Waves latest plugin release might look like a humble guitar pedal, but don’t be deceived – the sound is absolutely massive. I recently built an entire drum processing chain with the StressBox handling all the heavy lifting, and the results speak for themselves…
This little plugin adds serious punch, providing exactly the grit and weight you need to get your drums cutting through any dense mix. Want to hear it in action? Watch the video below and download my FREE StudioVerse Chain to use this exact setup in your next session.
Disclosure: This video is sponsored by Waves Audio.
Waves StressBox – FREE StudioVerse Chain 👇🏻
Use the link above to download the FREE STRESSBOX Drum Chain used in the tutorial ☝️
From Waves: Magma StressBox is a dynamics tool that shapes musical tension and feel in real time – from intimate to explosive, in just one knob. It’s a common struggle: tracks that lack a sense of drama and emotional lift. You try EQ, compression, saturation – but the feel still doesn’t translate. Enter the StressBox. Turn right for aggressive compression that pulls the room sound forward and slams you with punch, urgency, and in-your-face energy. Turn left for cinematic intimacy: expansion that enhances transients, shortens reverb tails, and wraps your track in a tighter, controlled feel. With each turn of the knob, the source’s energy shifts – each step brings a new character to the sound, making it a deeply versatile tool for building tension, crafting contrast and automating movement between verses and choruses.
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