Waves 9 upgrade - still 32-bit

Upgraded to Waves Gold 9.2.0 today, but only the 32-bit version of the plugin appear, though I scan both the 32- and 64-bit folder.  Anyone?

On my system it appeared that Sonar was seeing the 32 bit Waves rather than the 64 bit Waves with them both installed.

Once I eliminated the 32 bit, the 64 bit seems to have shown up.

might need to set vstpluginnameformat to 2 in the initialization file then rescan vsts.

Hmmm...I have been having this exact issue ans will give the suggestion a try as well...thanks!

I also just delete the waveshell in the 32 bit folder.

Mike

I found that moving (after install) the two waveshell dlls to separate folders (in my case I use C:\Program Files\Vstplugins\Waves and C:\Program Files(x86)\Vstplugins\Waves).


That way 32bit SONAR is looking in one place and 64bit SONAR is looking to another place.

Mosvalve


I would do a clean install. What I did was uninstall all the waves plugs. Manually deleted all Waves folders and deleted all the waveshell entries in the registry then reinstalled everything again.
 
The reg key is Hkey_current_user\software\cakewalk music software\sonar producer\cakewalk vst\inventory.
 
remove everything waveshell.

+1. This is a known issue between Waves and Cakewalk where the Waves install doesn't always work every time. I believe this is mostly a Waves issue, but Sonar has this uncanny desire to hold specific versions hostage. I had issues just going from V9.0.0 to 9.1.2. It was a disaster with Sonar. 

chefmike8888

bapu


I found that moving (after install) the two waveshell dlls to separate folders (in my case I use C:\Program Files\Vstplugins\Waves and C:\Program Files(x86)\Vstplugins\Waves).


That way 32bit SONAR is looking in one place and 64bit SONAR is looking to another place.

Ya.

Also a Ya to Mosvalve. Sometimes uninstalling still leaves reg.keys.
I didn't uninstall waves I just deleted the waveshell from the 32 bit vst folder and that worked for me.

I hate the way all windows PC's behave differently. Even if we had all the same equipment, plugs, software and settings.
One will run perfect and one will be all screwed up.

Mike

That's why you have to manually remove all waveshells from the registry. I also had issue where after installing Waves plugins they weren't written in the registry. There are a couple more Waves plugs I want but am hesitant because I will have to uninstal everything and reinstall just for one plug even. I have not found any other way that works. Waves support like to blame Cakewalk but Cakewalk doesn't have anything to do with Waves not writting to the registry.

I would do a clean install. What I did was uninstall all the waves plugs. Manually deleted all Waves folders and deleted all the waveshell entries in the registry then reinstalled everything again.

The reg key is Hkey_current_user\software\cakewalk music software\sonar producer\cakewalk vst\inventory.

remove everything waveshell.
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Thanks - don't know to much about the registry, but can't get this reg key to work on my computer, maybe since I have a norwegian version of win 7 installed. 

The registry is just plain evil.  A bad idea that has gotten out of control, through use, abuse and misuse by developers, by Microsoft, by users, by third party tools and it's amazing to me that we still have to deal with it.

That being said, I would follow Mr. Anderton's advice first (post #6 above) before attempting anything with the registry.  But if you do have to venture into deleting stuff from the registry then make a backup of it first.

VariousArtist


The registry is just plain evil.  A bad idea that has gotten out of control, through use, abuse and misuse by developers, by Microsoft, by users, by third party tools and it's amazing to me that we still have to deal with it.

That being said, I would follow Mr. Anderton's advice first (post #6 above) before attempting anything with the registry.  But if you do have to venture into deleting stuff from the registry then make a backup of it first.

As blasphemous as this may sound, I think the concept of a registry was a good idea when it was invented, but in Microsoft's case horribly and wrongfully implemented. It once had potential but now it's just a big mess of garbage your system doesn't need.