Version: 2024.11.29
Developer: Waves
Developer’s website: waves.com/subscriptions/ultimate
Format: VST, VST3, AAX,64bit
Tablet: Cured
System requirements: Win 10+
Size: 8.35 GB
All 230+ Waves plugins. Create with complete freedom, everything is always at hand. Let nothing stand between the sound you hear in your head and what comes out of the speakers. Waves Ultimate is the largest plugin package with which you get everything you need.
All popular Waves plugins for vocals. All analog models, from Abbey Road to SSL. All Waves plugins for mastering. All compressors, all equalizers, all effects, instruments, saturation plugins, artist signature plugins, channel strips, AI-powered noise reduction. Waves Ultimate offers the most complete set of professional audio plugins anywhere.
• Instantly optimizes track energy for more impact and focus
• Brings elements to the forefront and adds clarity
• Gives you a solid foundation to build your mix on
• Instantly brings dull tracks to life
• Uses frequency-dependent progressive fade-out
• Automatically compresses the busiest areas of the frequency range
• Instantly balance input and output levels with Quick Match
• Control the speed of response with hard and soft modes
• Adjust bright and dark tones with the tilt control
• Zero-latency version for live sound
• 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
, this release can be installed over it.
You will also need to replace the old WaveShell files with the new ones.Uninstall/Cleanup
If this is your first Waves installation, 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.
Clean paths:
• Your VST2, VST3, AAX plugins 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 are inexperienced, search for “WaveShell*” on your C drive, then delete everything.
=> We always see people having problems with old shells that should be removed before doing this.
Clean registry:
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Waves\
Install Runtime
If you are using SoundGrid, install/update SoundGrid drivers.
Google “Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable”, download from Microsoft and install/update:
Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2015-2022 x64
Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime (used by recent web plugins)
Install Waves
Unzip our installer, run and install.
Scan or rescan plugins from your DAW.
If you have updated, a full rescan is recommended.
If you are using sample-based instruments,
find the instruments path 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)
Restarting Waves background servers
This is useful when a background process is doing something wrong.
When background servers are not working correctly, the following problem occurs.
• Plugin scanning fails (WaveShells returns 0 plugins)
• Preset browser does not work
• COSMOS (also in CR8 Sampler browser) does not start or exits without license error
• Some plugins like KeyDetector, Waves Gemstones cause 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”
Then rescan the plugin.
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