Waves how many computers

That said, their sibilance de-esser is the best one on the market and I cant really do without it. Originally Posted by airon. Izotope is much more lenient if your authoraztion on a USB stick goes poof.

I asked them because their 'installer' was kinda funky if you already have stuff installed via single installers. No matter how terrible some of these fucking companies are. But if I did, this thread would be my justification. Thomas Find More Posts by Jae. Originally Posted by Jae. I am a bit confused. I don't use Waves too often, but I own many from years ago. Newest are V9. I have never been locked out of them.

Just to make sure, I just loaded all of them after seeing your post. Find More Posts by richie Originally Posted by Stu. Put me in the "I'll never buy any Waves plugins again" camp. Too many problems as discussed above to make them worth buying. Same happens with their giveaways. I'd better just avoid Waves due to its policy and a bad Reaper support. Also try to avoid IK Multimedia. There are plenty of cool developers with awesome plugins and simple protection.

As we all know, heavy protection mostly harms legal users. Originally Posted by Michael AD. Rule of thumb: If the software maker doesn't offer their product for purchase, they don't really have a product!

If the only option is to "rent", it's a scam. No business would want this look. If their product performed so poorly it would lead to refunds, renting the "service" would be a workaround for that to them.

It might look bad but at least they have your money and they don't have to entertain returns and refunds. There's really no other explanation that holds water.

Waves is a legacy product now for sure. I wouldn't install anything from them without making a backup clone of my system drive first! Then deny their calls home with your network monitor and choose the offline install options. Exactly why I didn't take it too seriously when the software warned me I can only retrieve licenses once a year oh please! Izotope and others have all responded promptly to an email about de-authorizing inaccessible computers.

Because who gives a fuck? Let me use the shit I bought! I can't help it if my computer keeps fucking up! However, Izotope has by far the most obnoxious "managers" around. Here's an interesting page to look for good free alternatives. I've got a few Wave's plugins But I think pirates love to sail on those waves and do it pretty well.

My Waves plugins did their last work on my latest project album, I could go on forever. Because, even if I decided to give them away for free, the whole process would end up costing more than actually buying the plugins from the Waves store. But other than that: Waves sucks granite block! Valenzia Vision. Unbelievable that you have to pay Waves in order to sell your licenses.

Bar none the greediest plugin company out there. I really wanted that SSL-E strip actually How good is Waves Tune? How do you zoom out in waves tune?

Does waves work with GarageBand? How do you use Waves Tune in logic? Does Auto Tune work with logic? How do I rescan Logic plugins? How do you refresh plugins in Logic? Post Wed May 31, pm. Post Thu Jun 01, am. Post Wed Jun 07, pm. Post Thu Jun 08, am. Post Thu Jun 08, pm. Post Fri Jun 09, am. Post Sun May 24, am. Quick links. Post Wed May 31, am I'm going to drop Waves a note but also want to post on this forum.

In fact, I'll simply send them a copy of this post. Waves make great plugins, and it's a major step forward to be able to use them in the Reason environment. Yet, I won't give them any more of my money until they make their copy protection more user friendly.

They allow for use on multiple computers, but there's a catch, and it often catches me. You can only have one computer activated at once and have to manually assign the license to the different computer when you want to switch environments.

Worse still, you have to do this from the computer on which the license is currently activated. For example, if you are in a home studio and want to continue work on a laptop later, you have to open the Waves Central software and transfer the licenses before you leave the studio - every single time.

And if you forget, there's no way to use the plugins on your laptop; They don't allow you to do this remotely, even though you own the plugins.

They do allow you to license a USB dongle, and you can use that on different computers, but the same thing applies: you have to remember to take the dongle with you - every single time. If you don't, you're out of luck, and you can't use the Waves plugins you bought.

Compare this to Propellerheads' system: you can sync licenses to both computers automatically. The No. Today's Posts competitions support us FAQ advertise our advertisers newsletter. When you buy products through links across our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

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