Waves CLA EPIC Review & Demo
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We have got a treat for you! Our friends over at Waves have given us a first look at their brand new plugin, the CLA Epic!
I’m particularly interested in hearing this plugin because it’s not just an emulation of a piece of equipment. There’s all those wonderful LA2As, 1176s, and everything else that has been modelled on Chris’s gear. This is different, because it’s not just an emulation of SSL technology, this is more about how CLA thinks. It’s not just emulations or versions of gear that he uses. This is about using delays and reverbs in a combination that works.
Mix with Epic Depth: Complete Reverbs & Delays by Chris Lord-Alge
Studio legend Chris Lord-Alge (Green Day, Muse, Bruce Springsteen) is a master at creating epic depth and dimension in every song. And now he is giving you the key to that depth: his complete suite of reverbs and delays, in one epic plugin.
CLA Epic features Chris’s 4 go-to delays (Slap, Throw, Tape, Crowd) and 4 go-to reverbs (Plate, Room, Hall, Space). All modules are based on Chris’s favorite studio gear, which he uses in various combinations in every one of his mixes.
Whether used on vocals, drums or other instruments - CLA Epic opens the gate to more depth in your mixes and productions.
Easily Blend Reverbs & Delays the CLA Way
The key to CLA’s depth of sound is the way he blends multiple effects creatively - sending multiple delays to multiple reverbs on each track, and controlling the exact blend with his console faders.
CLA Epic gives you all these rich possibilities in one plugin. You can now blend CLA’s most epic reverbs and delays in the same creative manner. No need to open different effect plugins to get a rich landscape of sound: At any time, you can activate any or all of CLA Epic’s 8 effect modules, and blend them easily using the plugin’s console-type faders.
To make things even easier, CLA Epic always loads with Chris’s default settings for each effect. You can go deep and tweak all the familiar parameters (as well as some surprising ones). But first, simply load the default modules, blend in the different effects, and hear CLA magic in action.
The Secret to Depth: Easily Send Delays to Reverbs
Chris Lord-Alge has an extra secret for mixing with depth: he sends his delays to his reverbs, so that the delays become part of the overall sonic landscape.
CLA Epic lets you send any delay to any reverb, in addition to the option of running the effects in parallel. With the click of a button, you can choose to send each delay only to the Output, only to (any or all of) the reverbs, or to everything at once. Effects routing that would take hours in your DAW now takes seconds.
Over 350 Epic Presets to Get You Started
CLA Epic comes packed with 50 powerful presets by Chris himself - for your vocals, drums, guitars and keyboards. Not enough? The plugin also includes over 300 presets by Greg Wells, Michael Brauer, and dozens more top producers and engineers.
A quick look at the CLA Epic:
• Reverb & delay super-suite designed with Chris Lord-Alge
• Based on CLA’s favorite classic studio gear
• Add epic depth, dimension and space to your mixes & productions
• 4 delay modules: Slap, Throw, Tape, Crowd
• 4 reverb modules: Plate, Room, Hall, Space (Non-Lin)
• Blend the 8 effects easily on any track
• Send any delay to any reverb with the click of a button
• Modulation control per module to add texture and spread
• CPU-friendly
• 50 powerful presets by Chris Lord-Alge
• Over 350 additional presets by Greg Wells, Michael Brauer & more
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Awesome
@@p.k.ashanghai thanks ever so much!
Man it was free this past Friday.
@@EHall-zj9zy nope that was the ‘lite’ version echosphere . This is Epic.
@@p.k.ashanghai Gotcha. I’ll check it out.
It is such a joy to watch somebody with your years of experience having so much fun doing this. You and Rick Beato should get together. It would be like two kids in a candy shop.
Thanks ever so much! Yes, absolutely love this plug in!
I ran it on a summed bus for my orchestral stuff, and I gotta say, the way the reverbs brought out the horns without making them sound washed out like so many other reverbs was mind blowing. CLA is truly a genius and this will be my go to delay/reverb for everything I do
That's amazing to hear Joel!!
I absolutely love the crowd setting. It just adds depth to the track in such a way that i never imagined was possible before using delays. Such a smart idea.
Yes, very impressive!
I cannot tell you how much I feel I've learned from these videos. Thank you Warren
Thanks ever so much!
Bought and put it on a mix I was working on. It took the vocals to a whole other level. So worth the $30!
Thanks ever so much for sharing!
Fab walkthrough, just about to open up for the first time, your delight and enthusiasm is infectious.
You’re very kind!
Just bought the plugin an hour ago and then saw your video popping up, haha! 😀 Great plugin, thanks for explaining and reviewing, Warren!
