Where does Waves install 64bit plugs?

I used the WUP option when I bought Mercury V8. Got Mercury V9 for free. WUP is where it's (if you have it at the right time).

On my machine, 64bit is installed here:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Waves\WavesV9\Waveshells\WaveShell-VST 9.0_x64.dll

Don't be fooled by the fact that it's in the "Program Files (x86)" directory. Waves is weird that way.

Now, what I did (which is non-standard) is I created a "Waves" directory in my vstplugins folder and copied the .dll there. That's where I point SONAR 64bit to. I just have to remember to recopy the .dll on a Mercury update as that .dll knows what plugs I use.

Of course you could just point SONAR 64 to the "install" directory (i.e. my example was my install directory).

Thanks heaps bapu. That clears things up. I was assuming Waveshell was some kind of bitbridge thing.

Thanks for the tip Rain- owning a lowly 7 plugs, I will probably forgo WUP. If I had one of the big bundles though it might be different... ohhh, to own the Mercury :)

Good advice chuckebaby. I'm with you all the way on that.

I never buy VSTs at full price but I have a weakness sometimes when something drops from it's original value to it's new "current permanent" price and I feel like I must buy it :) E.G. when CLA first came out I think it had a sticker price of $800. Then it was $500, the same i think as JJP (I wanted the fairchild see).

Now today you can grab both of them for a total of $359 from audiodeluxe. They sure do sound nice too.

chuckebaby


some might say they only work in win xp because they havent updated these older plugs.

Definitely one of the drawback of "free". It can be said that even some (heftily) paid for plugs suffer from the same problem.