Bass Rider automatically keeps your bass at a target level – without compression, so attack, tone and sustain stay intact.

The plugin monitors your bass track and raises or lowers its level in real time, with no latency and no dynamics processing, evening out uneven notes and keeping the bass steady in the mix. Its gain moves are written as an automation track that you can fine-tune if needed. Bass Rider works with electric, acoustic, upright and synth bass, and is also useful on kick drum or on guitars feeding amp simulators. String buzz and spill from other instruments can be ignored by the level riding.

Features

• Automatic gain riding for consistent bass, live and in the studio
• Real-time operation with no added latency
• Writes an automation track you can fine-tune
• Preserves attack, tone, sustain and dynamics
• For all bass types, plus kick drum and guitar
• Ignores string noise and spill

Technical details

• Operating systems: Windows, macOS
• Plug-in formats: VST3, Audio Unit (macOS only), AAX
• Architecture: 64 bit
• Licensing: licence key, machine-bound or USB flash drive (via Waves Central)

System requirements

• macOS 14 Sonoma, 15 Sequoia, 26 Tahoe or 27 Golden Gate (Apple silicon or Intel)
• Windows 10 64-bit (version 22H2) or Windows 11 (Intel or AMD, x64)
• 16 GB RAM
• 30 GB free disk space on the system drive

The licence is registered with the manufacturer at https://www.waves.com/downloads/central. You will receive your serial number and the download link by e-mail immediately after purchase.