Lost in the Waves V8 Maze...

Hello,
 
Having heard of the many issues some fo you encountered with Waves plugins in 64 bits, I bought a "no brainer deal" to try their AudioTrack gadget on my Sonar X1b (64bits) running on Win7 - 64bits. The "V8 install" went smoothly and the plugin was performing just fine. This led me to (re)invest further in the Waves' collection. A first attempt to install the bundle left me with a complete listing of the Waves followed by "(0)", including my previously well working Audiotrack... I retried three times with an equal result. 
 

• I've made a complete uninstall of previous installation(s) and deleted the folders and the Waveshell 8.0 as well (it installs in two places...)
• The Ilok is showing the licenses
• The installer followed the same path and routine it did when installing Audiotrack...
• I've double checked the presence of the added folders in the VST FX list appearing in the Plugin Manager Window. Anyway, Sonar sees all of them but list them with an added (0).
• As an added note, I own a old basic (NPP) collection that I used when I was working in 32 bits. These plugs were still used in my Samplitude mastering program. As the V8's cannot coexist with pre V6 versions, I've lost them once and for all BUT, Samplitude 8 can't see the newly installed Waves bundle... (Waves is not DirectX compatible anymore?)

I have no clue about what I could miss or the mistake I've done, if there's any. Waves Audiotrack was working like a charm this morning. Now it just displays its GUI while passing no sound. Same thing for the others...
 
Someone can help?
Thanks in advance

Yes... I checked all I had to install and all the Waves dll's are in proper place + the Waveshell, as suggested by the installer. Thanks for the answer!

You are installing them into the "x86" vst folder aren't you?

To Craig:
"I had the same listing you did with plugs followed by (0).   Used shell2vst and jbridge, and in plug-in manager checked the box to use the jbridge wrapper, now all Waves plugs list properly."
 
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Thanks for the tip! Actually, even though there are (0) following the Waves PI's, I managed to have them working after another try! What's scares me is that I have not made anything different IMO. Are your bundles stored in the "x86" folder or into the "64 bits" one? No downside/compromise in using jbridge and shell2vst?
 
Thanks again!
JP

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i would uninstall everything and try again.

go into regedit: HKEY LOCAL MACHINE > Software > Wow6432 > delete the waves folder
c:/users/*name*/appdata/roaming delete all waves folders
delete all waves folders in c:/program files and c:/program files/common files

try again. i had a similar problem recently. min eare followed by  (0) but work fine.

Hello and thanks for the hint.
 
In fact, I have deleted all Waves folders and files in the uninstall process but have not gone as far as to edit the registry. Worth the try, I guess. Currently, I have the plugins working, now. The listing is still polluted with (0)s, but they load and sound ok... for the moment. Are yours into the "x86" folder on the "64 bits" one? Just curious as it has been pointed as a possible quirk. Do you use jbridge and shell2vst as well?
 
Thanks in advance!
 
JP

mine are in  x86. i actually havn't tried jbridge yet as i havn't had a problem with bitbridge.

Pretty sure they're in x86, not at that computer at the moment; mudgel makes a good point.   Studio One has no built in bridge which made jbridge and shell2vst necessary.  There's no appreciable difference in performance in using jbridge in Sonar.  Proper listing of Waves plugs is helpful especially for those plugs for which the user can choose the number of bands of eq, for instance.