Okay. So Waves is running a special on there bundles currently. Although I am enticed to jump on them, I frequently see some people complaining about stability issues with Waves Plugins in Sonar X1/X2. BTW, I run on a 64-bit machine, but use both 32-bit and 64-bit Sonar X1 currently.
 
So I would like all to chime in and give me your honest opinion on whether I should dive into the Waves bucket, or just hold on to my $900 and just patiently wait (or hope) for Cakewalk to deliver/release more of their ProChannel module plugins, or get some other package/family of FX plugins like nomad factory, ik multimedia, etc. How would you spend that much money on 3rd party FXs for Sonar?
 
Thanks in advance.

I would say plugins are a personal choice. I have a lot of Waves plugs and am not having any issues with them in X2a. As with plugins any brand can give you problems so just go with what you like.
 I mostly stick with 64bit plugs in X2a 64bit to help prevent problems.

I've used them for over 10 years in various versions of Cakewalk/ SONAR, still use them today.
Very stable, but no VST3 support in X2 so you can't use those features, some have gui  problems, I haven't.
I wouldn't rush if you haven't tried them. The best thing to do is demo them yourself.
They're always having specials & look into WUP. (Waves Upgrade Plan)
http://www.wavesupport.net/content.aspx?id=2160

They're stable, but the GUI's don't work so well in Sonar. Knobs and parameter values seem to stick when you're adjusting them with the mouse. Sometimes it takes me a few times to get a knob past a certain point, and other times I just give up and enter a numerical parameter value with the keyboard. Waves told me they are aware of this issue. They sound great and it's possible to dial in the settings you want, but it ain't a smooth process. I hope they fix it in an update because I use them a lot.

I use lots of them all the time. They're nice everyday plugins and they work well for me. A couple issues I've seen:
1. Like sharke the knobs and and parameter entries are weird. For me it's only with their delay plug, but it's a pain with that one.
2. I did have problems on the initial setup to get them to be recognized as tempo dependent. Had to do edit the registry to get them to be recognized properly. Only happened once though.
 
Other than that they've been good. Some folks talk about them like they're jesus on a stripper pole...I'm not certain I like them quite that much but I've never regretted buying them. Like I said, nice everyday plugs.
 
Good luck
Dean

They sound great, but they crash my X2a all the time.  I must of sent 100 automatic crash reports by now.  They don't crash my ProTools 10 for some reason. 

I guess it depends on what you want. If the past is any indication, Fabfilter will have their semi-annual sale next month. 25% off any of their plug-in bundles. All plug-ins have 30 day demos. They have even been known to create custom bundles on request. They are definitely work a look. Plenty of videos on the site as well.

I've never had a minutes trouble out of waves plugins. I always use 64bit withX-2a.

JAB3, if you haven't been seduced into the Waves cult yet, it's not too late - turn back while you still can.
 
(Yeh, everybody already knows I despise Waves, but some get disappointed if I don't jump in and say so whenever the topic comes up.)

I was having the knobs/parameter issues with Sonar X. But, I'm not seeing those issues with Reaper.
 
I also had issues with Audio Damage and some other third party plugs gui in Sonar X. I used them in 8.5 and had no problems.
 
Maybe it's my video card? But who knows. It's a high end Nvidia with all updates.