there's a new waves plugin out it's a modulation plugin called kaleidoscopes
and it's probably the only modulation plugin that you'll
ever need it's based on some of the best classic
modulation hardware effects but waves brings them into the modern
realm by adding some innovative and exciting features now i'm
going to get into the classics that have inspired kaleidoscopes
and talk about the features in just a bit i'm zane
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included a link down in the description to the kaleidoscopes listing on the
waves plug-in site so you can easily hop over there see if there's any promos
on right now and get some more information on this
plugin if you need it now i really want to hear what this
sounds like on a couple of sources and then i'm going to talk about the
classics that inspired it and the features so let's listen to it
right now
now let's dig into what's gone into this plugin
with kaleidoscopes waves set out to build this dynamic contemporary effects
ecosystem that's been inspired by some of their favorite analog and
digital modulation classics from legendary eras like the 60s with the
beatles phasing and tape flanging or the 70s stadium tremolo guitar vibes
and those chorus units from the 80s now let's talk about some of the specific
hardware units that are being modeled in kaleidoscopes then we're going to
look at the modern touches that waves brings to these classics
modulation in modern music began with the introduction of tremolo
and vibrato effects specifically designed for guitarists
with the dearmond 601 tremolo control from 1941
the fender tremelox from 1955 and the fender vibralux from 1963 and
these are what influenced the tremolo section of kaleidoscopes
so let's give it a listen now
next up is the tape machine phasing and double tracking tricks that
producers from expensive studios kind of forced the
evolution into standalone studio effects processors
phaser effects like event tides instant phaser model
ps101 from 1972 mxr's phase 90 from 1974
and mxr's phase 100 from 1977 and they all began successfully simulating tape
flanging and these specific units are the big
influences on the kaleidoscopes plug-in let's give them a listen
now let's go back to the introduction of flanger and chorus effects
we have the event tied instant flanger from 1976
and the boss ce1 chorus ensemble also from 1976 and these units became
creatively useful for a wide variety of things from
creating dreamy effects and simulating wide stereo images
they also give you the ability for unlimited track enhancements as needed
and those two hardware effects are what waves really modeled
in kaleidoscopes for the chorus and the flange effect so
let's give them a listen now
now let's look at the modern touches that have been added to kaleidoscopes
it features a dual cascade engine so you can cascade the effects
into one another for richer effects and you can switch this
off by using the serial or parallel button in the middle here
set it to serial and the effects cascade from effect 1
into effect 2. turn it to parallel and each effect is processed separately
you can choose the modulation shape with the drop down menu here
allowing you to really dial in some unique sounds
it also has an intelligent triggering slash
side chaining system that adapts the effects to your source input and
this is pretty interesting as usually sidechain is for compression but
it could actually be pretty cool on modulation effects too
apparently dwezel zappa was instrumental in developing the trigger section
of kaleidoscopes dweasel is the son of frank zappa who
invented the dynaflanger which uses dynamics to affect the dynaflanger's
effect so this is really cool and i want to
check out the side chaining right now so let's test it out
this is probably the only modulation plugin that you'll ever need it has
all your bases covered and it can create some new and inventive sounds that can
help you stand apart in the crowd if you want to check out even more waves
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