WAVES Manny Marroquin Tone Shaper User Guide
- June 7, 2024
- WAVES
Table of Contents
MANNY MARROQUIN
TONE SHAPER
User Guide
Chapter 1 – Introduction
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Product Overview
The Waves Signature Series is our exclusive line of application-specific audio
processors, created in collaboration with the world’s top producers,
engineers, and mixing engineers. Every Signature Series plugin has been
precision-crafted to capture the artist’s distinct sound and production style.
For experienced and aspiring audio professionals alike, the Waves Signature
Series allows you to dial up the sound you’re looking for quickly, without
interrupting your creative flow.
Four-time GRAMMY® award-winning mixing engineer Manny Marroquin takes the
Waves Signature Series to a new level with six hybrid plugins that bring his
unique workflow to your studio. Alongside his personalized versions of tried-
and-true favorites like EQ, reverb, delay, and distortion, Manny introduces
the innovative new Tone Shaper and Triple D plugins which are destined to
become mixing essentials as well. Combining inspiration from his impressive
collection of unique and boutique hardware, together ith the fruits of his
imagination, the Manny Marroquin Signature Series gives you direct access to
the same tools Manny uses to mix hit after hit.
The Manny Marroquin Signature Series consists of six plugins:
- Manny Marroquin EQ – A four-band equalizer, with each cutoff point inspired by a different hardware unit that Manny uses for that range.
- Manny Marroquin Reverb –18 of Manny’s favorite reverbs in one plugin, topped off with a bit of EQ, compression, phasing, and distortion.
- Manny Marroquin Delay – A delay plus multi-effect plugin with phaser, reverb, distortion, and harmonizer for enhanced depth and groove.
- Manny Marroquin Distortion – A delicious, crunchy-style distortion for those times when you need to get down and dirty.
- Manny Marroquin Triple D – 3 “Ds” (DeEsser, DeHarsher, DeBoxy) that make it easy to remove those unpleasant – even painful – frequencies.
- Manny Marroquin Tone Shaper – Parallel compression per four frequency ranges plus EQ and ‘secret ingredients’ for added body and richness.
Concepts, Terminology & Interface
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Direct Section
Direct refers to the direct (input) signal. -
Bands Level Section
Low/Lo Mid/Hi Mid/High refer to the bands to which you can apply processing. Processed bands will be added to the direct signal unless you turn the direct signal off. -
Bands In/Out Section allows the muting of individual bands.
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Bands Type Section
The knobs numbered 1-2-3 refer to the three frequency ranges per band; 1 is lowest, 3 is the highest. Each type has a different shape, giving it its own unique character. -
Width Section includes level and bypass controls.
Signal Flow
A Few Words from Manny Marroquin
“Parallel compression plays a huge part in my mixing technique. It adds richness and really brings out the full character of almost any sound and helps different elements stand ut within a mix. The Tone Shaper is a parallel compressor with four separate bands plus EQ and a few other ‘secret ingredients’ that make it quick and easy to change the tonality of track to match your mix. I’ve found that when a mix is like 80% there, instead of EQ or volume, adding the Tone Shaper makes things jump out, without sacrificing space in the mix.”
Components
WaveShell technology enables us to split Waves processors into smaller
plugins, which we call components. Having a choice of components for a
particular processor gives you the flexibility to choose the configuration
best suited to your material.
The Waves Manny Marroquin Tone Shaper plugin has two components:
- MannyM Tone Shaper – Mono
- MannyM Tone Shaper – Stereo
WaveSystem Toolbar
Use the bar at the top of the plugin to save and load presets, compare
settings, undo and redo steps, and resize the plugin. To learn more, click the
icon at the upper-right
corner of the window and open the WaveSystem Guide.
Chapter 2 – Controls
INPUT controls the level of the plugin.
Range: -18 – 18 dB
DIRECT controls the level of the direct (input) signal, post send to
parallel processing.
Range: -50 – 50
DIRECT IN/OUT mutes the direct signal from the output. When the direct
signal is muted, only the processed signal is heard.
Range: In, Out
LOW controls the level of the low-frequency range of the parallel
process.
Range: 0 – 100
LOW IN/OUT mutes the Low section signal path, removing it from the
output. (See signal flow diagram)
Range: In, Out
LOW TYPE selects the specific low-frequency range.
Range: 1, 2, 3 (1 = lowest, 3 = highest)
LO MID controls the level of the low mid-frequency range of the parallel
process.
Range: 0 – 100
LO MIDI IN/OUT mutes the Lo Midsection signal path, removing it from the
output. (See signal flow diagram)
Range: In, Out
LO MID TYPE selects the specific low mid-frequency range.
Range: 1, 2, 3 (1 = lowest, 3 = highest)
HI MID controls the level of the high mid-frequency range of the parallel
process.
Range: 0 – 100
HI MID IN/OUT mutes the Hi section signal path, removing it from the
output. (See signal flow diagram)
Range: In, Out
HI, MID TYPE selects the specific high mid-frequency range.
Range: 1, 2, 3 (1 = lowest, 3 = highest)
HIGH controls the level of the high-frequency range of the parallel
process.
Range: 0 – 100
HIGH IN/OUT mutes the Hi Midsection signal path, removing it from the
output. (See signal flow diagram)
Range: In, Out
HIGH TYPE selects the specific high-frequency range.
Range: 1, 2, 3 (1 = lowest, 3 = highest)
WIDTH receives pre-fader input from the low mid, high mid, and high
parallel paths,
widening the stereo image of the signal it receives. (Stereo component only)
Range: 0 – 100
WIDTH IN/OUT allows the Width effect to be bypassed. (See signal flow
diagram)
Range: In, Out
OUTPUT controls the plugin output level.
Range: -18 – 18 dB
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References
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