Year/Release Date : 12/19/2024
Version : 12/18/2024
Developer : Waves
Developer’s website : Waves
Format : VST3|AAX
Bit depth : 64bit
Tablet : Cured
System requirements : Win 10+
Supported hosts :
• Pro Tools 2023.12, 2024 AAX Native, AU
• Ableton Live 12 VST3
• Nuendo 13 VST3
• Cubase 13, 14 VST3
• Audition 24, 25 VST3
• Premiere Pro 24, 25 VST3
• Studio One Professional 6, 7 VST3
• FL Studio 21 , 24 VST3
• REAPER 7 VST3
• Reason 12.7, 13 VST3
• Maschine 2, 3 VST3
• Komplete Kontrol 3 VST3
• Bitwig Studio 5.1, 5.2 VST3
• Luna 1.8 VST3
• Cakewalk by BandLab 2024 VST3
• Cakewalk Sonar 2024.11 VST3
• Samplitude Pro X8 VST3
• Sequoia 16, 17 VST3
• Pyramix 14 VST3
• OBS Studio 29, 30 Via StudioVerse, Stereo only
• Davinci Resolve 18.5, 19 VST3
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What’s new
[December 18, 2024]
New plugin added:
Immersive Wrapper
Turn Waves plugins into immersive mixing tools Immersive Wrapper is an innovative tool that transforms Waves monoplugins
into immersive multichannel processors. This helps solve the problem of bus processing
when mixing music for ATMOS and other immersive formats.
Now you can create exciting bus processing setups in multi-channel/object mixes
using your favorite Waves plugins, complete with a shared internal sidechain system
for dynamic processing of the entire mix.
One of the biggest challenges when mixing for Immersive formats like ATMOS
is the lack of a bus: because the Immersive mix is output as separate layers and objects,
you can’t compose the entire mix in one place, making it difficult to achieve the same glued coherence
as a stereo mix.
Immersive Wrapper finally brings bussing to immersive mixing.
The Immersive Wrapper plugin can place any mono-to-mono Waves plugin in any channel configuration
from mono to 7.1.2 all the way up to 9.1.6.
Immersive Wrapper opens a mono plugin across all channels of a multi-channel track in a “multi-mono” configuration.
All mono instances of the plugin across layers and objects can be control linked
so that they act as a single plugin. Control linking is flexible: you can link
and unlink specific groups, such as ambient or top, and save relative
control positions for maximum control and precision – all with a single click.
For dynamic plugins that support sidechaining, Immersive Wrapper lets you share
internal sidechains across all layers and objects, allowing you to quickly
and easily glue your immersive mix together with bus compression.
Features :
• Supports all track types from mono to 7.1.2 and 9.1.6 and everything in between
• Supports all mono-mono plugins in the Waves catalog
• Create advanced multi-mono setups with flexible linking and relative parameter control
• “Global Group” cross-track linking extends multi-mono functionality to span an entire immersive mix
• Comprehensive shared internal sidechain system for dynamic processing of the entire mix
• Solves the master bus handling problem when mixing music for ATMOS
• Use live (5.1, 5.0) via SuperRack SoundGrid, SuperRack Performer, and SoundGrid Rack for VENUE
• Designed by leading immersive audio mixing engineers
List of changes :
December 18, 2024
• New plugin: Immersive Wrapper: Turn any Waves-compatible mono plugin into a multi-channel
immersive processor when mixing music for ATMOS and other immersive formats.
Available as a standalone plugin or with a Waves Ultimate subscription.
Installation :
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Uninstall/Clean
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If this is your first installation of Waves, skip this step.
Run the included “R2R_Kill_Waves_Background_Process.cmd”.
Make sure COSMOS.exe, WavesLocalServer.exe, WavesPluginServer.exe are not running.
Uninstall the previous release.
Uninstall Waves Central.
Clear paths:
• Your VST2, VST3, AAX plugin directory
• C:\Program Files (x86)\Waves\
• %PROGRAMFILES%\Waves Central\
• %PROGRAMDATA%\Waves Audio\
• %APPDATA%\COSMOS\
• %APPDATA%\Waves Audio\
• %LOCALAPPDATA%\Waves Audio\
• %PUBLIC%\Waves Audio\
=> If you think you have no experience, please find “WaveShell*” in C drive, then delete all.
=> We always see people having problems with old shells that need to be removed first.
Clear registry:
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Waves\
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Install Runtime
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If you are using SoundGrid, install/update SoundGrid drivers.
Google “Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable”, download from Microsoft website and install/update:
Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2015-2022 x64
Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime (used by recent web plugins)
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Install Waves
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Unzip our installer, run and install.
Scan or rescan plugins from your DAW.
If you have updated, it is recommended to do a full rescan.
If you are using sample-based instruments,
find the path to the instruments from the application launcher or GUI.
Sample library releases
(most of them can now also be downloaded from the official Waves website):
• Waves.Bass.Fingers.Library.HD.v1.0-R2R
• Waves.Bass.Fingers.Library.SD.v1.0-R2R
• Waves.Bass.Slapper.Library.HAPPY.NEW.YEAR-R2R
• Waves .Clavinet.Library-R2R
• Waves.Electric.88.Library-R2R
• Waves.Electric.200.Library-R2R
• Waves.Electric.G80.Library-R2R
• Waves.Grand.Rhapsody.Library.HD.v1.0-R2R
• Waves.Grand.Rhapsody.Library.SD.v1.0- R2R
• Waves.Sample.Libraries.Factory.Pack.v1.0.3.5-R2R (CR8 Sampler requests this)
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Restarting Waves background servers
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This is useful when a background process is doing something wrong.
When background servers are not working properly, the following problem occurs.
• Scanning for plugins fails (WaveShells returns 0 plugins)
• Preset Browser does not work
• COSMOS (also in CR8 Sampler Browser) does not start or crashes without a license error
• Some plugins like KeyDetector, Waves Gemstones cause a license error
Run the included “R2R_Kill_Waves_Background_Process.cmd”.
Run these EXE files manually.
• “%PROGRAMDATA%\Waves Audio\WavesLocalServer\WavesLocalServer.bundle\Contents\Win64\WavesLocalServer.exe”
• “%PROGRAMDATA %\Waves Audio\WavesPluginServer\WavesPluginServerV15.1.bundle\Contents\Win64 \WavesPluginServer.exe”
After that, rescan the plugin.
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TEAM R2R 2024
R2R NOTE
The witch says,
• No Waves Central installation or account login required.
• Waves Central installation/uninstallation is simplified and much faster.
• Instrument libraries are not included. Check out our other releases.
• Our emulation technology is much faster and more resource efficient.
Please read R2R.txt before installation