I just bought the Waves Platinum over the weekend so I've got my plugin plate as full as a holiday supper! Cheers Warren!!
Fantastic! Thanks ever so much for sharing!
The exact person I wanted to review this!! Thanks Warren!
Hi Skyler! My pleasure! Thanks ever so much
Just bought it! This is a game changer!
Fantastic!!
Amazing Review Thank you Warren! This Plugin is so powerful!!! 🤘
Thanks ever so much Ady!
Good to hear outside expert opinion. Not to mention a clear and precise walk through of the plugin. Watching this replaces reading the manual. First class.
Wow! Thanks ever so much! I really appreciate it
@@Producelikeapro you know you are in the elite crowd Warren. Your review on Abbey Road 3 by Waves was what convinced me
@@WayneDawkinsThePartyMan you’re very kind my friend! I am happy to be able to help in any way I can! I’m a big fan of Yotam over at Waves, he’s an amazing designer and just like us, a guy that loves music, is very passionate and wants to make the best products!
Got the free one on Black Friday, then bought this one today, have been trying CLA's technique with 8 sends (4 delays and 4 reverbs) and this baby put's all that routing power in one single plugin! Love the sound and the presets too. It's already in two songs.
Thanks ever so much Ty!
Hello mate !!!
Just wanted to say hi, and thank you for all the great work you’ve done and all of the advice you’ve given over the years !!
Also, I love how you reply to people’s questions/comments, a real personal touch.
Wow! Thanks ever so much Steve! That means a lot! It's honour to respond people! So thankful that people take the time to watch and leave such positive comments!
I really appreciate this. I recently saw CLA's 3 video on deep mixing and learned about his blending. I've been blending and eq'ing my verbs and delays forever. I'll still do some of that but this will certainly help speed things along
Agreed. Sounds really good, and the presets are a great starting point. Also, nice UX! Thanks, Warren! Cheers from Madrid!
Thanks ever so much Juan!
Thanks for the review. Bought it immediately. Sounds incredible right off the bat. They should give you a royalty for the advertising.
A great first look. Everything is sweet and usable. Thanks for the walk-through, Warren!
Hi Paul! Thanks for watching! You Rock my friend!
It's live now! waves.alzt.net/KaE7x
Great review and excellent demo so we could hear how it sounds. Just picked it up at your offer price and feel it's a great value. Thank you @Produce Like A Pro!
Thanks ever so much!! Glad you enjoyed it!
As always great video Warren... there is a simplicity in how you explain things that makes it so easy to understand.
Wow! Thanks ever so much! I really appreciate it!!
...and yet another CLA must have. Thanks Warren
Marvellous!!
I bought it a long time ago. Never really got it. Until now. Thanks for clearing it up.
Thanks! Glad to be able to help
I just bought this / Love all the CLA products because of quality ease of use and all faders instead of knobs / great product !
I got the CLA EchoSphere for free last Friday, which actually is a simpler version of the CLA Epic I see on their website.
Played around with it for maybe 30 minutes last weekend. Very intuitive and really nice sounding! I had some rough vocals for a new track I'm working on, it made them sound great already!
I think you're going to love this!
The CLA Epic sounds really really good. Picked one up earlier today and gave it a very quick test. Thanks for making the demo vid.
Fantastic! Thanks ever so much for sharing!
Everything is usable. Awesome plugin thanks a lot Warren!!!!
Exactly Chris!!
The instant I saw Hevy Devy had presets it became a mandatory purchase for me,lol. I figured he'd have presets as this is something up his alley. Nice video Warren and really usable plugin. I'm glad CLA and waves decided to make this.
Fantastic!!
Sleep much? Your work ethic is admirable! Thank you and your team.
Haha no, not much! Went to bed at 2am, back up at 7am!
@@Producelikeapro Everyone knows sleep is “optional”. ;P
And this is at least slower than his finger works does, followed the three episodes from Chris that got in this plugin. But he is so fast. Big respects!
I purchased it and I looooove it especially on vocals and drums, and it is important to mention that it was before your review Warren! ha ha ha, you didn't make me spend my money this time so thank you ever so much Warren! :-)
Thanks ever so much Chris!!
Waves are doing some amazing deals and making some amazing plugins right now
Frfr man
@@nicholasedgett7889 what's your favourite right now?
Agreed Garrett!
Mine have always been the MV2, RBass and off court the Omni Channel! However, I'm warming to something else and THIS plug in is incredible!!
