Thanks Don. I wish I could figure it out. It happens without fail. I'm good with being limited to 30 instances of Waves. It's just enough to get through most small mixes. And I'll be getting a hardware upgrade in a couple months anyways.
 
Thanks again.
Mo

bitflipper
JAB3, if you haven't been seduced into the Waves cult yet, it's not too late - turn back while you still can.
 
(Yeh, everybody already knows I despise Waves, but some get disappointed if I don't jump in and say so whenever the topic comes up.)

Or the other way round - if your opinion of Waves dates more than 2-3 years back - maybe time to re-evaluate Waves as a company.
 
Three years ago I asked them about x64 support and it was stiff upper lip, kind of - no such thing is on the rise.
 
Since then they changed dramatically:
a) x64 support
b) got rid of iLok
c) pricing really affordable to anybody - browsing the campaigns.
And I find their support really responsive, good built in help in every plugin, really good A/B testing and built in preset menu in every plugin as well.
 
And plugins are good enough for me anyway - and they are continued in development. Some plugins that were limited to 48k are now soon coming as 96k(it's only 2-3 plugins I found having that limitation).
 
If companies change - why not give them a chance.
 

First question I'd ask myself, is what are you missing (if anything) from your current plugins.
ie: If you're looking for super smooth/gentle dynamics control, the LA-2A model is pretty good... but so is the CA-2A from Cakewalk.
If you don't really need a specific plugin/s, I'd save for something of bigger necessity or greater importance.
 
Waves SSL works great here.
 
 
 
 

Mistergreen

JAB3
Okay. So Waves is running a special on there bundles currently. Although I am enticed to jump on them, I frequently see some people complaining about stability issues with Waves Plugins in Sonar X1/X2. BTW, I run on a 64-bit machine, but use both 32-bit and 64-bit Sonar X1 currently.
 
So I would like all to chime in and give me your honest opinion on whether I should dive into the Waves bucket, or just hold on to my $900 and just patiently wait (or hope) for Cakewalk to deliver/release more of their ProChannel module plugins, or get some other package/family of FX plugins like nomad factory, ik multimedia, etc. How would you spend that much money on 3rd party FXs for Sonar?
 
Thanks in advance.

I have no problems using them on my Win7(64) machine. My only question to you would be: Why do you feel you need to purchase a Waves bundle? 

Buying Cakewalk plugins locks you into the their realm forever, kind of. That's one reason not to go Cakewalk.
 
I consider the plugins my actuall tools - and changing daw is easy, if you can carry the tools you know well with you. Going 3rd party is keeping your options open - and no wasted investments.
 
But right now I don't think Waves has any no-brainer deals for august. Wait for september and see what is coming. Sometimes it's midmonth specials as well.

Mistergreen

JAB3
Okay. So Waves is running a special on there bundles currently. Although I am enticed to jump on them, I frequently see some people complaining about stability issues with Waves Plugins in Sonar X1/X2. BTW, I run on a 64-bit machine, but use both 32-bit and 64-bit Sonar X1 currently.
 
So I would like all to chime in and give me your honest opinion on whether I should dive into the Waves bucket, or just hold on to my $900 and just patiently wait (or hope) for Cakewalk to deliver/release more of their ProChannel module plugins, or get some other package/family of FX plugins like nomad factory, ik multimedia, etc. How would you spend that much money on 3rd party FXs for Sonar?
 
Thanks in advance.

I have no problems using them on my Win7(64) machine. My only question to you would be: Why do you feel you need to purchase a Waves bundle? 

If you own a studio where producers and outside engineers come in to work, that's a great excuse to have the whole Waves collection, since they may ask for some specific, but random plug-ins. But then, those studios may have a storage room full of DAW solutions for those who desire different DAW's. In my case, I use one program for mixing, and another for mastering. I use the Waves PuigTec EQs from the Puig Classics bundle in Sonar for mixing, but I use the PuigChild compressor in my mastering DAW. Having them as a bundle on sale from Waves made these pretty viable. I also use the Waves Tape Simulator in mixing to either tame or excite guitars, vocals, or cymbals, where I use it for tape-slamming in mastering in some cases.
 
I agree with those who feel limited by the ProChannel plug-ins, but only if you don't or can't use the same DAW for mixing/mastering. Conversely, you can get many of the plug-ins in the PC with Sonar already, so you're not really losing money by having them plus buying Waves plug-ins for another program. You just don't get the added bonus of using the PC plug-ins with other programs. Maybe Cakewalk might consider offering a Producer+ version which allows the PC to be used with other programs (or individual PC plug-ins), or offer a PC upgrade that will allow this (not called Expanded, though).