Waves Audio
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| Industry | Software |
|---|---|
| Founder | Gilad Keren, Chief Executive Officer; Meir Shaashua, Chief Technological Officer |
| Products | Plug-ins for audio production |
| Website | Waves.com |
Waves Audio Ltd. is a developer and supplier of professional audio signal processing technologies and audio effects, used in recording, mixing, mastering, post production, surround, live, and broadcast sound. Since the early 1990s, Waves processors have been available as plugins for most popular audio hosts and platforms, including all over world, Audio Units, TDM, DirectX, MAS, VST and AAX.
The company's corporate headquarters and development facilities are located in Tel Aviv, Israel, with additional offices in the United States in Knoxville, Tennessee and Shenzen, China.
History
Founded in October 1992 by Gilad Keren and Meir Sha'ashua, Waves released the first audio plug-in, their Q10 Paragraphic Equalizer.[1]
In September 2004, Sony announced that new VAIO PCs would include a mastering software suite with plug-ins from Sony Oxford (now Sonnox) and Waves.[2]
In 2011, Waves was a Technical Grammy Award recipient.[3][4]
Maxx
Under its Maxx brand, Waves offers its technologies as DSP semiconductors and licensable algorithms for consumer electronics. Technologies from the Maxx brand have been used in products from companies including Dell,[5] Toshiba,[6] Sony, Oppo, OnePlus,[7] Sanyo, JVC, and Altec Lansing. Maxx technologies are offered to enhance audio performance and improve sound in televisions, laptops,[5][6] mobile phones, VoIP, and portable loudspeaker systems.
Copyright and trademark lawsuits
In 2010, Waves Audio was involved in two lawsuits regarding intellectual property infringements and illegal use of its software. In one lawsuit, with the defendant Skyline Recording Studios NYC, Waves won, and in the other, with the defendant Quad Recording Studios, the defendant admitted liability.[8][9]
In 2013, Waves Audio sued Motorola Mobility for allegedly infringing on its Maxx trademark with the Droid Razr Maxx and Droid Razr Maxx HD phones.[10]
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