Problem scanning in Waves plug insThanks

Has anyone had problems loading / scanning in Waves plug ins to plug in manager?-  (Sonar X1 is what I have. ) I had two running ok and then purchased another. Problems even since...now none of them get recognized when I go through the usual scanning process. Also I get pop up about several others that I don't have licenses for and never purchased, that show up in my vst folder!! A tech guy from Waves is trying to help, but not so far. Thanks   CS

silvercn
Has anyone had problems loading / scanning in Waves plug ins to plug in manager?

Has anyone ever had a drunken one-night stand that ended badly? Pretty much everybody who uses Waves products has experienced installation, authorization or initialization problems at some time.
 
Sure, some will say "not me!", but their time will come. They'll swap out a network card and the Waves plugins will stop working. Or the plugins will just decide on their own that you don't have a license for them. Or they'll just vanish from your VST inventory. No other vendor has these issues with such regularity. It's a Waves specialty.
 
Locate a file called  WaveShell-VST {version}.dll. This is what SONAR actually scans. It's a generic front-end for Waves plugins, which actually reside elsewhere. Make sure it's in the scan path(s) for Plugin Manager. If it is, and still not being picked up in the scan, make sure you're running SONAR as Administrator. 
 
When the shell fails to initialize during the scan, it's intentionally obtuse about the reason for the failure. You won't get any kind of message, because Waves is so paranoid about copy-protection they don't want to provide any clues as to why the scan failed. After all, the top priority of any software vendor is to get paid. Delivering something useful for the money is secondary.

That has happened to me and I was able to solve it by going back and downloading EVERY waves plugin I have.  Don't skip any, and don't try to download just the missing ones.
 
Good luck.

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jude77
That has happened to me and I was able to solve it by going back and downloading EVERY waves plugin I have.  Don't skip any, and don't try to download just the missing ones.
 
Good luck.

That's the trick. If you buy a new one you have to instal it and everything you have. You can't just run the new product.

bitflipper
 
 After all, the top priority of any software vendor is to get paid. Delivering something useful for the money is secondary.

Exactly what i think too, do you read mind's ?