Finalize your mixes with the ultimate mix buss plugin from Grammy-winning mixing engineer Chris Lord-Alge (Green Day, Bruce Springsteen, Keith Urban, Muse).
For over 30 years, Chris Lord-Alge has been the mixer of choice for rock royalty, from Aerosmith to U2, Foo Fighters to Muse. One of the secrets to his signature sound have been his unique punchy, smooth, in-your-face mix buss chains – and now they are all yours in the form of the CLA MixDown plugin.
Note: This is a non-refundable digital download.
Waves CLA MixDown Features
- Simple-to-use mix buss plugin for finalizing and enriching your mixes
- Created in collaboration with Grammy-winning mixer Chris Lord-Alge
- Four faders for enhancing the color, dynamics and drive of your mix
- Bass fader: Controls the richness of the mix
- Treble fader: Increases or decreases high-frequency presence
- Glue: Two flavors of compression for holding the mix together
- Drive: Analog console overdrive for increasing harmonic distortion
- CLA MixDown Plugin Download1
- System Requirements
- Mac
- CPU: Intel Core i7 / i9 / Xeon-W / Apple Silicon
- Memory
- Minimum: 8 GB RAM (16 GB recommended)
- 16 GB free disk space on the system drive
- Operating System: 10.15.7, 11.6.5, 12.4. 13.0
- Screen Resolution
- Minimum: 1024x768
- Recommended: 1280x1024 / 1600x1024
- USB displays are not supported as the primary display.
- V14 plugins require a graphics card that supports ‘Metal’
- Windows
- CPU
- Intel Core i5, i7, i9, Xeon (all Gen 5 and above)
- AMD Quad Core
- AVX Support required
- Memory
- Minimum: 8 GB RAM (16 GB recommended)
- 16 GB free disk space on the system drive
- Operating System
- Windows 10 64 bit (21H2)
- Windows 11 (21H2)
- Screen Resolution
- Minimum: 1024x768
- Recommended: 1280x1024 / 1600x1024
- CPU
- Mac
- Supported Hosts
- The DAW versions listed below are the latest on which we tested and officially qualified each the latest version of our products.
- Waves’ latest version works on newer sub-versions of these DAWs, unless stated otherwise.
- If your DAW (or DAW version) is not listed here, we recommend you demo the product you wish to purchase to confirm it works.
- Your DAW must be running on an operating system that supports it in order for plugins to work properly. To confirm that your DAW version is supported on your operating system, please refer to your DAW’s website.
- Mac
- Pro Tools 2022.4 (AAX Native, Audiosuite)
- Logic Pro X, 10.7.4 (Audio Units)
- Digital Performer 11 (Audio Units)
- Ableton Live 11 (VST3)
- Nuendo 12 (VST3)
- Cubase 12 (VST3)
- Main Stage 3 (Audio Units)
- Garage Band 10.4.6 (Audio Units)
- Audition 22 (VST3)
- Premiere Pro 22 (VST3)
- Studio One Professional 5 (VST3)
- FL Studio 20 (VST3)
- REAPER 6 (VST3)
- Reason 12 (VST)
- Maschine 2 (VST)
- Komplete Kontrol 2 (VST)
- Bitwig Studio 4 (VST3)
- Luna 1.1.11 (Audio Units)
- Windows
- Pro Tools 2022.4 (AAX Native, Audiosuite)
- Ableton Live 11 (VST3)
- Nuendo 12 (VST3)
- Cubase 12 (VST3)
- Cakewalk by BandLab 2021 (VST3)
- Audition 22 (VST3)
- Premiere Pro 22 (VST3)
- Samplitude Pro X6 (VST3)
- Sequoia 15 (VST3)
- Pyramix 14 (VST3)
- Studio One Professional 5 (VST3)
- FL Studio 20 (VST3)
- REAPER 6 (VST3)
- Reason 12 (VST)
- Maschine 2 (VST)
- Komplete Kontrol 2 (VST)
- Bitwig Studio 4 (VST3)
- Supported PlatformsMost Audio Hosts (Check Supported Hosts for more info), MultiRack, SuperRack, StudioRack, eMotion LV1 Mixer, eMotion ST Mixer, Avid VENUE 7.1 or later (When used with SoundGrid Rack for VENUE.)
- Sample Rate96kHz
- CLA EffectsMono, Stereo
- Latency
- Not all plugins support all platforms (MultiRack, StudioRack, eMotion, Venue). Check Supported Platforms for more info
- NATIVE/SOUNDGRID
- 44.1 kHz - 48 kHz=0
- 88.2 kHz - 96 kHz=0
- 176.4 kHz - 192 kHz=NA
- VENUE TDM: 48 kHz=NA
