HD Studio is a distributor of the Tangent Wave control surface. We specialise in the educational implementation of this technology. At this time, we work solely in Final Cut Studio 3 - Color 1.5 workflow. Contact us for a free demonstration.

Introducing The Wave

A mouse or pen and tablet is not always the fastest or easiest way to use your colour grading software. Wouldn’t it be better if you had something real to get a hold of? Well, the Wave allows you to do just that.

Affordable technology

With the Wave we bring a new level of affordability and quality to control surfaces. The design draws heavily on the experience gained from our highly successful CP100 and CP200 panel ranges. The Wave is not intended to replace these panels, it is just aimed at the more budget conscious user.

Superbly designed

Stylish enough to look good in any grading suite and compact enough to be used for on-set grading, you'll find all the controls you'd expect from a colour grading panel without compromising on the essential ergonomics. The wave features crisp, easy to read, cool-blue OLED displays and custom trackerball units based on a non-contacting optical pickup. With enough buttons and knobs to keep your most needed controls at your fingertips, the Wave will increase your productivity, leaving you to get on with what you're best at doing - being creative!

Sofware that supports the Wave

The following software applications currently support the Wave panel. New apps are continually being added so please check back if your preferred product is not yet listed.

Apple - Color (v1.5 or higher is required)
Assimilate - Scratch (No drivers required)
Iridas - SpeedGrade & FrameCycler
(No drivers required)

For more info visit: http://www.tangentdevices.co.uk

Wave Plug-In for Apple Color v1.5

Although the Wave does not need a driver to work with Mac OS X, it does need a plug-in to enable it to talk to Color. The plug-in is bundled together with a utility allowing customisation of the panel operation in a Mac OS X installation package called Wave Color Support.

Download the Support Package from our support page now.
(Please note that Apple Color v1.5 or higher is required for the panel & plug-in to function.)

Customising Wave couldn't be simpler

The Wave Control Mapper tool included in the support package presents a graphical representation of the Wave panel, just click on a control in the application and assign a Color parameter or action from the list. For controls that can be assigned to a knob or trackerball you can also set the sensitivity. Alternate parameters, actions and sensitivities can be programmed for activation when the ALT key is held down. All this can be done live, while Color is still running.

Custom mappings are stored within your home directory which means that every user automatically has their own mapping.