I recorded a Stehr Acoustic guitar through a condenser mic directly to my UR28M sound card, then simply let the audio pass through all the Waves Channel Strips available without any settings, check each file, see the difference and decide which works better for you!

ChannelStripTest AcousticGTR  - REDD 17

ChannelStripTest AcousticGTR  - NLS Spike

ChannelStripTest AcousticGTR -  NLS Nivo

ChannelStripTest Drum Overhead TG

ChannelStripTest Drum Overhead SSL

ChannelStripTest Drum Overhead SPIKE

ChannelStripTest Drum Overhead REDD

ChannelStripTest Drum Overhead NEVO

ChannelStripTest Drum Overhead MIKE

ChannelStripTest Drum Overhead DRY

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