gilad keren chief executive officer meir shaashua chief technological officer products plug ins for audio production audio equipment website waves.com waves audio ltd. is a developer and supplier of professional digital audio signal processing technologies and audio effects used in recording mixing mastering post production broadcast and live sound . the company s corporate headquarters and main development facilities are located in tel aviv with additional offices in the united states china and taiwan and development centers in india and the ukraine . in 2011 waves won a technical grammy award . 1 2 contents 1 history 2 products 3 copyright and trademark lawsuits 4 references 5 external links history edit waves audio was founded in 1992 by gilad keren and meir sha ashua . later that year waves released its first product the q10 paragraphic equalizer . the q10 was the audio industry s first commercially available audio plugin . 3 4 waves launched the waves signature series working with music producers and engineers to explore their unique sounds . in 2009 as part of the signature series waves released the eddie kramer signature series of five plug ins focusing on classic rock . 5 the chris lord alge signature series followed in 2010 . 6 that same year waves announced the release of its soundgrid technology at the winter namm show . soundgrid was created to make waves audio processors available on a low latency platform . 7 in 2011 the company was honored with a technical grammy award for contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording field . 1 2 the waves signature series continued in 2013 with the manny marroquin signature series . 8 in 2015 waves worked with music producer butch vig to release the butch vig vocals plug in as part of the waves signature series . 9 waves launched a kickstarter campaign in 2016 to help fund the production of waves nx a technology that transmits 3d audio on headphones in stereo or 5.1 7.1 surround sound . 10 11 products edit waves has launched plug ins in collaboration with abbey road studios such as the king s microphones plug in released in 2011 12 the redd console plug ins released in 2012 13 the j37 tape saturation plug in and the rs56 passive eq plug in released in 2013 14 15 and the emi tg12345 plug in released in 2014 . 16 under its maxx brand waves offers its technologies as licensable algorithms for consumer electronics . technologies from the maxx brand have been used in products including computers laptops smartphones voip and portable loudspeaker systems from companies such as dell 17 toshiba 18 sony oppo oneplus 19 sanyo jvc and altec lansing . copyright and trademark lawsuits edit in 2010 waves audio was involved in two lawsuits regarding intellectual property infringements and illegal use of its software . in one lawsuit with the defendant skyline recording studios nyc waves won and in the other with the defendant quad recording studios the defendant admitted liability . 20 21 in 2013 waves audio sued motorola mobility for allegedly infringing on its maxx trademark with the droid razr maxx and droid razr maxx hd phones . 22 references edit a b technical grammy award waves audio ltd. . 2011 02 11 . retrieved 2014 02 13 . a b waves audio to receive technical grammy award prosoundweb . prosoundweb . 2010 12 23 . retrieved 2014 02 13 . richard james burgess 2014 . the history of music production . oxford university press . rounik sethi june 7 2016 . behind the scenes at waves an interview with mick olesh . ask audio . retrieved september 22 2016 . the eddie kramer collection waves audio signature series software plug ins . routenote . october 19 2009 . retrieved september 22 2016 . waves audio chris lord alge artist signature collection . foh online . march 16 2010 . retrieved september 22 2016 . waves announces soundgrid audio over ethernet networking processing platform at winter namm 2010 . prosoundweb . january 19 2010 . retrieved september 22 2016 . waves audio introduces manny marroquin signature series collection . prosound web . march 19 2013 . retrieved september 22 2016 . waves audio now shipping butch vig vocals plug in . prosound web . march 20 2015 . retrieved september 22 2016 . max langridge july 13 2016 . wednesday wrap tidal and humax updates waves 3d audio and teufel surround sound setups . what hi fi . retrieved september 22 2016 . julian horsey june 23 2016 . waves nx offers 3d audio on any headphones video . geeky gadgets . retrieved september 22 2016 . waves audio and abbey road studios offer the king s microphones plugin . foh online . may 20 2011 . retrieved september 22 2016 . waves audio abbey road studios unveil redd console plug ins . soundworks collection . december 10 2012 . retrieved september 22 2016 . waves audio and abbey road studios introduce the j37 tape saturation plug in . guitar player . october 16 2013 . retrieved september 22 2016 . waves audio and abbey road studios unveil rs56 plugin . gear junkies . june 13 2013 . retrieved september 22 2016 . waves audio & abbey road studios now shipping emi tg12345 plug in . prosound web . october 8 2014 . retrieved september 22 2016 . dell unveils redesigned inspiron laptop portfolio . hot hardware . 2012 06 05 . retrieved 2014 03 12 . toshiba improves laptop sound quality by enlisting waves maxxaudio . mobile magazine . 2007 08 22 . retrieved 2014 03 12 . oneplus partners with waves to add maxxaudio to the one . retrieved 2015 03 13 . recording waves audio prevails against copyright infringement . pro sound web . 2010 05 19 . retrieved 2014 03 12 . software beware . grammy.com . 2013 06 03 . retrieved 2014 03 13 . waves audio slaps motorola with maxx trademark suit . law 360 . 2013 03 13 . retrieved 2014 03 13 . external links edit official website barry wood 2008 . waves plug ins workshop mixing by the bundle . course technology . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title waves audio & oldid 740714656 categories music 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