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WAVES EXPANDS GTR™ WITH SUPPORT FOR PRO TOOLS® 7
— Designed in association with Paul Reed Smith Guitars, Waves
GTR™ system
now supports Pro Tools® 7 while giving engineers, producers and
session guitarists
a new choice in professional guitar/DAW interfacing and processing —
KNOXVILLE, TN, December 23, 2005 — Waves
Ltd., the international leader in software and hardware based audio
DSP, has announced that its GTR™ (Guitar Tool Rack) now supports
Pro Tools® 7 for both Mac® and Windows® platforms. GTR 1.0
for Windows has been tested and certified for proper operation under
Pro Tools 7, while GTR 1.1 for Mac OS X makes GTR Pro Tools 7-compatible
on Mac. Pro Tools 7 users can download the new Mac installer by visiting
the following address: http://download.waves.com. Users of other hosts
supported in 1.0 should continue using 1.0.
Designed and developed over a two year period in association
with Paul Reed Smith, founder of PRS Guitars, the critically acclaimed
Waves GTR is a high-quality virtual system that emulates popular guitar
amplifiers and effects while allowing the user to plug their guitar
directly into a digital audio workstation. With 7 virtual amps, 23 stomp
effects and a hardware impedance and level-matching interface, the GTR
system puts the world’s best amplifiers, cabinets, microphones
and effects at the user’s fingertips.
Waves GTR is compatible with both Native and TDM systems
and includes the Waves/PRS hardware interface, Waves Amp software and
Waves Stomp software all in one package. U.S. MSRP for Waves GTR is
$600 Native, $1,200 TDM.
A DVD is available which includes a video that details
the GTR's features, a brief explanation of the Guitar Interface by Paul
Reed Smith, and demo GTR software. Customers may visit www.waves.com
and fill out the request form to have the DVD mailed to them. Waves
is also launching a dedicated GTR website at www.wavesGTR.com.
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About Waves Ltd.:
Waves is a leading provider of audio DSP solutions for professional,
broadcast, and consumer electronics audio markets. Waves has ten years
of expertise in the development of psycho-acoustic signal processing
algorithms that leverage knowledge on the human perception of hearing
to radically improve perceived sound quality. Waves’ award-winning
processors are utilized to improve sound quality in the creation of
the world’s most popular music, movie soundtracks, and multimedia
titles. Waves offers computer software solutions and hardware plus software
solutions for the professional and broadcast markets. Waves also offers
semiconductor with embedded software solutions under the Maxx brand
for the consumer electronics audio applications. Waves’ Maxx technology
dramatically enhances audio performance in consumer applications and
has been licensed to several leading companies, including Motorola and
Microsoft. For more information, visit the Waves web site at http://www.waves.com.
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Waves Contacts:
North America Offices:
Waves, Inc., 306 West Depot Avenue, Suite 100, Knoxville, TN 37917;
Tel: 865-909-9200, Fax: 865-909-9245, Email: info@waves.com,
Web: http://www.waves.com
Corporate Headquarters Israel:
Waves Ltd., Azrieli Center, The Triangle Tower, 32nd Floor, 132 Derech
Petach-Tikva,
Tel-Aviv 67027, Israel; Tel: 972-3-608-4000, Fax: 972-3-608-4056, Email:
info@waves.com,
Web: http://www.waves.com
Waves Public Relations:
Neilson/Clyne, Inc., 169-B Belle Forest Circle, Nashville, TN 37221;
Tel: 615-662-1616, Fax: 615-662-1636, Email: rclyne@neilsonclyne.com,
Web: http://www.neilsonclyne.com