Waves DLA Software Audio Processor Users Guide DLA Stereo time adjuster DLA-X Delay and Cross-feed This document is up to date with Waves DLA version 3.5.
The DLA plug-in INTRODUCTION The DLA Plug-Ins are small TDM utility plug-ins that delay the audio passing through. This is not the delay effect used as an echo generator. It is a handy tool for applying short delays for a few useful applications. DLA consists of 8 different plug-in components. 2 Straightforward delay for time adjustment. 3 Fixed delays or Plug-In specific delay compensation components. 3 Cross-feed delay components. This short guide will describe each of the different DLA components.
Handles the shorter delays of up to 1000 samples or 22.73 ms @ 44.1kHz. It has only one control to set a value between 0-1000. DLA Plus Goes up to 7999 samples or 181.8ms @ 44.1kHz. It has one control for 0 – 999 samples and a separate control for 1K increments between 1 and 8. DLA Plus includes a set of presets to compensate for some single plug-ins as well as some plug-in chains.
L1-DLA, C1-DLA and UltraPitch–DLA Waves DLA version 3.5 provides 3 fixed length DLA components to compensate for some of our Gold bundle plug-ins – L1-DLA Delays the signal by 64 samples to compensate for the lookahead in L1UltraMaximizer as well as Renaissance Compressor, Renaissance VOX and L2UltraMaximizer. C1-DLA Delays the signal by 340 samples to compensate for the lookahead in the C1 comp/sidechain and C1 Compressor/gate.
DELAY AND CROSS FEED The DLA-X process family is based on short time stereo cross feed delays (not an echo effect). DLA-X is the basic effect; DLA-XL controls the amount of cross feed separately for the high and low frequencies, and DLA-XLB has an optional longer delay of low frequencies. While DLA-X processors can be useful used on mono input sources, it is most effective on stereo inputs, and especially when used in cascade with either PS-Spread or PS-Split can give spectacular and dramatic results.
DLA-XLB This component is just like the DLA-XL with the addition of a Bass delay On/Off control. This control adds further delay to the low frequencies. DLA-X family and PS22. The DLA-X and PS processes complement each other. When used on mono input sources DLA-X tends to produce a comb-filter coloration side effect as a result of the interaction between the delayed and original sound.
