Waves Renaissance Compressor

The Renaissance Compressor revives the warmth that made vintage analog compressors great—with the transparency and additional features made possible only with modern software designs.

As the gold standard for modern compressors, R-Comp brings clarity and definition, with the added versatility of classic opto or modern “electro” attack/release times.

Choose Your Character

Maybe you like a smooth, “optical” character for vocals and bass. Or maybe you prefer the modern VCA sound for tighter, faster compression. Renaissance Compressor offers you the best of both characters.

Compress Down—or Expand Up

Emphasize the snap of percussion, accent acoustic guitar strums, or make attacks more prominent—to give the excitement of upward expansion, Renaissance Compressor can set compression ratios lower than 1:1.

Presets to Kick Start Your Projects

Explore dozens of presets from world-class producers and engineers including Michael Brauer (Coldplay), Greg Wells (Dua Lipa), Lu Diaz (Jay Z), and Dave Pensado (Justin Timberlake), and more.

Features:

1. Choose from warm or smooth character
2. Flexibility to handle all common compressor scenarios
3. Parameters control “feel” as well as performance
4. Three skins customize the compressor’s look
5. Auto-release provides silky gain reduction, even when pushed
6. Compression and upward expansion, both with soft knee
7. Ultramaximizer-based limiter catches peaks
8. Informative metering includes a limiting indicator

Requirements:

• mac
  • cpu:Intel or Silicon Architecture
  • ram:8
  • disk:16
  • version:macOS Catalina 10.15, Big Sur 11, Monterey 12, Ventura 13, Sonoma 14
  • additional_requirements:Minimum: 1024x768
    Recommended: 1280x1024 / 1600x1024
    USB displays are not supported as the primary display.
• windows
  • cpu:X64 compatible Intel or AMD CPU
  • ram:8
  • disk:16
  • version:Windows 10 64 bit and Windows 11
  • additional_requirements:Minimum: 1024x768
    Recommended: 1280x1024 / 1600x1024

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