Waves Center license rescan nonsense after Sonar upgrade.

It seems like every time I do an upgrade with Sonar that I have to "rescan my Waves license".  Only this time I cannot recover my license because it says I am limited to one recovery a year.
 
I hardly ever use my Waves plugins (mostly because of this kind of license issue).  I only have them on my home studio PC and I rarely do anything else on that PC these days in terms of upgrades of hardware or software.
 
Is this an issue purely with Waves, or does the act of upgrading my Sonar software cause this?  I must admit it seems to be tied to the latter but maybe it's just coincidence.  How do other people who have Waves plugins overcome these kind of crummy license issues?
 
For some reason the Waves Center keeps seeing my home studio PC as a different PC every time I launch it.  I have the same PC listed multiple times in Waves Center.  The licenses are listed as belonging to another named version of the same PC.
 

Nothing like that happens to me either and I use my Horizon bundle constantly on two computers (USB key license). If you are still covered by WUP, their support is great.

I put my waves license on my DAW computer, don't have to worry about dongle, never had a problem with any of them not being recognized or not working properly.  If you want to use the waves stuff on another computer, simply transfer license to a usb stick, and any computer that has the plugs your license covers will be recognized. If you still have problems, contact waves support, they have good support techs.

Any suggestions for an alternative to the Waves Rbass plugin that is part of the Sonar Platinum stuff? That's really all I was trying to use.

Or maybe a freebie plugin that is similar? I am not looking to spend any (more) money

It does seem like it's more of a Waves plugin issue.  Though this problem reappeared after I upgraded from Braintree to Cambridge.  And I've had the problem reappear on previous upgrades.  Now these might all be Waves issues, but something about the upgrade seems to be related, even if Sonar is not the culprit.  I wonder if any other Sonarites have experienced these kinds of issues before.

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I wonder if any other Sonarites have experienced these kinds of issues before.

Not here, no problems at all, all working fine.
 
Are you using the latest versions of the waves plugs ? version 9+, VST3 ?
Where is Sonar's VST scan pointing to in regards your Waves stuff ?
Is your Waves installation to default locations ?

I Had a issue a few weeks back with v8r install, and Sonar/win 8.1 and Waves v8r...freezing up Sonar Platinum BT1 on startup scanning.
 
I got the v9 update for the issue of freezing when opening sonar on them v8r Plugs, but had issues with ilok + and v8r and upgrades in Waves Plugins, as is, is no longer supporting usb dongle with ilok...or usb hard drive, that may have a installed old licence on my system ....Which was solved by unplugging the usb HD drives ,  from my system, just to make sure.
 
Could be when getting the transfer of the licence to a new "usb memory stick" ( the remote tech put on the licences for v9 ), or other none usb drive (was a choice he gave me), seemed a issue could be with usb and older versions?... With the remote tech who went into my system, removed all old 8vr references and dlls, and such, and then installed the new v9 upgrades...The old licences are still on the usb dongle, perhaps caused confusion with me here, and we got it sorted by removing them from there also...
 
, until i remove V8r licences from the usb HD drive through Ilok? (which removed all my licences from the usb dongle, to the cloud, and then put em back, by my command, with out any waves licences on that dongle...wink...As Sonar may still see something in ilok or HD usb of the old plugs, if you do not do this  complete removal of the old?.
 
I now find the V9 plugs in Sonar, and are working good when the usb HD is disconnected, as I have not as yet reconnected it to see if it still has licences on it to be removed as of yet...But perhaps by next week it will be checked out on ilok to see....(cannot say it is completely solved yet...I need my backup drive portable).....
 
I wonder if networking a drive for all connected to the network could hold all licences for all machines...would it cause issues in win 8.1 and Sonar/audio.
 
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So Waves support , with remote viewing, if you cannot sort it out....Is fantastic with that support!
 
Not sayin this is your solution, but I know it is confusing me all these updates....and things get muddled up all by them selves when you do update.....I sware!...lol
 
Cheers and Regards!
 
Sir Les

Put v8r installer exe on a drive, run it, it works for over one year, and then,... something changes with daw revisions...oh no pilot error.....Right....lol..., mudgel....Then everything needs a update,...oh lookie here, more MS updates after all is thought done,... who would of thunk I could of thought such a thought?....round and round we go....us pilots surely fly in circles, and pay more each time we complete a circuit, so moe error occurs wit dat...I say!...wink
 
 

Nurse . . .  Nurse . . .  Nurse !!!! . . . 
 

ok  OK....no need to call in the warden.....i'll stop jousting.... only, if they stop updating everything to need updates all the damn time.., and get the standards standardized, so no nurses are needed for the crashed and burnt out pilots!....lol.
 
Again sorry for the fun flying circles, but seriously this is kind of R&D..and we never get paid with a bugless Daw usage....why?...
 
You know this is not new technology...1989 - 2015 ...they have been developing Digital audio on varied platforms...and they all (those still playing the game) are now fixing to charge for yearly continued updates.....So you plot it out, and keep asking for Nurses, who will charge for the green pill to counter the red and blue ones they ask us to swallow before getting onboard...I spit mine out...you should of also...oh well, back to the update Posting mayham, and the original reason we are here...is for...but humor is good to lighten the spirits, without aviation fuel.

Wink
 

No mudgel, No aviation fuel for you...You'll keep your hair longer without it,,,...trust me....The only reason I have eyebrows is because I covered my eyes with my hands before crashing....If I was using aviation fuel, who knows what I would look like now..(see avitar)..Photography eh, might work better for some scribes...but not you?...say no more...back to bunny training for me..so dem dar Knights in tights, stay at bay....wink.

Bunnies are being trained as we speak.(Monty P Holy Grail like coconut horse ride through the Knights who say kneat) it's only a flesh wound"..run away!...I get it all, and laugh as to why,,, I said once ,.."if it don't work out of the box, return it asap"..Was a option once upon a time...but with this stuff called DAWs and Plugs it just is not returnable once opened....So my armies are being readied for some throat slashing pricing methods....As money taints all things...Could be why so many bugs continue with it....Perhaps, maybe, kinda, like sort of...eh?...oh blame the pilots you say?...nah....all variables on the table first...then make assumptions when all evidence is collected...and what was said is proven to be as said it would if it continued on with....But that is another funny book of notation scribbed..most do not Fathom as having validity in truths, to the words used..And here we have some proof bugs still exist with it's use pit upon, over, or for cost to be imposed....bugs...seems a variable it is, and should not be over looked today, with the so called evolved intelligence hidding under ground...wink...that is why bunnies are being trained...buggers can dig too...lol

Waves support offered to connect remotely. For the moment I am politely declining. I don't like the idea of installing extra software on my PC, not least some remote access. I'm sure now that this is my only solution but it is hard to swallow given the sense that I feel I have done nothing unusual with my PC.

Years ago I (virtually) dumped my Anteres plugins because of issues with paid-for licenses that I felt were not my fault.

VariousArtist
Waves support offered to connect remotely. For the moment I am politely declining. I don't like the idea of installing extra software on my PC, not least some remote access. I'm sure now that this is my only solution but it is hard to swallow given the sense that I feel I have done nothing unusual with my PC.

Years ago I (virtually) dumped my Anteres plugins because of issues with paid-for licenses that I felt were not my fault.

I unintentionally activated the Waves Reel ADT using a thumb drive because my recording rig wasn't then 'net-connected. Waves offed to remotely switch me over (after I added wi-fi connectivity) but so far have also declined for similar reasons. But I think about pulling the trigger sometimes just to free up the USB port. 😀