@@GarrettMusic1 im loving the combination of the classic compressors bundle with the CLA Mixhub. Theres just something about those combinations that just works on everything. Occasionally ill add a C6 and the classic deesser to take care of harshness along with the compressors and mixhub but most of the time mixing just about any genre i can get away with throwing the mixhub on every channel and maybe add a the blue stripe 1176 or the 3A and that just about does it. I am also falling in love with the studiorack plugin. Although its free, it is SOOOO Useful. So aside from all the ranting about how much i love Waves plugins and to answer your question, id really probably have to say for mixing live instrument music like country or rock or jazz or anything like that it would have to be the CLA Mixhub. And for more electronic music like pop, edm, hiphop, trap, rnb and stuff like that id have to say the C6 most likely. When it comes to effects though, i love H-Delay and Manny Verb. Manny Verb is my al time Favorite Reverb plugin for Vocals especially in electronic type music. The new ecosphere plugin is freaking dope too. Im so excited to try this out though. Lol i talk too much. I need friends
I was impressed with the sound of the EchoSphere but was left wanting more options. This is great!
Amazing! Thanks ever so much
Finally had a chance to watch this and thanks so much for the walk through! I have to admit that I don't understand the usage of Hi/Lo Pass on the Output as opposed to the Input of the individual effects. So I just need to educate myself on the usage there but I love the concept of a single plugin for the frequently used delay/reverb combination.
Just an input, i think the idea is that if you cut before the fx, the fx may again introduce some of those frequencies, meanwhile what you want is to definitively
remove them from the sound (for example the low frequencies from a reverb are more often then not just an hindrance, like the meme of the reverb on the sub bass). If you want to remove some frequencies from the original signal (and it's not only about the low and high, it could be some mids to scoop the reverb, or the main frequencies of a synth to make it cut more) you can always put an EQ/C4/F6 before Epic on the send.
All my crazy and bulky space bus routings are now past. Fantastic! And what makes it even more fantastic is that the plugin is free 🤗
Couldn't agree more! Thanks ever so much
I am looking forward to trying this one out! It hasn't dropped into my waves account yet, so it will be a while... Thanks for the breakdown!
Thanks ever so much Alex!!
wow what an awesome plugin!
Hi Alexey! Glad you like it! Thanks ever so much
@@Producelikeapro looks and sound fantastically great! I love watching all of your plugin reviews Warren! You always dig deep down to small details! 😀👍
@@AlexeySolovievMusic thanks ever so much!
2AM HERE IN NJ!!! Just finishing work on a recent mix. Grinding it out!!
Haha yes! Crazy late night release!
I’m doing the same thing in the same state!
@@davidasher22 wonderful!
Waves are showing muscles .....great plugin!
Yes, very impressed!
People like to dump on Waves (their whole upgrade thing *is* scummy) but I use their plugins everyday. Some of them are OLD. But they still sound great and give me exactly what I want, fast. Looking forward to playing with this one
Warren, Thanks For Reviewing And Explaining The Epic Plugin! Ciao, ALDO
Thanks ever so much
I got the CLA Echospere and used it immediately and then the Epic came out on Monday. Great marketing by Waves. I’ve used the Epic on drums, guitars and vocals and the sounds are incredible. I also have a laptop with 16gb of RAM and a number of other plugins running and haven’t choked my system yet. Great job done by all.
I was kinda bummed, when receiving the FREE EchoSphere FX. Just a Plate, and a Slap, apparently. Please don't get me wrong, I am SUPER DUPER GRATEFUL, to receive ANYTHING for FREE! But, now.... Seeing the alternative $30 EPIC Bundle, I should've just have gotten that.... Annnnnnd, now I have. Just now, purchased it.
So, Warren, THANK YOU for the BEAUTIFUL wonderful video, essentially, exposing me to the fact that the "EPIC" even exists.
Now, EVERYONE is happy!!!! Woo Hoo!!!!
Happy Trails, Mate!
Well to be fair.... echosphere isn’t just a slap.... there are sync delays in there and many great sounds you can get out of it.
yay i'm the 500 like 😋amazing review as usual Warren best luck for you!!
Thanks ever so much!
cla and waves are really smashing out of the park , their producer packs are great one knob on and on ,what a great time for tracking, mixing, mastering , also with great produces like you, even getting deeper into it ,just makes this world a better place to live In., what a time for creating music, keep up the great work
Great video! Waves making a big splash!
Exactly! This is a great plug in Michael!
I've been using Waves' plugin, EchoSphere, which is fantastic. I'll be getting this plugin, it's EchoSphere on steroids!
Exactly John!
I love this, take my money.... Thanks Warren and Team, This seems great value at $29.99
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Always the best reviews! Thanks Warren
Thanks ever so much
I watched the CLA "webinar" on the Waves channel, and I found this more helpful in terms of how to use the different features. No shade to Chris, you're just good at explaining things! Cheers, Warren!
