Waves Audio has announced that it is now shipping an innovative utility tool that transforms any Waves mono-compatible plugin into an immersive processor for multi-channel and object-based mixing in Dolby Atmos or other immersive formats.
Immersive Wrapper brings the benefits of dedicated bus processing to Atmos mixes, solving a challenge faced by immersive mixers who have longed for the ability to shape the overall sound and character of an immersive mix with bus compression, EQ, or saturation just as they are accustomed to applying on a stereo master bus when mixing in two-channel stereo.
While the immersive mix is still outputted to the renderer as separate beds and objects, Immersive Wrapper works in a control-linked multi-mono configuration to deliver output channel cohesion and a unified feel to mixes from mono up to 9.1.6 channel configurations.
“I can leverage the sonic bells and whistles that I have collected over decades of stereo experience for Dolby Atmos,” shares Engineer and Producer Hans-Martin Buff (Prince, Scorpions, Peter Gabriel), who contributed to the development of Immersive Wrapper.
“This allows me to create a unified punch across seemingly unconnected tracks and custom-tailor presets to fit my immersive concepts. Every element of the spatial landscape can interact, functioning as a cohesive whole or as distinct fronts, surrounds, and tops. I can also develop mixing chains and truly immersive effects. With Immersive Wrapper, Dolby Atmos mixing is no longer a sonic workaround; it’s the plug-and-play experience it was meant to be.”
Immersive Wrapper features
- Supports all track types, from mono to 7.1.2 to 9.1.6 and everything in between.
- Supports all mono-compatible Waves plugins.
- Create advanced multi-mono configurations with flexible linking and relative parameter control.
- Cross-track “Global Group” linking expands multi-mono functionality to cover an entire immersive (e.g. Atmos) mix.
- Comprehensive shared internal sidechain system, for mix-wide dynamics processing.
Waves Immersive Wrapper is available for purchase as a single plugin (perpetual license) for $249 USD, and is also included in the Waves Ultimate subscription.
More information: Waves Audio / Immersive Wrapper