A versatile multiband dynamics processor for serious audio surgery on individual tracks and masters, with four crossover bands and two floating bands.

Each band offers compression, expansion, upward expansion, limiting and dynamic EQ, so you can limit the lows, compress the mids, add articulation in the upper mids with upward expansion and tame hiss in the highs. C6 is optimised for any audio with a wide frequency range, from masters and drums to synths, heavy guitar and piano, and unlike linear-phase EQ it has a distinctly analog character. Instead of fussy ratio settings, the Range parameter sets the maximum amount of gain change, the release can behave VCA-style, opto-style or automatically, and every band can respond to an internal or external sidechain.

Features

• 4 crossover bands and 2 floating bands
• Compression, expansion, upward expansion, limiting and dynamic EQ
• Internal or external sidechain per band
• 3 release options: smooth, fast or automatic
• Customisable crossover frequencies and slopes
• Over 50 presets by top mixing engineers

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.