Waves Magma Tube Channel Strip

About Waves Magma Tube Channel Strip

The Waves Magma Tube Channel Strip is a comprehensive plugin that brings the rich, textured analog tube sound to your digital audio workstation. Designed to cover essential mixing needs, it combines drive/saturation, EQ, and dynamics processing in a single, user-friendly interface.

• Input drive/saturation: Ranges from subtle warmth to full harmonic distortion, delivering a soft clipping sound that enhances presence.
• 3-band musical EQ: Features high and low shelves, plus a mid-range bell with sweepable frequency control for intuitive tone shaping.
• Dynamics section: Includes a single-knob compressor for gentle glue or aggressive pumping, with a ‘SMASH’ mode for increased compression ratio and faster attack/release times; also offers an expander/gate for tighter, more focused sound.

Ideal for vocals, instruments, or buses, the Magma Tube Channel Strip adds depth and dimension to digital tracks, imparting warmth and clarity reminiscent of vintage valve hardware.