Gadget Labs Debuts Effects Software to Add Warmth to Digital Audio
January 29, 1998
Gadget Labs announced today a new effects software program called
WaveWARM(TM) that lets musicians quickly add the warmth and richness associated with analog recordings and
vacuum tube amplification to digital audio files on a personal computer. "WaveWARM is a great tool to
enhance the capability of many musicians' desktop studios", said Rob Ranck, president of Gadget Labs. "It
is the easiest way to quickly process digital audio recordings to produce the classic, smooth sound often
identified with fifties and sixties recordings".
Because digital recordings can sometimes sound "cold" or "brittle", audio engineers often use a
combination of expensive external effects equipment and vintage microphones to achieve a fuller sound.
WaveWARM incorporates proprietary digital audio algorithms developed by the sound wizards at Acoustic-
Information Pro-cessing- Labs (AIPL) to accomplish the same effect. Building on years of digital signal
processing experience, AIPL researched and tested to understand how best to create a "warm" sound via
software processing.
"We are pleased that our collaboration with Gadget Labs has resulted in such a useful product for
musicians. WaveWARM is a great showcase application for the power of software signal processing on today's
PC's" , said Dr. Kenneth Levy, president, AIPL.
As a result of AIPL's research, WaveWARM was designed to achieve very high quality sound without placing
big demands on the PC processor. A complete set of audio parameter sliders allows users to tailor and
fully customize the warming effect. WaveWARM's interactive auditioning feature makes it especially easy
to use. WaveWARM runs on Windows® 95 and Windows NT operating systems and requires atleast a 120Mhz
Pentium® processor or equivalent and a standard Windows-compatible sound card for live auditioning of the
processed audio.
The release version of WaveWARM will be available in February; a beta free evaluation copy can be
downloaded now from Gadget Labs Internet website: www.gadgetlabs.com. The US introductory price for
WaveWARM is $99.
Gadget Labs, headquartered in Portland, Oregon, is dedicated to providing essential tools for PC music
creation and digital audio production. In addition to the WaveWARM software, the company's product line
includes the Wave/4(TM) digital audio card for professional level recording and playback, Quartz Studio
recording and editing software and WaveZIP(TM) software for lightning-fast, loss-free compression of
digital audio WAV files. Gadget Labs sells its products directly to dealers and endusers in North America
and through a network of distributors internationally.
AIPL, headquartered in Stevenson, Washington, is dedicated to developing digital speech and audio
processing algorithms that combine auditory neurophysiology, psychoacoustics and digital signal processing
to produce novel software solutions.
Gadget Labs, Wave/4, WaveZIP and WaveWARM are trademarks of Gadget Labs, Inc. Other brands and names are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. For more information, visit their web site at www.gadgetlabs.com. | 
