Lastly, Waves plugins come with a certain amount of pedigree AKA every Grammy-winning mix engineer knows these plugins like the back of their hand. Second, they certainly are not for the faint of heart, and the countless bells and whistles embedded within Waves plugins make them miles ahead of any generic plugins that come stock in your DAW. Firstly, there are hundreds of them from which to choose. Having access to even a single bundle of Waves plugins can open up so many avenues, both creatively and from a technical standpoint.īut this is a double-edged sword, as Waves plugins can also be intimidating for myriad reasons. The Update Plan thing is also pretty grifty.Waves plugins are some of the most powerful tools in a mix engineer's armory. not a Waves hater as much as just amused, but I do wish I learned about these things before spending money with them. I do wanna play with the Aphex Exciter and their plasticky API 2500 for a little nostalgia, just for chucks, but if memory serves I like other companies' analog emulations of literally everything but the 160 for actually doing mixes. not that much love lost, I can just use the dbx 160 in DMG Trackcomp. a situation where iLok would actually be comparatively very reasonable. maybe I fucked something up, but I've never had a customer experience anywhere close to this absurd and funny with any other plugin company. I locked myself out of my Waves account for a year in something like an hour just trying to get my plugins authorized. I got a USB wifi antenna when the one inside my laptop broke and their authorizer somehow gave my computer, like, three different device IDs in 30 minutes and I had to use the "recover my licenses" thing which is preposterously limited to one use a calendar year. I've been 100% locked out of all my licenses for a year, starting last november. I spent a fair chunk on waves plugins, maybe $150, incl.
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