Someone wrote a script that would remove the files from your Mac that meant every two weeks you could reset the demo= free waves.
Here in the Uk they made a couple of missteps which caused a huge backlash in the professional end of the industry and stopped people being as willing to buy waves products.Īround 13 years ago, waves made available a two week demo after install of their full package. First company with signature plugins based on real processes used by established name engineers. First company to have industry wide success with a comprehensive collection that could service all needs. Waves in many ways got “there” first as a plugin company. So are there any sources to back up these quality criticisms? Have I fucked up in thinking that Waves plugins are high quality? When I watch producers and engineers whose work I love, many of them use Waves plugins, but when I read that sound quality is bad because of their age I feel like I've made a huge mistake spending a lot of money on plugins I thought were high quality. Specifically on this sub.Īt some point you have to take the word of customers if there is an overwhelming amount of negative feedback on these products regardless, but in this case I don't know what to think. But are there any sources on the sound quality actually being worse than newer plugins from other developers? All I've read are anecdotes from people on the Internet where I have no indication of their experience or expertise in audio. Now, GUI I can agree with in some cases, however I saw what I bought and for me that wasn't a problem. I'm on vacation so I have yet to try them.īut I stumbled upon posts criticising Waves' business model, which is more than fair criticism, but most of the comments also mention that many of their products are old and outdated both in GUI and sound quality. But I recently had the opportunity to shop for plugins and I excitedly bought the SSL bundle and the CLA classic compressors because I wanted some nice hardware emulation EQs and compressors (I've only used stock). I'll preface by saying I'm not very advanced in audio engineering and I'm not advocating for Waves as I have never used their products.