Waves Feedback Hunter

Essential Information About Waves Feedback Hunter Software

• Quickly optimizes your stage monitors and PA systems to maximize gain before feedback, without the tedious "ringing out" procedure.
• Intelligent analysis of the microphone-speaker interaction using white noise, then generates an EQ curve tailored to your setup and the venue's acoustics.
• Ultra-fast configuration: a complete adjustment can take about 30 seconds, ideal for soundchecks and stage changes.
• Adjustable results thanks to dedicated controls (targeted frequency range, intensity, ambient noise, desired headroom) to adapt to complex stages.

What Waves Feedback Hunter Is For

Waves Feedback Hunter is a plugin designed for FOH engineers and live technicians who want to achieve more gain before feedback on wedges, sidefills, or a PA system, while maintaining clear and controlled monitoring. Where traditional feedback hunting requires time, a trained ear, and a rigorous method, Feedback Hunter automates the analysis and helps you stabilize your system faster so you can focus on the mix, balances, and musicians' comfort.

It is mainly used during the setup phase (installation, line-check, soundchecks) when you are ready to optimize the microphone-to-speaker relationship. Unlike an approach designed to act continuously during the show via isolated notches, Feedback Hunter works on the entire spectrum to produce a coherent correction for your configuration, with a logic oriented toward "preparation" rather than "live troubleshooting."

Main Features

Intelligent Microphone-Speaker Analysis

The core of Feedback Hunter is based on analyzing the response of the microphone/monitor (or PA) pair using white noise. The plugin evaluates how the system reacts in the room (acoustics, placements, spill, proximity to surfaces, stage volume), then calculates an equalization curve that improves stability and reduces the risk of feedback onset. The result: a cleaner, more robust sound with fewer critical areas that "ring."

Accelerated Workflow for Soundchecks

In live conditions, every minute counts. Feedback Hunter transforms a often long and repetitive step into a short and structured procedure: analysis and processing can be completed in depending on the setup. This is especially useful when you have to manage multiple wedges, quick stage changes, or when the stage volume increases during the show and you need a stable base from the start.

Precise Targeting and Musical Control of the EQ

Because no two stages are alike, Feedback Hunter lets you control the impact of the processing. The "Frequency Brackets" allow you to limit the frequency zones concerned, useful if you want to protect a useful range (vocal presence, brightness of a condenser mic, attack of an instrument) or, conversely, focus the action where feedback occurs most often. The "Depth" control adjusts the intensity of the processing, allowing you to go from subtle optimization to a more marked correction depending on the desired level.

Adaptation to Noisy Environments and Safety Margin

Noisy venues, small stages, tight setups, or monitors very close to microphones require a more cautious strategy. Feedback Hunter includes settings to prepare the analysis according to real-world conditions: the "Noise" control helps account for a busy environment, and the "Headroom" setting allows you to adjust the targeted margin to gain more safety before feedback when you know the show will build in intensity. This approach makes the plugin relevant for both simple setups and acoustically challenging spaces.

Technical Specifications

Mac Compatibility

• Systems: macOS Catalina 10.15, Big Sur 11, Monterey 12, Ventura 13, Sonoma 14
• Memory: 8 GB
• Disk Space: 16 GB
• Processor: Intel or Silicon architecture

Windows Compatibility

• Systems: Windows 10 64-bit, Windows 11
• Processor: Intel or AMD x64-compatible CPU

Features

• Goal: maximize gain before feedback (anti-feedback) for stage monitors and PA systems
• Setup time: up to about 30 seconds for the entire process (depending on configuration)
• Analysis based on white noise to evaluate microphone-speaker interaction
• Recommended use: setup phase (optimization of wedges/PA), rather than continuous processing during the show
• Customization controls: "Frequency Brackets", "Depth", "Noise", "Headroom"
• Designed to operate in noisy environments