Tips and Tricks - Workarounds for Plugins and DAWs

[PatchAdamz]

We all have frustrations dealing with plugin installations from time to time.

Here is where you can post your experience and work arounds for any product and any DAW.

You can also ask questions and anyone can chime in to offer assistance, including but not limited to, the developers.

As we all know, life in the world of DAWS can cause frustration at times.

Lets help each other out with some positive support......

[PatchAdamz]

Here is a tip for working with Waves Central...

Error:

"Installation failed – Please check your internet connection"

Waves solution:

This error is displayed when Waves Central is unable to access our servers to download files, or is having an issue synchronizing with our servers.

Try each of the following steps, one at a time, then try to install again.
If the issue persists, move on to the next step.

Access Waves Central’s Settings tab, then press Clear next to ‘Clear Central cache.’
Restart your computer.

In case Internet connection is available but the issue persists, please try replacing Network (Ethernet) cable/s or connect to a different Wi-Fi Network.

If you are using any firewall, antivirus protection software or browser add-ons, add an exception for Waves Central in the software’s settings, or temporarily disable these software programs and add-ons one by one to eliminate the possibility that Waves Central has been blocked by such programs. A list of such apps can be found in General Troubleshooting Tip #6 at the bottom of this page.

This error may also occur if the sample library location is not accessible to Waves Central.
Access Waves Central’s Settings tab, then press Change next to ‘Sample libraries data folder.
Set the location to: Applications > Waves > Data > Instrument Data.

Installation failed – Please quit audio applications and retry

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What I found that actually worked:

After trying waves "solutions" several times to no avail, I found that I had to completely turn of BitDefenders firewall AND virus protection for the installation to complete.

Also, for Verizon users.

For some reason I found that verizon will throttle the download speed from the servers that waves uses.

A VPN will allow you to get past this limitation and speeds were more then 10X faster.

Hope that is helpful for Bitdefender and Verizon users.
(May work with other firewalls and ISPs.)