Waves | PRS SuperModels
Created in collaboration with Paul Reed Smith, the Waves PRS SuperModels plugin superbly models three high-end PRS guitar amps: the coveted PRS Archon, the legendary PRS Dallas, and the ultra-rare PRS Blue Sierra/V9.Easy to use, with remarkable tones right out of the box, these models authentically replicate every component of the three exquisite amplifiers. From tubes to circuitry, every detail was painstakingly modeled part by part, using Waves’ Precision Analog Component technology, with Paul Reed Smith himself supplying Waves with the original amplifiers and the full schematics.PRS Archon delivers shimmering cleans or aggressive overdrive; push it harder and you get glorious distortion. With its lush gain, the Archon is ideal for lead or crunching rhythm, while also offering a clean channel that players of all genres will appreciate.PRS Blue Sierra/V9: Never-before-released even in its hardware form, this ultra-rare amp was an early original format for the PRS J-MOD 100. Evocative of boutique American guitar amps, it is equally great for clean sounds and for medium-gain overdrive tones. No matter the setting, you’ll find it easy to get a big 3D sound and hard to get a bad one.PRS Dallas provides the sounds of classic American reverb amps. The all-tube design produces an open classic tone for huge-sounding cleans, or multiple variations of overdriven sound with natural-sounding reverb. Originally designed by chief PRS amp designer Doug Sewell, this highly musical amp offers sweet highs, solid lows and beautiful mid-range tones.Different speakers and speaker cabinets produce different sounds. PRS SuperModels lets you choose from 8 different speaker cabinet IRs (audio snapshots of speaker cabinets), captured by Paul Reed Smith at his personal home studio using his proven microphones and mic preamps. As a bonus, you can add any of your favorite third-party IRs – up to two simultaneously.The plugin’s innovative Phase Fix and Time Fix controls will automatically correct any phase or latency issues between the different IRs. The Smart Mix control will balance the perceived volume of IRs when you use two cabinets. An IR browser will automatically load and switch the IR, leaving you free for playing.Each amp boasts three more helpful features not included in the original hardware amps: a tone-shaping boost for when you need that vital extra push that normally comes from a boost pedal; a digital tuner for both standard and extended-range guitars; and a smart noise gate that senses at the input and gates at the output.With three boutique amplifiers to choose from, PRS SuperModels places countless tone options at your fingertips. Whether you are playing rock, jazz, country, metal, blues or any other genre, this exquisite amp plugin suite will cover all your guitar-playing needs. Superb modeling of 3 top-of-the-line PRS amplifiers: Archon, Dallas, Blue Sierra/V9 Created in collaboration with Paul Reed Smith Artist presets by Devin Townsend, Megadeth producer Chris Rakestraw and more 8 speaker cabinet IRs with automatic IR browser Add any third-party speaker cabinet IRs (up to two simultaneously) Smart Mix, Phase Fix & Time Fix controls for perfectly matching any two cabinets Exceptional integrated noise gate to filter out amp noise and hiss Auto-gain control for maximum performance Unique tone-shaping boost not featured in the hardware amps Digital tuner sensitive to standard & extended-range guitars Use as a plugin in your DAW or as a standalone application Designed for studio, home and live playing (with laptop and audio interface) SoundGrid-compatible for ultra-low-latency performance Tech Specs PRS SuperModels (V11) - System Requirements Mac CPU Intel Core i5 / i7 / i9 / Xeon Memory 8 GB RAM 8 GB free disk space on the system drive Operating System 10.12.6 - 10.15 Screen Resolution Minimum: 1024x768 Recommended: 1280x1024 / 1600x1024 USB displays are not supported as the primary display. Windows CPU Intel Core i5 / i7 / i9 / Xeon / AMD Quad-Core Memory 8 GB RAM 8 GB free disk space on the system drive Operating System Windows 10 64 bit Screen Resolution Minimum: 1024x768 Recommended: 1280x1024 / 1600x1024 Note on direct guitar recording and playing: The Waves PRS SuperModels plugin authentically replicates every component of the original PRS Guitars hardware amps. As with all guitar amps, the impedance of the incoming signal affects the amp’s tone. To make sure you get the right tone, it is important that you use a buffered pedal in your signal chain, otherwise your tone might sound dark and wooly. You should not have a problem finding a suitable pedal in your home or studio – for example, any tuner pedal will do the job. In more technical terms, we recommend that you play through a high-z instrument input (1M ohm or higher) and a buffered output (10k ohm) between the guitar and your audio interface input. PRS SuperModels (V11) - Supported Hosts Mac Pro Tools 2018, 2019 (AAX Native, Audiosuite) Logic Pro X (Audio Units) Digital Performer 10 (Audio Units) Ableton Live 10.1 (VST / VST3) Nuendo 10 (VST3) Cubase 10, 10.5 (VST3) WaveLab 9.5 (VST3) Main Stage 3 (Audio Units) Garage Band 10 (Audio Units) Audition 12 (VST3) Premiere Pro 13 (VST3) Final Cut Pro X (Audio Units) Studio One Professional 4 (VST3) Media Composer 2019 (AAX Native) FL Studio 20 (VST3) REAPER 5 (VST3) Reason 11 (VST) Maschine 2 (VST) | NKS-ready Komplete Kontrol 2 (VST) | NKS-ready Bitwig Studio 3 (VST3) Windows Pro Tools 2018, 2019 (AAX Native, Audiosuite) Ableton Live 10.1 (VST / VST3) Nuendo 10 (VST3) Cubase 10, 10.5 (VST3) WaveLab 9.5 (VST3) Cakewalk by BandLab 2019 (VST3) Audition 12 (VST3) Premiere Pro 13 (VST3) Samplitude Pro X4 (VST3) Sequoia 14 (VST3) Pyramix 11 (VST) Studio One Professional 4 (VST3) Media Composer 2019 (AAX Native) FL Studio 20 (VST3) REAPER 5 (VST3) Reason 11 (VST) Maschine 2 (VST) | NKS-ready Komplete Kontrol 2 (VST) | NKS-ready Bitwig Studio 3 (VST3) PRS SuperModels - Supported Platforms Please note: V11 plugins are not supported in MultiRack, SoundGrid Studio, StudioRack, DiGiCo and Avid VENUE. V9 and V10 plugins are supported on all these platforms. Plugin Most Audio Hosts* MultiRack SuperRack StudioRack eMotion LV1 Mixer eMotion ST Mixer DiGiCo** Avid VENUE 5.7 or later*** PRS SuperModels ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ PRS SuperModels (V11) - Sample Rate All Waves plugins support 44.1 kHz and 48 kHz; most support higher sample rates.Avid VENUE supports up to 48 kHz. Plugin Sample Rate PRS SuperModels 96 kHz PRS SuperModels (V11) - Channel Components Name Mono Stereo Mono-to-Stereo Surround / Comments PRS SuperModels ✓ ✓ PRS SuperModels (V11) - Latency The table below indicates how much latency is produced by each plugin, in samples. Not all plugins support all platforms (MultiRack, StudioRack, eMotion, Venue). Check the Supported Platforms tab for more info. Native / SoundGrid Venue TDM Plugin 44.1 kHz - 48 kHz 88.2 kHz - 96 kHz 176.4 kHz - 192 kHz 48 kHz PRS SuperModels 44.1 kHz: Archon & V9: 89Dallas: 17448 kHz: Archon & V9: 90Dallas: 175 10 N/A N/A