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Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) Changelog

What's new in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 9 r44

Mar 21, 2016
  • Improved responsiveness of toggle controls on touch screens.
  • Improved mouse usability while moving faders in some plugins.
  • eMo F2: Text entry for control values now works properly.
  • eMo Q4: Text entry for control values now works properly.
  • The Impulse Response library from previous installations is now moved to its current location in the Waves/Data folder.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 9 r42 (Feb 4, 2016)

  • Central: Improvements and bug fixes: Windows installation, OS X permissions, log reporting.
  • Central: Increased stability and improved performance.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 9 r30 (Sep 10, 2015)

  • The new eMo D5 Dynamics available separately as well as in Mercury, Pro Show and SD7 Pro Show.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 9 r29 (Aug 16, 2015)

  • The new Cobalt Saphira available separately as well as in Mercury, Pro Show and SD7 Pro Show.
  • Butch Vig Vocals: Sensitivity LED now properly responds to signals from both left and right channels.
  • Doppler no longer crashes in AudioSuite while processing 4 mono tracks.
  • Reel ADT: VCO movement now stays limited to VCO range when using the mouse wheel or arrow keys.
  • GTR: Fixed microphone selection mismatch in some cabinets.
  • Stomp Distortion: Fixed an issue where Tone and Contour may stop working in some cases.
  • H-Delay: Note division and MS is now properly saved in MultiRack SoundGrid snapshots when using tap tempo.
  • IR-1, IR-L, IRLive: Fixed IR locating issue under MultiRack after changing the name of the folder containing imported IRs.
  • MetaFilter: Fixed LFO sync issue in Cubase/Nuendo.
  • SoundShifter Pitch: Fixed latency issue under AudioSuite when shifting down.
  • SoundShifter Pitch no longer creates a fade in on the first region when processing several regions under AudioSuite.
  • TG12345: Switching presets now advances properly (within each category) instead of in alphabetical order.
  • Waves Tune, Waves Tune LT: Fixed possible crash in offline processing.
  • Waves Tune, Waves Tune LT: Copy/Paste Notes was removed from the menu.
  • X-Crackle: Fixed processing at 96kHz on SoundGrid.
  • NLS: Drive no longer affects the noise level.
  • Scheps 73: GUI expand/collapse state is now properly saved in sessions.
  • Final Cut Pro: Fixed GUI corruption when plugins are instantiated during playback.
  • Cubase/Nuendo: Fixed possible crashes on Mac when closing and reopening sessions.
  • Cubase: Plugins with Noise no longer crash when inserted in instrument tracks.
  • Pro Tools 11 & 12: Fixed various issues with resetting (Alt+Click) controls.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 9 r28 (May 22, 2015)

  • Fixed a problem where WaveShell-AAX may fail to load and is declared as an invalid AAX plugin.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 9 r27 (May 22, 2015)

  • The new H-Reverb available separately as well as in Mercury, Pro Show and SD7 Pro Show.
  • Butch Vig Vocals now SoundGrid-compatible.
  • Butch Vig Vocals: In/Out VU meters now properly represent L & R channels.
  • Butch Vig Vocals: Fixed crash in a session with some 3rd party plugins.
  • dbx 160: Closing the plugin GUI and reopening it no longer causes the preset name to change to "Preset A".
  • dbx 160: Added support for AVID S3 and S6 control surfaces.
  • dbx 160: Fixed hum noise frequency in stereo component to 50Hz instead of 100Hz.
  • GTR ToolRack: Added external meters when inserted into StudioRack.
  • GTR Solo now excluded from SoundGrid hosts.
  • InPhase now added to SoundGrid hosts.
  • IR-1, IR-L, IR360, IR-Live: Importing an IR from a long path now properly saved in the session.
  • Manny Marroquin Plugins: Fixed a possible crash of the SoundGrid server.
  • MetaFilter: Step Count no longer missing from the Automation List in Pro Tools and Smooth no longer appears twice.
  • Renaissance Bass: Added external meters when inserted into StudioRack mono.
  • Vitamin: Fixed missing right channel external meter when inserted into StudioRack.
  • X-Crackle: Fixed processing at 96kHz.
  • VST2.4: Added support for real-world values in automation lanes.
  • Fixed various possible crashes and graphical problems in plugins with resizable GUIs.
  • Fixed a problem where WaveShell-AAX may fail to load and is declared as an invalid AAX plugin.
  • Fixed an issue where on Mac Yosemite the 'Save Preset' window will remain open after clicking OK.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 9 r26 (Mar 19, 2015)

  • The new Butch Vig Vocals available separately as well as in Mercury, Pro Show and SD7 Pro Show.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 9 r25 (Feb 16, 2015)

