Luc 114 Posted October 11, 2021 18 minutes ago, Pollux said: It's cheaper to upgrade to Diamond than to get the WUP for the remaining ones 16 minutes ago, simon said: ^^^ yes definitely check for upgrade prices before/if you decide to WUP. It's often much much cheaper. This is great advice! Never thought of doing this. Thanks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marled 513 Posted October 11, 2021 I still hope that one day they (Waves) dispose of their cumbersome shell (seems not in v13)! As long as they keep their plugins shellized I will stay Waves free (the handfull plugins that I have are almost never used)! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luc 114 Posted October 11, 2021 @Pollux @simon so if I have the SSL bundle v12 and were to upgrade to Studio Classics (which includes the stuff in the SSL bundle), I would have v13 licenses for all of the products (including the v12 ones I had originally), right? Does this make sense? I'm not fully awake yet lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
aidan o driscoll 768 Posted October 11, 2021 How does one UNINSTALL certain waves plugins? I tried this, but no go ( the manual route described ) https://www.waves.com/support/uninstall-waves-products TBH many are these freebie one knob things that I never use. I only want to hang onto about 4 or 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brian Walton 1,528 Posted October 11, 2021 2 hours ago, abacab said: Should. But Windows 11 compatible? I think it is marketing speak, unless Windows 11 broke the VST3 standard (which we would all be in deep trouble) it isn't like WAVES plugins are highly dependent on a specific version of the OS. It is more like scare tatics to make us question if we need to upgrade for fear of incompatibilty. This isn't like MAC where "native" M1 upgrades are related to coding changes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bdickens 1,221 Posted October 11, 2021 Yeah. Microsoft doesn't break software nearly as bad as Crapple. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mibby 2,303 Posted October 11, 2021 2 hours ago, aidan o driscoll said: I assume all our v12, v11 waves plugs keep working forever ...and v10 and v9. 🤞 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simon 2,453 Posted October 11, 2021 32 minutes ago, Luc said: @Pollux @simon so if I have the SSL bundle v12 and were to upgrade to Studio Classics (which includes the stuff in the SSL bundle), I would have v13 licenses for all of the products (including the v12 ones I had originally), right? Does this make sense? I'm not fully awake yet lol yes - of course your 'old SSL bundle' would be surrendered as part of the upgrade but as you say Studio Classics would give you them all back again as V13 with a years WUP thrown in. Also make sure you get a price from everyplugin.com for anything Waves related. Don't buy direct There is an option to generate a 'code' to give to the 'local dealer' choose 'customize upgrade' and click the 'buying from your local dealer' link 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Luc 114 Posted October 11, 2021 1 minute ago, simon said: yes - of course your 'old SSL bundle' would be surrendered as part of the upgrade but as you say Studio Classics would give you them all back again as V13 with a years WUP thrown in. Also make sure you get a price from everyplugin.com for anything Waves related. Don't buy direct There is an option to generate a 'code' to give to the 'local dealer' choose 'customize upgrade' and click the 'buying from your local dealer' link Awesome! Thanks! 😀 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paul Young 1,939 Posted October 11, 2021 47 minutes ago, marled said: I still hope that one day they (Waves) dispose of their cumbersome shell (seems not in v13)! As long as they keep their plugins shellized I will stay Waves free (the handfull plugins that I have are almost never used)! They have so many plugins I guess that works for them. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
abacab 5,371 Posted October 11, 2021 The Waves shells can go to shell... 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RSMcGuitar 1,061 Posted October 11, 2021 2 hours ago, simon said: ^^^ yes definitely check for upgrade prices before/if you decide to WUP. It's often much much cheaper. Until you get to where I am, after doing that for several version updates, my only upgrade option left is Mercury and that ain't happening. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RSMcGuitar 1,061 Posted October 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Brian Walton said: I think it is marketing speak, unless Windows 11 broke the VST3 standard (which we would all be in deep trouble) it isn't like WAVES plugins are highly dependent on a specific version of the OS. It is more like scare tatics to make us question if we need to upgrade for fear of incompatibilty. According to Waves, on their Facebook, they "don't know" if other versions with with Windows 11. What a crock... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simon 2,453 Posted October 11, 2021 19 minutes ago, RSMcGuitar said: Until you get to where I am, after doing that for several version updates, my only upgrade option left is Mercury and that ain't happening. yep......eventually you run out of upgrades ....first world problem of course 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann 652 Posted October 11, 2021 13 minutes ago, RSMcGuitar said: they "don't know" if other versions with with Windows 11. What a crock... That's just typical of software development QA. They probably have a suite of tests that they have run for the latest version and haven't run for the older ones because it takes resources and effort even if there are problems they won't fix older versions anyway But, in practical terms: quite likely older versions are ok 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RSMcGuitar 1,061 Posted October 11, 2021 59 minutes ago, Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann said: But, in practical terms: quite likely older versions are ok But, also in practical terms, they definitely know if they work or not and are lying when they say they don't know. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawajava 483 Posted October 11, 2021 2 hours ago, RSMcGuitar said: Until you get to where I am, after doing that for several version updates, my only upgrade option left is Mercury and that ain't happening. Years ago I had a rag tag smattering of various Waves plugins from different $29 specials. At some point I inquired with Every Plug-in. He was able to put together a custom price that got me to Mercury at a price that made me jump. I would never have imagined previously that I’d get Mercury. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheSteven 2,328 Posted October 11, 2021 2 hours ago, Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann said: That's just typical of software development QA. They probably have a suite of tests that they have run for the latest version and haven't run for the older ones because it takes resources and effort even if there are problems they won't fix older versions anyway But, in practical terms: quite likely older versions are ok Waves has discovered that releasing new versions generates WUP purchases, so regardless of the real need we are now seeing (and will continue to see) version updates on a regular basis. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Fleer 8,389 Posted October 11, 2021 Got all those bundles I never used and never will. Not even going to register my Abbey Road Collection. Wock that Woop. 1 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
trager 194 Posted October 12, 2021 2 hours ago, Fleer said: Got all those bundles I never used and never will. Not even going to register my Abbey Road Collection. Wock that Woop. Anything particular you'd be looking for in exchange for the serial? 🙃 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