Thanks Forest! That's very kind of you!
Thanks for the “first look”, Warren, and for the first-hand CLA insights. Looks like a wonderfully thorough & detailed implementation of concepts you’ve talked about many times. I know what I’ll be doing tonight!
P.S. In case you end up reading this, just wanted to remind you Eric has my lead sheet for BLACKOUT if he wants to add a link to that TH-cam page. Also, he’s got my SOLSBURY HILL “strings etc.” tracks for adding to its folder on the PLAP site.
Aha! Errrriioicccccck! I’ll remind him
@@Producelikeapro Awesome, thanks!
Seriously what a great plugin... Thanks for doing this video man, I think im going to get it. Cheers!
Wow! Thanks ever so much
You are my fav teacher !
Thanks for all knowledge you share! You are real man!
Thanks ever so much!!
I’m so glad to be able to help
I got the cla echo sphere on black Friday and it sounds incredible on the default setting
It’s the most useful reverb plugin I’ve used which is insane that it’s free. I also love the bar setting . And so many of them, and all the things you can do with it
Yes! This is going to be amazing! Going live in 40 mins!! Thanks ever so much
@@Producelikeapro YAAAAY💛
@@queenpurple8433 Live now!! :- waves.alzt.net/KaE7x
I bought it a couple of days ago... it’s giving my UA Lex 480L a HUGE run for its money and that is saying ALOT!!!! It just instantly Boone’s everything up in such an “epic” way!
So I did demo and eventually get this plugin. This is what I discovered. In order for me to use this the way I'd like to use it, the number of instances I need on a typical track maxes out my CPU quickly. So what I've decided to do is go back to the old way I used to record music back in the stone ages. I record a track and after I'm sure the performance is exactly the way I want it, I commit it to "tape" and then move onto the next track. I print with FX so there's no going back. I continue the process for each track. At the end of the recording process I then go to my mix buss and glue the individual tracks together. It is a lot of work and it isn't easy but the upside is I can now record more tracks than I normally could as CPU consumption is almost zero given everything is a wav file with all FX imprinted on the file itself. Working like this really brought me back 40 years except I'm not limited to the 4 tracks I had back in 1977. My last song, "Adams's Rib" contained more tracks than any song I'd ever done previously. This will now be my new way of working.
Just got it! Super excited to try it out!
Fantastic
Awesome vid Warren and a great track. Your mixing is just getting better and better!
Good to know. Thank you Warren!
Thanks ever so much Audrey!
I’m definitely paying for this...Thanks for the video 🙏🙏
Little bit trigger happy the de-esser there Warren! ;)
Lovely video! Definitely picking this plugin up!
Haha I’ll let Eric know!
I downloaded it, but haven't had the chance to put it through its paces. Seeing this review has me excited, as it will free up some inserts on some of my buses. This is close to how I work, especially when processing vocals.
As soon as I heard that snare Verb I went and bought this thing. Outstanding.
Fantastic Chris!!
@@Producelikeapro You're a wonderful teacher Warren. Thank you for what you do. I've learned so much from you as of late. My friends and family are starting to refer to my mixes as "radio quality." I feel like I should be paying for what I've learned from you. I'll be buying a Tshirt next. Thanks again. Cheers from Minnesnowta. :)
Thanks Chris! I’m guessing it’s cold and snowy there in Minnesnowta? Haha
Thanks as always for the great video, Warren!
For me, one of the strengths of returning delay, reverb, and harmonizer effects to channels on a console (or tracks ITB) is the ability to simultaneously manipulate their multiple return levels via console or control surface faders, allowing you to audition real-time variations of how they are blended. The speed in getting great sounds, as well as "happy accidents" that happen along the way, are impossible when working with a single mouse.
It would be AMAZING if Waves introduces an optional, companion CLA Epic USB controller that allows you to manipulate the plugin's parameters in real-time without a mouse, as TC Electronic has done with some of their delay and reverb plugins. Now that would be next level epic! Where do I sign up to be a beta tester? haha
Until then, I suspect I'm going to want to get another control surface and assign its faders to the faders in the CLA Epic plugin. This of course means buying another piece of gear after successfully justifying it to my studio partner and wife, haha.
Thanks again for everything you do for the community, Warren!
Peace, Love, and Ringo,
chaz
Epic is absolutely fabulous .. Thanx to waves & CLA .. I have learned so much from these real tutorials .. Peace out ..
Thanks ever so much! I really appreciate it
Warren long time , You rock! Looking good. See ya in the academy. Also im in need of another skype session soon for advice on my new album coming out. God bless and stay safe!
