Another Waves Complaint

[tkingen]

I've been using the Waves Renassiance 4.0 bundle. The plugins are certainly top notch, but I have a complaint that may not have been specifically addressed here before.
When a/bing with other brands of plugins, such as Timeworks, Ozone, PSP, or even the Cakewalk FX series, I can get them all to sound similar. Even CPU usage may look about the same.
The problem is, while making parameter adjustments, the Waves programs will usually cause dropout within a short period of time. With the other brands I can make adjustments to my hearts content and never have a dropout.
Has anyone else noticed this problem with Waves?

Sincerely,
Terry Kingen

[James Argo]

I don't know how it goes with Ver. 4, but I use Waves 3.5 on PIII 866 machine, and they indeed suck big CPU power compared to other plugins. I guess we need to upgrade to P4, increasing RAM and get better soundcard (...anything better than SB Live! )for better performance. Waves is great, but there's high price we'll have to pay for it...


Jaymz

[moskus]

Spot on, James! Waves is great but demands a fair deal of CPU power... And that's just the way it is.

[tkingen]

Spot on, James! Waves is great but demands a fair deal of CPU power... And that's just the way it is.

I must add that the dropouts only occur while looping. While playing a track or mix straight through the problem hasn't arisen. As you so eloquently said, maybe "That's just the way it is."

Terry

[tkingen]

BTW Jaymz,

I, too, have the 3.5 bundle. After talking with Waves tech support, they allowed me to download the 4.0 upgrade for free. I'm not quite sure what the enhancements are, but the Channel Strip was a part of the deal. It's a great plugin! Have you tried contacting them about the upgrade?

Terry

[James Argo]

It's almost imposible for me to contact them by phone. They only have unofficial distributor in my country, and they don't know much about it. However, I sent their support team an email asking about the upgrade. Mine is Gold Native Bundled 3.5. Not sure, but if it costs me another $600 bucks to upgrade, then forget it... I'll invest my money on better soundcard for now Cross my finger... Do you have any link about info on upgrading to V 4 ? I couldn't find it on their site. Thanks, Terry.

Jaymz

[James Argo]

WAIT !!!! I FOUND IT !!!!

http://www.waves.com/v4.htm

Bundles purchased since September 2002 are entitled to a free update to V4

I'm in !!!!! I got mine in Feb 2003 !!!!

YIIIIPPEEEEE !!!!!!

How to Get V4

Updating your 3.x products to version 4 is simple, whether you are updating online or via your Waves representative. Any Waves 3.x product you own can be updated to version 4.

Browse to register.waves.com and log into your account

(NOTE: If you have several accounts you will need to perform this procedure for each one of your accounts.)

In your account you will see a "Get Version 4" button. Click it. A new page will open in your browser, displaying a list of your updateable products and the total cost of update.

NOTE: If you have bought any Waves bundle since Sept 1st 2002 you will see an additional list consisting of these products, for which you are entitled to a free upgrade.

To proceed, click the "Next" button. If you wish to cancel the update process, click "Cancel", and the window will close. Clicking "Next" will open the first page of the financial transaction procedure. Follow it according to the on page instructions. At the end of this process you will be returned to your account. Once the transaction has been completed, the updated products will be displayed as version 4 in your account.

Aye aye aye !!!!!!

[moskus]

Originally posted by James Argo
WAIT !!!! I FOUND IT !!!!

I'm in !!!!!

Me too, me too!!!!


WHOHO!!