Waves Audio is now shipping the Waves Feedback Hunter plugin, a tool that enables live sound engineers to quickly achieve maximum gain before feedback and optimise stage monitors and PA systems.
Feedback Hunter facilitates feedback control in the setup process for stage monitors and PA systems. This is achieved by analysing the mutual response of mics and monitors and creating an EQ curve that optimises their relationship, ensuring clear sound throughout live shows, with less risk of feedback.
FOH engineers can now eliminate the process of ringing out the room and transform the task of ringing out speakers into a streamlined experience: with Waves Feedback Hunter, your setup can take as little as 30 seconds.
Unlike the Waves X-FDBK plugin, which is used during the show and produces single notch bands for problematic frequencies, Feedback Hunter processes the entire frequency spectrum and is used during setup time, when engineers are ready to ring out their wedges or PA.
Feedback Hunter’s analysis evaluates the mic-speaker interaction, using white noise and it fine-tunes its reaction to the specific acoustic environment to maximise gain before feedback in that specific room.
Engineers can also customise results by using the “Frequency Brackets” to confine the affected frequency ranges or modify the processing intensity with the “Depth” knob as required.
Feedback Hunter is adaptable to complex spaces (for example, in noisy environments) or when more headroom is needed: the user adjusts the “Noise” and “Headroom” knobs to customise the plugin’s settings prior to the analysis phase.
