OneKnob Brighter boosts high frequencies intelligently with a single knob, adding brightness and air to tracks and mixes.

Behind the big knob, the plugin varies level and frequency to optimise the psychoacoustic brightness effect without becoming harsh. Turn it all the way up for air, pull back for shine, or use lower settings for subtle enhancement. Guitars become more articulate, drums and cymbals sizzle, vocals gain air, strings zing and bass gains presence, while speech becomes more intelligible and muddy mixes clearer – instruments move forward without raising their levels.

Features

• Intelligent high-frequency boost with a single knob
• Brighter, clearer sound without harshness
• Improved intelligibility for vocals and narration
• Fixes muddy mixes
• Brings instruments forward without raising their levels

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.