Do It YOURWaves

[TonyBelmont]

Three new ways to buy Waves plugins, for people who don't want to get the standard bundles....

Ever wonder which plug-ins were used on your favorite recordings? Or which plug-ins a particular producer or engineer uses to get his sound? Now, you can make the artists’ faves your Waves.

Artist Choice Audio heavyweights Andrew Scheps, Gil Norton, Thom Russo, Ross Hogarth, and Scott Martin Gershin have each hand-picked a selection of the Waves plug-ins they just can’t live without. And this is just the beginning, with many more artists to come.

Quick Choice Now, choose any 5 plug-ins from selected groups to get the most bang for your budget. Know exactly how much you intend to spend? Quick Choice has the plug-ins for you.

Custom Choice For the very first time, you can compile personalized collections of Waves plug-ins! Tailor your selections to suit your production needs—the exact plug-ins you want, no more, no less.

Starts on Monday, February 8th.

[Marando]

I have been waiting for something like this for years!

[LeMauce]

Damn thats great news!

[Svein]

What happened to Waves? Are they humans after all?

[dankin]

Is this a limited offer and will one WUP cover all?

[Vytis]

Sounds great!

Any ideas on the RRP?

[kreeper_6]

Good move from Waves.

[G-Spot]

is this April fools day? hummm.. No, we are in February!
This is for real!!! That's AMAZING!!!!!

[work2do]

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when u buy new waves plugs that r released and add it to your personal "bundle you created" does it fall under same wup?

Also do u have to buy your custom bundle from waves directly or can u buy from regular retailers?

[Barbary Ape]

This is great news but I can only hope that for the selections, plugins from the classic analog emulations can be chosen.

Just using the Quick Choice option and getting only 5 plugins for example:

V-EQ4
API 2500
PuigTec EQP1A
CLA-76 Blacky
SSL-G Channel

So you basically got one plugin each from 5 different signature bundles.
Would they allow this? they would seem to loose more money allowing this than if they retained them in bundles.
I think the selections might only be for the none analog emulated plugins, I can only hope it's not.

[TonyBelmont]

Originally Posted by konkaos

thumbsup

when u buy new waves plugs that r released and add it to your personal "bundle you created" does it fall under same wup?

I don't know how they are going to handle WUP with these yet.

Also do u have to buy your custom bundle from waves directly or can u buy from regular retailers?

It will be available through authorized dealers.

I will say... in many (or even most) cases it will be cheaper to buy one of the existing bundles, as opposed to configuring your own.

But, someone who wants L2, Renn Vox and MetaFlanger now have a better solution than getting Platinum.

[tobymusic]

Long overdue. Very nice also for commercial studios that need specific plug-ins for different rooms. A smart move i think.

[producersound]

I called and asked them about WUP. they say that there is nothing different about this in terms of WUP. it is capped maximum at $200.

I really do not get ll the WUP haters out there. For me WUP is an insurance policy that insures me that the tools I buy will work for me 10 years down the road as well.

[noiseflaw]

If they get the prices right on this it could be great, really great.

Fantastic to be able to pick and mix some of their killer plugs.

[octatonic]

Wish I hadn't upgraded last Monday now.

Good news regardless.

[jamwerks]

Originally Posted by TonyBelmont

I will say... in many (or even most) cases it will be cheaper to buy one of the existing bundles, as opposed to configuring your own.

Ouch!

[fastlane]

been waiting for this!

[friforal]

Originally Posted by TonyBelmont

Three new ways to buy Waves plugins, for people who don't want to get the standard bundles....



Starts on Monday, February 8th.

good news, guess they need to do that to save their business ?

[BorrelNote]

Originally Posted by jamwerks

Ouch!

yep, there's the catch

[author]

Originally Posted by BorrelNote

yep, there's the catch

I'll be back when they get it right.

Maybe next year?

[Animus]

Originally Posted by friforal

good news, guess they need to do that to save their business ?

Yup.

[ProducerBoy]

This is nice to see. There's really only a handful of Waves plugs that appeal to me, and those are single plugs out of multiple bundles. (API 2500, Maserati Acoustic plug, CLA76, and perhaps something else I'm forgetting)
Would definitely be cheaper for me to buy 3 or 4 single plugs than to spring for multiple bundles and pay WUP on multiple bundles.

[UnMix Studio]

Originally Posted by producersound

I really do not get ll the WUP haters out there. For me WUP is an insurance policy that insures me that the tools I buy will work for me 10 years down the road as well.

should've never said that. here it comes.

[Dubster]

If they get the pricing right, this would definitely increase my interest in the Waves plugs in general. If they do it right, it's a very smart move - even if they sell the plugs ins at a break even cost, they'll sell more of them in general and bring in a lot more WUP fees in the long term.

[work2do]

Originally Posted by TonyBelmont

I don't know how they are going to handle WUP with these yet.

I will say... in many (or even most) cases it will be cheaper to buy one of the existing bundles, as opposed to configuring your own.

But, someone who wants L2, Renn Vox and MetaFlanger now have a better solution than getting Platinum.

I have mercury, but only one license and if mix room is being used and i wanna mix in the other room i only use about 5 waves plugs at the most. Sounds great for a 2nd license type of thing.

[Duardo]

yep, there's the catch

I don't know, is it really a "catch"? Why would you not expect it to be this way?

Where I think it makes sense would be for someone who wants three or four plugins that aren't in the same bundle(s). Rather than buying two or three bundles or paying full price for each individual plugin on the Waves website, you configure your own bundle and you're good.

Where I'd imagine it wouldn't make sense would be for someone looking at the Platinum bundle who decides to switch out half of the plugins in the bundle for different ones. Then I think it would be reasonable for that custom package to be more than the standard bundle.

I guess it remains to be seen what the real details are...

[Kyle Ashley]

Is there a minimum number of plugs you have to "bundle" for something like the "Custom Choice"? For instance, could someone just buy 2 plugs ie API 550A and CLA76?

What if you only wanted ONE plug, which basically amounts to selling them individually? Is that how "Custom Choice" works?

[moogman]

I can’t help but to cheer and applaud Waves.

Best products, best policies, best customer service.

[Alécio Costa]

Maybe now they can make TDM Bundle return to life.

I bought it in 1999, paid a new license in 2002 and in 2005 they decided they would not sell it anymore and that I should go to Gold Bundle, which was something I did not need.

I went the Mc DSP way with Emerald Bundle II. Cheaper, better plug-ins that cover most of what one can need in a dayjob.


However... seems it is time to revist their home...
PAZ, De-esser, Z-Noise, API2500, Ren EQ are again in my wishlist.

[Stepwise Sound]

Good news from Waves! Just got upgraded my plugs when it was all cheap in December but may have to bite the bullet again.

PAZ

Rather than buy PAZ I say get RND Inspector Free -- AU or RTAS -- couple that with another freebie Flux Stereo Tool and you have PAZ functionality for nothing. And it sounds exactly the same