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standalone · Post by **standalone** » Fri Nov 29, 2024 9:20 am

Thanks to the subscription apocalypse from a couple of years ago the annual Waves free plugins are now amazing.

jamcat · Post by **jamcat** » Fri Nov 29, 2024 10:37 pm

Waves makes their money from WUP. Giving away plugins for free just casts a deeper and wider net.

martinjuenke · Post by **martinjuenke** » Fri Nov 29, 2024 10:39 pm

Scandal!

AGIGA · Post by **AGIGA** » Fri Nov 29, 2024 10:41 pm

This plugin is actually very nice. The plugin runs without WUP as we all know (if you only work on one machine).

jamcat · Post by **jamcat** » Fri Nov 29, 2024 10:47 pm

I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a scandal. But it is a subscription plan by another name. Once you are assimilated into the Waves ecosystem, you’re faced with maintenance fees for life which far surpass the value of the plugins.

It’s just something to keep in mind when accepting their generous “gift.”

chagzuki · Post by **chagzuki** » Sat Nov 30, 2024 12:30 am

I was thinking of picking up Curves Equator in the sales to replace Mspectraldynamics on the mix bus, but this does pretty much the same thing. Mspectraldynamics is highly configurable but uses a lot of cpu, and I've seen comments around it causing phase problems. I've not noticed that issue myself. Curves Equator is cool, but appears to lack a damn bypass button. This has a bypass button... cause for celebration.
Then there's Sonible Smart Comp, but the upgrade price from 1 to 2 is a con and I don't feel like having to pay for small updates.

ramseysounds · Post by **ramseysounds** » Sat Nov 30, 2024 11:19 am

jamcat wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2024 10:47 pm I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a scandal. But it is a subscription plan by another name. Once you are assimilated into the Waves ecosystem, you’re faced with maintenance fees for life which far surpass the value of the plugins.

It’s just something to keep in mind when accepting their generous “gift.”

cut the shit. You know full well that all waves plug ins work without the need to wup. Oh, its jamcat

martinjuenke · Post by **martinjuenke** » Sat Nov 30, 2024 11:39 am

jamcat wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2024 10:47 pm I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a scandal. But it is a subscription plan by another name. Once you are assimilated into the Waves ecosystem, you’re faced with maintenance fees for life which far surpass the value of the plugins.

It’s just something to keep in mind when accepting their generous “gift.”

I'm quite sure that EVERYBODY on KVR knows all about WUP and WAVES.
No need to repeat the same old song ad nauseam.

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Sat Nov 30, 2024 11:42 am

jamcat wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2024 10:47 pm you’re faced with maintenance fees for life which far surpass the value of the plugins.

lying liar lies again.

DCrown · Post by **DCrown** » Sat Nov 30, 2024 11:49 am

jamcat wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2024 10:47 pm I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a scandal. But it is a subscription plan by another name. Once you are assimilated into the Waves ecosystem, you’re faced with maintenance fees for life which far surpass the value of the plugins.

It’s just something to keep in mind when accepting their generous “gift.”

Must be something in the water u drink...

Dr.Gunjah · Post by **Dr.Gunjah** » Sat Nov 30, 2024 1:03 pm

I do not like waves and their ecosystem at all, but lately I installed maxxbass on my win11 system that i've never updated with wup. I think it's version 9 (current is v15) and it runs perfectly fine. This looks more like an apple issue than a waves issue

This freebie looks nice, I think these new kind of tools that embrace digital are much more useful than modelling "a vintage compressor/eq from the 60s known for whatever" for the 900th time. Not sure yet if it can compete with lens though, but they probably just sounds different.

husker37 · Post by **husker37** » Sat Nov 30, 2024 1:16 pm

jamcat wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2024 10:47 pm I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a scandal. But it is a subscription plan by another name. Once you are assimilated into the Waves ecosystem, you’re faced with maintenance fees for life which far surpass the value of the plugins.

It’s just something to keep in mind when accepting their generous “gift.”

It wouldn't be KVR unless people just make up stuff to push their own hate agenda against Waves. We all know Jamcat just pushes this false narrative everytime Waves comes up....

MirkoVanHauten · Post by **MirkoVanHauten** » Sat Nov 30, 2024 1:20 pm

Nice plugin! I own a lot of waves plugins from different generations. Never bought any WUP and they all work perfectly fine. It's always the same people making shit up about all kinds of stuff they don't like...

sjm · Post by **sjm** » Sat Nov 30, 2024 1:42 pm

ramseysounds wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2024 11:19 am
jamcat wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2024 10:47 pm I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a scandal. But it is a subscription plan by another name. Once you are assimilated into the Waves ecosystem, you’re faced with maintenance fees for life which far surpass the value of the plugins.

It’s just something to keep in mind when accepting their generous “gift.”
cut the shit. You know full well that all waves plug ins work without the need to wup. Oh, its jamcat

Pretty sure this is just code for "I have a Mac but don't want to accept the consequences of my own decisions".

TMaudio · Post by **TMaudio** » Sat Nov 30, 2024 2:30 pm

jamcat wrote: Fri Nov 29, 2024 10:47 pm I wouldn’t go so far as to call it a scandal. But it is a subscription plan by another name. Once you are assimilated into the Waves ecosystem, you’re faced with maintenance fees for life which far surpass the value of the plugins.

It’s just something to keep in mind when accepting their generous “gift.”

I've had Waves Plugins since 2012, I have not once WUP.

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