It's reasonably effective at this, although you'll still be able to hear the remaining stereo aspects, such as reverb. What's more, while the Low and High controls are static in their nature, the Punch control is most definitely dynamic, and has the greatest overall impact on the results.Р”Р„s we've said, Waves suggests using Center to reduce the level of, or remove, vocals (which are typically panned centrally).

Soloing the two components (by turning the fader of one right down - there are no solo/mute buttons) and tweaking the various parameters makes it apparent that any change to the centre has a corresponding effect on the sides, and vice versa. In useР”Р‡irst impressions are that Waves Center provides a quick route to rebalancing the levels of central and side elements of a stereo signal. Staying with the vocal removal example, Waves suggests you can use this control to restore lost transients by turning the Punch control towards the sides. Punch, on the other hand, is a dynamic processor designed to emphasise the transient content in either the centre or sides signal. Naturally, Low and High deal with the frequency content of the respective signal elements. These are all balance controls for shifting their respective elements to the centre or sides. The main level controls (centre, sides and overall master out) facilitate such use, but there are three further processing options: Low, High and Punch.

Suggested uses of Center include rebalancing central and side elements in any stereo mix, and even completely removing mono aspects, such as vocals, from a track. Interestingly, even with the controls set Р’Вlat on Center, the signal is still affected, as confirmed by comparing it to the dry, unprocessed version. The nearest we could get to an M/S middle signal was with the High and Low knobs set to Centre and the overall centre-channel balance turned up.

Waves Center is different, and as they say, the middle here is the 'phantom' or perceived centre, rather than just a mono sum.

Waves 9 plugin center stereo