If you set foot in a recording studio any time in the ’70s or ’80, chances are that you’d see at a rack loaded with dbx 160 compressors, especially if that studio regularly tracked drums. The Waves dbx 160 plug-in brings the snappy response and heavyweight punch of the original hardware perfectly, providing a new generation of engineers with the same dynamic control responsible for an era of solid-sounding drums. Waves dbx 160 is not only compatible across platform, it’s available in both native and SoundGrid versions, so live sound engineers can take full advantage of this classic compressor model.
Waves dbx 160 Compressor Plug-in Features:
- An emulation of the legendary dbx 160 drum compressor
- Offers classic fast action with clean sound and minimal distortion
- Created in collaboration with dbx and available in Native and SoundGrid formats










