Martin H. Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 (edited) I have recieved the following email from PluginDiscounts:A quick message regarding changes happening at Waves: Waves Discontinues Perpetual Licenses On March 26th, Waves will discontinue the option to purchase perpetual plugin and/or bundle licenses, and Waves Update Plan renewals. If you have purchased a Waves product from us - Please be sure to register it no later than March 25th (tomorrow). There will be no refunds on unused codes, and they will not work after the 25th. Perpetual licenses will continue to work in Waves accounts. You will be able to continue to use them indefinitely. After 3/25, you will not be able to buy new Waves perpetual licenses, upgrades or extend WUP. We still have perpetual licenses for all Waves products and discounted WUP. You can shop Waves perpetual plugins and bundles here while they’re still available. You can request your discounted WUP pricing on our site here. We will stop offering discounted WUP around 1pm east coast time on Saturday. It seems that Waves will discontinue the option for Perpetual Licenses, upgrades or extend WUP After March 25th. Edited March 26, 2023 by Martin H. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locrian Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 5 minutes ago, Martin H. said: After 3/25, you will not be able to buy new Waves perpetual licenses, upgrades or extend WUP. This sounds like they are going with subscription plans. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin H. Posted March 24, 2023 Author Share Posted March 24, 2023 Just now, locrian said: This sounds like they are going with subscription plans. Indeed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott H Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 I'm so glad that I never heavily invested in Waves plugins! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSteven Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 (edited) This news is from a 3rd party reseller. I've yet to hear from Waves that they will stop selling perpetual licenses or WUP after March 26th.. Edited March 24, 2023 by TheSteven 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralfrobert Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 9 minutes ago, Scott H said: I'm so glad that I never heavily invested in Waves plugins! So am I. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niky Serrano Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 2 minutes ago, ralfrobert said: So am I. Other here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralfrobert Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 1 minute ago, Niky Serrano said: Other here At least it seems like you keep what you have indefinitely. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul P Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 (edited) I've just spent quite a few minutes trying to find the difference between 'registered' and 'activated' without any luck. The waves site itself is pretty opaque on the matter. Anyone know if a plugin is in my waves central but "not activated" is it registered ? If I click "Licences" on the left of waves central, I only see plugins that have been 'activated' and installed. My six ver.14 plugins that are present but not 'activated' don't show up and I can't get to any serial numbers for them if I have them. Most if not all six were freebies from waves themselves and deposited directly to my account by them. EDIT: the update plans for the six are apparently in effect as they each have different end dates. Edited March 24, 2023 by Paul P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grem Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 4 minutes ago, Paul P said: Anyone know if a plugin is in my waves central but "not activated" is it registered ? If it's in your Waves Central account, (IOW, showing in Waves Central app), then it's registered. You can have different plugins "activated" on different devices. Some on the computer your using, some on a usb stick, some on another computer located half way around the world. Activated means (afa Waves plugins) you can use it on that "device". And that "device" can be a computer HD, a USB stick, or Waves cloud. Your choice. It's actuallly a good system. Other than only allowing one Activation per product. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locrian Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 44 minutes ago, ralfrobert said: At least it seems like you keep what you have indefinitely. That's my plan. I have all the Waves' plugins I want at this point and will continue using them for as long as they work. But I will not buy any new ones if they're going to expire without a subscription renewal. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralfrobert Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 I have to say this kind of communication does not give me the impression that customers are valued very highly at Waves. I would like to know beforehand which changes will come. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Walton Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 13 minutes ago, ralfrobert said: I have to say this kind of communication does not give me the impression that customers are valued very highly at Waves. .... I've thought this since I was introduced to WAVES more than 2 decades ago. Nothing new to see here. ? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSteven Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 While sh**ty, I'm sure the current confusion is benefiting Waves by people upgrading or purchasing licenses before the deadline. So I'm not expecting clarification until afterward the deadline. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Promidi Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 Why not directly ask waves themselves this question? On March 26th, Will waves discontinue the option to purchase perpetual plugin and/or bundle licenses, and Waves Update Plan renewals? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 (edited) We'll find out on Sunday... Edited March 24, 2023 by abacab 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PavlovsCat Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 (edited) 18 hours ago, Promidi said: Why not directly ask waves themselves this question? On March 26th, Will waves discontinue the option to purchase perpetual plugin and/or bundle licenses, and Waves Update Plan renewals? This is the third thread on this topic. People have already asked -- me included-- but unsurprisingly, companies are going to be careful about letting big information like this leak, so unless you know someone at Waves personally or a vendor who is willing to share what they know, we're left to speculate and there's a lot of speculation going on there. Edited March 25, 2023 by PavlovsCat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grem Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, locrian said: will not buy any new ones if they're going to expire without a subscription renewal. Agreed. [edit] I have to say, as of today, I love my Waves plugins. Great quailty, all of them. Outstanding sound from all of them. License systems works well. Are there some things I don't like about Waves plugins? Yep, sure is. But none of them are a show stopper. If they still sell perpetual licenses after the 26th, I will still probably buy more of them. However, if it's sub only, I am outta here. Ever since PA started really I pushing thier MegaDeal sub, I have bought very little from them. Very little. Only reason I buy anything from them is I get a perpetual license. I ain't doing no sub, don't want no sub, ain't down with subs at all. They can take that sub and stick it.... Edited March 24, 2023 by Grem 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacab Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 21 minutes ago, Grem said: I ain't doing no sub, don't want no sub, ain't down with subs at all. They can take that sub and stick it.... That's exactly how I feel. I have some Waves plugs that I really like, and the only thing that I honestly really dislike about Waves is the one seat activation per license. The "industry standard" is usually for at least two. Since I now store my Waves licenses on a USB stick, they are portable - not as convenient, but not an issue for me. WUP has always been a la carte, or bundle, and always optional. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marina Posted March 24, 2023 Share Posted March 24, 2023 0 Waves plugins 0 audio plugins subscriptions 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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