

As its name suggests, the Low control enhances low frequencies in both dynamics and harmonic content, and to my ears, has much in common with filtered and mildly overdriven parallel compression. If the indicator shows red more than very briefly, the input gain is probably set too high, whereas too much green means it is too low. A wide range of factory presets is included to give you an idea of the treatments available, and the manual encourages a ’try it and see’ approach rather than anything too formal.Īdjusting the input knob until the indicator in the centre shows yellow ensures optimal operation. When a section is bypassed its control is darkened to show that it is not contributing to the result. The plug-in can be used in mono-in/stereo-out or stereo-in/stereo-out configurations, but has relatively few controls, with bypass buttons for each of the relevant sections.

IM Pusher can be used for mastering, mix–bus processing, subgroup processing or track processing, and might best be described as a multiband sonic enhancer feeding into a dynamics section that offers a choice of limiting or clipping. It turns out that Infected Mushroom isn’t some kind of embarrassing and painful ailment, but rather a ‘make it all sound bigger’ plug-in developed by Waves in collaboration with the titular duo Erez and Duvdev, and incorporating many of their mixing tricks.