Thanks ever so much Michael! All good thank you!
Bought it today, good old discount for cyber Monday, can’t wait to try it. Hope to see you at his webinar!
Fantastic!! Thanks ever so much for sharing
Thanks dir the video, Warren!
You're very welcome!
This is great. This video was very helpful. Definitely something I'll get.
I’m glad to be able to help
Thanks for the demo.
I just bought it, in the process of using the vst
That's wonderful Jeremiah! Let me know how you get on!
Couldn't sleep ...picks up phone....oh i have to watch this....will be checking this out after work today super excited to try this out ....great video guys
Thanks ever so much Kip!
Just bought it today. Can't wait to put it on my mixes!!
Loved this man. I knew something like this was coming after I got echosphere.
Fantastic! Live now:- waves.alzt.net/KaE7x
Very cool plug-in! Thanks Warren!
Thanks ever so much Jared!
So cool！These devices have appeared in CLA mixing with depth
Yes! Fantastic!
Great check out the new plug in here for only $29.99!! waves.alzt.net/KaE7x
It’s LIKE THEY ALMOST PLANNED IT OUTzz
@@Producelikeapro That's amazing. Thank you. : )
I like the multi-section modulation with depth+speed bands. I like the input mute buttons with additional routing from delay to reverb. Not overly complex and who delays the reverb very often if ever? Stay safe Warren. (My Kali LP-6s arrived, no hiss, what a world of difference to headphones.)
I purchased the plugin today. Looking forward to seeing how it works with my mix.
Fantastic!
Good video Well explained, waves always bring good quality as well as produce like a pro ...🙏❤
I have EPIC and it made me realize that I really needed to understand and know how to use delays and reverbs to get good results from it. It may challenge you the same way as well.
Thanks ever so much for sharing
Thanks for the review and tutorial. I'm looking forward to using it. It looks like at least one of your kids is an artist. :)
Yes! That’s my young daughter! I love having her pictures around
This sounds amazing thank you.
Thanks ever so much Raynel!
Thank you Warren for this review. Based on your recommendation I purchased this plug-in along with a couple others. CLA Epic is great.
Looks pretty interesting! If I think a bit about it, it is actually a bit like Brauerizing but just with reverbs instead of compressors. Your source can go to any combination of reverbs at the same time depending on what you want out from it.
Interesting! Thanks ever so much
Its a great plugin.. Just bought it and added it on the current mix project.. NICE!!!
Amazing!
Thanks for explaining it in great detail, Warren.
Great info on this, Looks like another Tool in the Box. Thanks Warren
Thanks ever so much Donnie! You Rock!!
The best video on this plug-in I have seen. While I might pick it up it has also inspired me to try setting something like this up manually in my DAW using 4 different delays and reverbs. It will be harder to use but also have more flexibility and I can choose the effects I like most. I wonder if this plug-in workflow will become shall we say copied now that this is out there. Great idea and implementation.
Wow!! Thanks ever so much
AHh so the free plugin is just a dumbed down version of this.
Now it makes sense.
Yes, but today this is only $29.99! So I'm pretty happy about that!
Thank you ! as always really inspiring video review, Gracias !!!
Thanks ever so much
This ups the ante on great emulations because it provides extremely well-crafted settings that would require long hours to glean or develop, from working in actual studios.
Great Review, Buying It Today For Black Friday
Just added to my Waves collection of plugins thanks
Marvellous
Warren thank you so much. Your explanation saved me. I bought it and was lost. The a b c d button had me confused. I went back and placed it on a guitar faaabuuulous. Thanks for the explanation. Oh hy the way it was on an acoustic guitar set.
They gave away the EchoSphere on Black Friday. It’s basically a smaller version of this plugin... played around with it over the weekend and should’ve known this was coming. The process makes total sense.
I'll be interested to hear the ursa major part. The guy I learnt audio from decades ago and one of my best friends had and still has the physical unit. It's a beautiful peice of gear
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@@Producelikeapro will do man. I have quite a lot of Waves stuff. They've not let me down yet that's for sure
Love that song Warren!
Thanks ever so much
Excellent review.
Thanks ever so much
Thank You for a great review! Hello from the Land of Genelec and Soothe...
Hello to you in Finland!!
Thank You!
Thanks ever so much
This is Great 👍 ( although I like to build my FX) it sounds so good & easy to use.
Me too! But an amazing option and time saver!
What would be a cool add on is a small hardware controller so you can manually ride more than one fader in real-time...Like CLA does. you could manually automate each fader but that a pain in the butt. I think that would be a very cool optional add on for a plugin like this
Can you please make a shirt that says, "hope you're doing marvelously well" I love that sign on.