastering and final mix touches, with early reflections, diffusion control, and EQ built in. These tools prioritize clarity and low CPU overhead over visual spectacle.

Restoration and Spatial Processing

Master Restoration Suite 6 includes four plugins: MR Noise, MR Hum, MR Click, and MR Gate. They're built for cleaning up location audio, archival transfers, and noisy recordings without introducing artifacts. Dialog 2 is a voice-focused processor combining EQ, compression, de-essing, and noise reduction in one plugin, designed for podcast editors and post-production mixers. Panorama 7 is Wave Arts' 3-D audio and room-modeling processor, using HRTF and crosstalk cancellation to place sounds in virtual acoustic spaces. It's a niche tool, but engineers working in binaural or immersive audio rely on it for spatial imaging that holds up on headphones.

Shop Wave Arts at Blackout Audio

Wave Arts plugins deliver clean DSP and efficient workflows for engineers who value function over flash. TrackPlug and the Master Restoration Suite handle the daily work of tracking, mixing, and cleanup without taxing your system. Free shipping on orders over $199 across Canada. Browse the full catalog online and reach out to the Blackout Audio team with any questions about formats or compatibility.