Waves NetShell APA 32 Audio Processing Accelerator

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Mac or PC, Native or TDM. Connects with a standard Ethernet port.

Waves NetShell APA 32 Audio Processing Accelerator

APA compatible plug-ins
L3 Multimaximizer

L3 Ultramaximizer

IR-360 Surround Parametric Convolution Reverb (Mac)

IR-1 Parametric Convolution Reverb V2

IR-L Light Convolution Reverb

Linear Phase Equalizer

Linear Phase Multiband

C4 Multiband Parametric Processor

Renaissance Reverb

Renaissance Channel (no external side-chain)

SoundShifter

Morphoder

TransX (Multi)

Q-Clone

Note that although APA units support both Pro Tools TDM and Pro Tools LE, Waves TDM Plug-Ins are still required for TDM functionality.

System Requirements
Mac
G4 Dual 1Ghz
512MB RAM
OS-X 10.3.8
Minimal Screen resolution 800x600

PC
P4 or AMD Athlon 2Ghz
512MB RAM
Windows XP & SP1
Minimal Screen resolution 800x600

Supported Hosts and Versions
Mac
ProTools 6.9
Cubase SX 3.0.2
Nuendo 3.0.2
Logic Pro 7.1
Digital Performer 4.52 PC
ProTools 6.9
Cubase SX 3.0.2
Nuendo 3.0.2

Performance
The APA32 achieved the following results at 44.1kHz 24-bit with a hardware buffer size of 512 samples and a Netshell latency of 1024 samples.

Plug-In Number Of Instances
C4 = 12
LinEQ BroadBand = 9
LinMB = 6
Morphoder = 8
Renaissance Channel (no ext. side-chain) = 11
Renaissance Reverb = 9
TransX (Multi) = 12
SoundShifter Pitch = 2
L3 MultiMaximizer = 5
IR-1 = 6

APA32 Connection Requirements
For direct connection from 1 computer to 1 APA32 unit: Dedicated 100 Mbps Ethernet port

For direct connection from 1 computer to multiple APA units: Dedicated 1000 Mbps Ethernet port, Ethernet switch

For direct connection from multiple computers to multiple APA units: Dedicated 1000 Mbps Ethernet port,managed Ethernet switch
supporting V-LAN

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 865-909-9200

Submitted January 7, 2006

Waves NetShell APA 32 Customer Review

Overall: 2.5 out of 5 stars
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