Only X2 supported by Waves now - what is this about?

Just recently it still said X1-X2 as supported for VST.
 
And I expected if any change it would say X1-X2(VST2) X3(VST3) or something.
 
Is there an explanation for this - nothing about X3 and X1 was removed?
 
I saw that the release of Studio One 2.6 in august is listed already.
 
How does this work - are Waves charging for test and Cake is awaiting X3c, or?

Thanks - no, I think you got it just about right - apart from that X1, X2 obviously will not be updated anymore, that I understand.
 
Now on X3, I had no real issues either. Have not tried Tune yet - if that runs though. The specs at Waves are worse now on the new site - the old table specs were much more clear what to expect from every plugin on every host.
 
Had trouble in other daws with Dorrough meters - but that worked just fine even in S8.5.
 
Just a bit puzzled - that X1 was removed suddenly and X3 not there yet?
What I expected was X3 to be added to the list as VST3 compliant.
 
Presonus were really quick to get S1 2.6 up there.

Many thanks.
 
I've got X3 basic, and Melodyne is extra, so Tune has been good to me.

When it comes to VST 3, Presonus had that through the whole Studio One v2.0 series and 2.6 was a point release.
From the Sonar perspective, VST 3 has only been available since Sonar X3 which has only been out a month. I cant see Waves qualifying it for a little while yet.

When you add the fact that Camewalk and Waves have had discussions to work out some early problems then there doesnt seem anything to get worried about.

lfm
Just recently it still said X1-X2 as supported for VST.
 
And I expected if any change it would say X1-X2(VST2) X3(VST3) or something.
 
Is there an explanation for this - nothing about X3 and X1 was removed?
 
I saw that the release of Studio One 2.6 in august is listed already.
 
How does this work - are Waves charging for test and Cake is awaiting X3c, or?

I'm sure it's just that "supported" means they tested it, and can confirm the plugins will work with said host. It doesn't mean the plugins won't work on any other version of Sonar, or that Waves will ignore your emails if you have a problem, it just means they're not going to go out of their way to ensure compatibility. Why? Because a company can't realistically be expected to support every major version of every major host. So Waves is saying, "hey, we're testing our stuff to make sure it works on X2."
 
Now, X3 was just released in October. Studio One 2.6 was released in August. It's also quite likely that Waves just hasn't had the chance to put X3 through it's paces yet. I'm sure at some point they'll say "X2/X3" are the only supported versions, and eventually just "X3" before switching to "X3/X4" sometime next year.
 
There's nothing to panic over. Universal Audio did the same exact thing with the UAD's, and everyone on the forum started freaking out. Meanwhile, everything's been fine, and the plugins are still working (there was an issue with Cubase 7, but that appears to have been Stieny's fault). So basically: nothing to worry about.

mudgel
Hey Danny,
Are there some particular Waves plugs you have or did you get something like the Mercury bundle.

I keep thinking about them but now i have a UAD quad card to feed with expensive plugins. Toi many choices, not enough funds.

Hi Mike,
 
Yeah we got the Merc bundle. It's over-kill for sure and if I had to do it over again, I would have never went that route. But I've been with Waves since they used a HASP Key Dongle on the printer port..lol..so I'm one of those dopes that paid way too much money years ago when they were new and mind-blowing.
 
That said, there are quite a few plugs I use from them that I think are industry standard in my opinion. But these days other companies are doing lots of the same things and are doing them just as good or better actually. For example, I have the Waves, UAD and the Cakewalk versions of the LA2A. To me, the UAD version is the closest to the real one I had, but the Cake version is the one I use the most because it just sounds good. The one in Waves is ok too, but the Cake version is what I'd recommend to anyone.
 
I like the Waves L1, L2 L3 and the rest of their limiters. The reason being, they really work well for rock/metal and dirty blues, rap and anything you may want a little "good" dirt on because you can push them a bit and they don't give you that digital distortion type sound you get from other limiters like say, Boost 11. Their Q series eq's are great, the SSL stuff is really cool, and some of the Flanger, Mondo Mod/special effects plugs are unique because nothing else really does what they do the way they do it.
 
Their multi-band comps like the C-6 are really cool too. What I'm not too down with are the signature series plugs. I just don't see a use for most of them. It's like they crammed cheap effects algorithms or something into them. They just don't sound very good to me at all. Like some sort of economy plug that isn't as lush and transparent as you'd hope.
 
The API series is really good, especially that 2500 compressor. I consider it one of the best compressors ever made in plugin format. I can list a few more, but you get the idea. I would say if you buy anything Waves, be selective because you won't need the entire library really. If you ever have any questions about anything specific, feel free to pm me and I'll give you my take on whatever you may be looking for.
 
-Danny

I still have two of those stupid little HASP parallel port dongles in a drawer somewhere...
 
I've stopped at the Gold and Rennaisance bundles for now... although if they ever put the Durrough Metering up as a no-brainer I'll probably grab that.
 
Their hardware meters are as good as it gets... and they used to make a pretty cool three band compressor (the DAP 310, later replaced by the DAP-610). I used a pair of these as the final processing for an FM station for years... if you were patient enough to set them up properly they blew the doors off any other processor, including the early Optimods. I had the pair in my studio for a while, but eventually had to return them to their rightful owner. I'd love to have a DAP-310 plug-in... without the alignment procedure<G>!