One Day Sale on Waves L1 Maximizer

$29 on July 16th...

Even less at the discounters

Will post links when available

JRRShop sent me an email that has the L1 listed for $29 and the  Ultrapitch for $39.

$29.00 for L1?
 
Highway robbery. :-)

Wasn't LI one of the very first plugins ever to be released? I've had the 15 years or so, tried them all & this still gets used as my default track limiter.
Light on resources too. My templates use 30 instances, no problem.
Unless I'm really squashing a track I don't need to use anything else.

bitflipper
According to wikipedia, their first product was a parametric equalizer in 1992. That's ancient history in this business! It was, in fact, the very first audio plugin (for Sound Tools, predecessor to ProTools). What's even more amazing is that they're still selling it.

 
And what's even more amazing than that is that it still works great!  I use Q10 all the time ... I haven't found anything that I like better for surgical cuts at particular frequencies.  So clean and transparent, with no noticeable CPU hit. 
 
I'm not wild about most of Waves' other EQ plugs, which I think have been bettered by the competition, but this oldie-but-goodie has aged well in my book.
 
Cheers,
Eddie
 

Love L1 too.
 
Q10 I tend to use on things like huge heavy metal guitars, where I do a lot of EQ'ing. I never use all 10 bands but I find it handy to have as many bands as I need.

No dongle? A dongle would be a deal breaker for me. I have been dongle-less ever since I started using computers for audio and would like to stay that way.

No dongle anymore, but the new authorization scheme is even more convoluted and fragile than an iLok key.
 
The most reliable option is to create your own dongle, placing the license on a thumb drive of your own. Of course, then you're right back in dongle-land, and if you lose or break the USB device you'll have to re-authorize.
 
The alternative is a locally-stored license, which alleviates the need for a hardware dongle. However, I do it that way and on three separate occasions my Waves plugins have suddenly all failed to work, requiring re-authorization. I could not get advice from the company because I didn't buy the WUP - not even an email query. Luckily, their published threat to only allow two re-authorizations per year was not enforced and I was able to get them working again. But I've not bought any more Waves products since.

I agree Ol Pal,
 
I quite like it...when I want to do something to my PC I just send my licenses to the Cloud...
do what I have to do, and re-install...

sharke
When I upgraded to a new rig recently the Waves license thing was pretty straight forward, except that no matter what I did I couldn't get my licenses for One Knob Louder and Renaissance Bass (both freebies) back. Which frustrated me for about a minute before I realized that I never used them for anything. 

Too bad, Renn Bass can be useful plugin.
Did you contact support?

http://www.waves.com/plugins/l1-ultramaximizer

strikinglyhandsome1
Does it still work on XP?

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carl

sharke
When I upgraded to a new rig recently the Waves license thing was pretty straight forward, except that no matter what I did I couldn't get my licenses for One Knob Louder and Renaissance Bass (both freebies) back. Which frustrated me for about a minute before I realized that I never used them for anything. 

Too bad, Renn Bass can be useful plugin.
Did you contact support?

Not yet. I've heard it's good for some things, but on the other hand I already have Maxx Bass.

sharke

carl

sharke
When I upgraded to a new rig recently the Waves license thing was pretty straight forward, except that no matter what I did I couldn't get my licenses for One Knob Louder and Renaissance Bass (both freebies) back. Which frustrated me for about a minute before I realized that I never used them for anything. 

Too bad, Renn Bass can be useful plugin.
Did you contact support?

Not yet. I've heard it's good for some things, but on the other hand I already have Maxx Bass.

Sharke, in the Waves On Line Licenser there is a "Recover My Licenses" Feature...did you try that?
(your WUP has to be up to date before you can recover)

"(your WUP has to be up to date before you can recover)"

I was very tempted, but I fought off this bit of GAS. I am sure that I am passing on some very capable quality plugs. The WUP deal has always just been a real burr in my saddle. I don't want to go down that road. I've got Limiter #6 and Concrete that I use most of the time. Is there another out their that I should be tucking away my nickels and saving up for that is on line with L1 or even better. This is a hobby, so I don't want to go nuts on one. Maybe Melda.....