Waves Super Tap Delay $19...Plug of the Month!

WAVES new "Plug of the Month" promo is a great way of selling some of their older generation (but still excellent) plugs at "no-brainer" prices.  All you iLok owners should check em out.

+1 This was included with the Gold bundle I bought years ago & it's still my go-to delay that I use today.

then what's the point of introducing folks to wave products?

that's enough to scare anyone off of getting in the game...

marketing people are idiots.

It's just an ilok, what's the big deal? I never even think about my ilok. In fact I just had to look down to make sure mine was still there (don't know why it wouldn't be, but still). It's not nearly as intrusive as everyone makes it seem. 

exactly.

I bought an iLok for one synth, but I got that free, so for $40 (the old iLok) it was a great deal.  Never had a problem w/ iLok - I think there were so early problems but they have been worked out.  And the e-Licenser from Stienberg is pretty invisible too.

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I get that $19 suddenly becomes $80 if you don't have one, but how is that Waves fault? If a Blue-ray player goes on sale, but you don't have a TV, it's not the marketing people at the Blueray company's fault, it's yours I guess (is anybody really at fault?)
Anyway, my point is that, like musicman100 and AT, I've never had any issues with Ilok or e-Licenser, and aside from taking up USB ports on my computer (and these days desktop computers come with so many ports), it's quite transparent. You can get an Ilok and sleep comfortably at night.

Glyn Barnes

Monkey23


I get that $19 suddenly becomes $80 if you don't have one, but how is that Waves fault? .

In contrast XILS labs use iLok protection for their full products but make the LE and player editions available dongle free, this is good marketing as it introduces potential customers to the products without hitting them with the substantial overhead of the iLok.
 

A fair point, and I agree with you about that. Though a cynic might call it manipulative to have potential customers try the LE version dongle-free, but get you at the upgrade anyway. Regardless, this is a full version, albeit of a relatively cheap plug (even before their sale), so you can't really blame them. You mentioned that the only people who benefit from the ilok are the people at Waves. The Waves products have been making their ways around the illegal sharing sights since about 2004 (or earlier). Nearly every studio and every musician I've ever met has some form of Waves product in it. It's really not fair and you can't blame Waves for taking these kind of measures. I'm sure they know it is a deterrent to some and would rather not have to implement another security measure (and cost) to their products but I don't think they have a choice. NI products and Sonar are all over the internet. I applaud Cakewalk for not having a dongle but I wouldn't blame them if they did, though I know it's not infallible either.

The same could be said for my wife.

And the Zero Down Time policy is cheap insurance if anything does happen to your dongle, its IS LIKE $30 for a years coverage,and I have several spare ILOKS in my desk drawer from other purchases , so could be up and running quickly.

I received a Waves vocher to purchase the Musician 1 bundle for $79.....I believe the super tap delay is part of the bundle...can anyone confirm this?

Yeah someone said no brainer.....I think I "got" that...since I don't own any Waves plugs, I'm thinking the no brainer is to get this bundle instead of just the tap for $19
If someone can confirm if the super tap is part of the Musician bundle, I would appreciate it...thanks

bitflipper

It brings zero added value to the user; its only value is to the developer

Well said. I am amazed that the marketplace tolerates dongles at all.

Having one dongle is ok, but if too many software items required different dongles it would become a nightmare for the user.  It's a selfish solution for any software company.

Thanks for the link.....I somehow missed it on their site

When I bought b Pro Tools 7 years ago, it came with an ilok.......since then my ilok contains several licenses from different manufacturers

I really want to get that delay, but for $79 I can get all 5 plugs in the bundle