Waves Audio, privately owned and headquartered in Israel, was founded in 1992. The company employs approximately 550 individuals and reported $92.0M in revenue as of 2024. It specializes in the development of professional audio plugins for music production, mixing, mastering, live sound, and post-production.

2024 Revenue

Founded

1992

Headcount

534

Headquarters

Israel

Primary Segment

Audio production

Ownership

Privately Owned

Deployments

7

News Summary:

FOH engineer Sean “Sully” Sullivan recently detailed his use of Waves plugins on his Avid S6L console and other VST3 plugins on his Waves LiveBox rig for mixing Bruno Mars live. Previously, Waves Audio announced on October 6, 2026, it would host a "Better U" training event on October 30 in Nashville, focusing on the eMotion LV1 Classic console platform for engineers, integrators, and house of worship technicians, ahead of the AES convention. On September 30, 2026, Waves Audio expanded its Tract System Calibration solution into a complete toolkit for PA measurement system calibration and SPL monitoring, which now includes the original Tract System Calibration plugin alongside the new Tract Measure and SPL Meter plugins. The company also featured Leslie Brathwaite, an engineer for artists such as Beyoncé and Cardi B, who demonstrated vocal mixing techniques using Waves products. Earlier, on September 25, 2026, Waves Audio released eMotion LV1 Version 17, an update for its LV1 mixers, including the LV1 Classic console, which introduces a refreshed user interface, more flexible mixer layouts, and workflow enhancements for live mixing.

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Waves Audio offers 10 products in the telecoms tech, media tech and pro AV industries. Waves Audio's product portfolio comprises of live audio equipment, telecoms network infrastructure, broadcast professional services and audio production.
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Waves Audio's revenues were less than $250M in 2024. Caretta Research has split Waves Audio's revenue into 5 different product categories, the largest of which is audio signal processing, routing and infrastructure. For full access to Waves Audio's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.
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Waves Audio's customers primarily consist of religious Institutions, media managed services and technology, Information and Internet companies. Examples of Waves Audio's customers include Dome Productions, Prestonwood Baptist Church and SK Gaming. Waves Audio has commercial and technical partners like Dell Technologies, Sony Professional Solutions and Lawo.

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