  • The new dbx® 160 Compressor / Limiter available separately as well as in Mercury, Pro Show and SD7 Pro Show.
  • SSL G-Master Buss Compressor: fixed auto fade time in 96 kHz.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 9 r24 (Jan 15, 2015)

  • SSL 4000 Collection: new artist presets.
  • Reel ADT: new Live component.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 9 r23 (Nov 28, 2014)

  • The new OneKnob Pumper available separately as well as in Mercury and OneKnob Series.
  • GTR3 Amp: microphones selection bug fixed.
  • IR Convolution Reverb Series: better CPU distribution for multiple instances on SoundGrid servers.
  • NLS Non-Linear Summer Channel: VCA knob now responds well.
  • NLS Non-Linear Summer: no longer crashes host when VCA group is modified.
  • NLS Non-Linear Summer: no longer crashes MultiRack SoundGrid when changing snapshots on VCA tab.
  • NLS Non-Linear Summer: GUI no longer blinks when changing the VCA group inside chainers.
  • WLM Plus Loudness Meter: Short and Long meters mode no longer changes to LEQ(m) after GUI collapsing.
  • WLM Plus Loudness Meter: Trim now works properly with LU in Momentary Scan.
  • WLM Plus Loudness Meter: Gain Reduction meter no longer displays full gain attenuation after collapsing the GUI.
  • WLM Plus Loudness Meter: no longer crashes MultiRack SoundGrid when changing snapshot after collapsing the GUI.
  • Codex & Element: arpeggiator no longer gets stuck and receives note off in Pro Tools.
  • EMI TG12345 Channel Strip: fixed wrong indication on the left VU Gain Reduction.
  • WaveShell AAX preferences window restored.
  • Windows only: fixed blank GUI issue in several plugins with Intel HD2000/3000 cards.
  • Mac only: fixed single-click text entry bug.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 9 r22 (Oct 24, 2014)

  • Support for OS X 10.10 Yosemite.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 9 r21 (Oct 8, 2014)

  • The new Codex Wavetable Synth available separately as well as in Mercury.
  • J37 Tape: minor GUI fix.
  • Element no longer gets stuck on a certain preset while toggling presets quickly.
  • V-EQ4: minor GUI fix.
  • V-EQ4: HF cutoff 3.3kHz at 44.1 kHz bug fixed.
  • Windows: inserting more than 32 instances with Intel HD graphic card no longer causes blank GUIs or crashes.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 9 r20 (Aug 18, 2014)

  • The Dave Clarke EMP Toolbox available as a separate installation option.
  • Cubase 7.5 32bit: fixed crash with StudioRack and some other plugins upon session close.
  • Live 9 32bit: fixed graphic corruption in plugins with resizeable GUIs.
  • GTR Tool Rack: stomp menu no longer opens with an offset in StudioRack.
  • NLS: fixed graphic corruption issues in mac.
  • PS22: fixed Pro Tools crash in AudioSuite.
  • SoundShifter: fixed crash in Pro Tools 11 when trying to adjust the multi-text fields.
  • Element, GTR & GTR Solo Applications: can now choose the Built in Output device

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 9 r19 (Jul 24, 2014)

  • Waves License Center – Improved identification of USB flash drives (SanDisk and others).
  • Waves License Center – Fixed bug which caused licenses activated to a computer to get lost due to unstable device recognition.
  • Added SoundGrid support for several plugins, see compatibility chart.
  • Manny Marroquin Delay, Distortion, EQ, Reverb, Triple D, Eddie Kramer Guitar Channel, and Dorrough Stereo added to Pro Show and SD7 Pro Show bundles.
  • Abbey Road Collection available as a separate installation option.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 9 r18 (Apr 17, 2014)

  • The new Vitamin Sonic Enhancer available separately as well as in Mercury, Horizon, Diamond, Platinum, Gold, Pro Show, SD7 Pro Show, Essentials and Prelude.
  • WLM Loudness Meter is added to the list of single plugins (in addition to WLM Plus).
  • Manny Marroquin Distortion: minor sound related fix.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 9 r17 (Mar 11, 2014)

  • The new Reel ADT available separately.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 9 r16 (Mar 11, 2014)

  • The new MetaFilter available separately as well as in Mercury.
  • AAX support included.
  • WLM Plus Loudness Meter: Updated Sony related presets.
  • InPhase: Bypassing no longer crashes Cubase.
  • Element: Fixed crashes on Pro Tools and Ableton Live.
  • Element: Arpeggiator first note playback issue fixed.
  • Pro Tools 11: Gain reduction meters now properly reflect plugins' gain reduction.
  • Pro Tools 11: Fixed SoundShifter AudioSuite processing in "create individual files" mode.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 9 r15 (Jan 21, 2014)

  • The new WLM Plus Loudness Meter available separately as well as in Mercury, Diamond, Broadcast & Production, SoundGrid Pro and SoundGrid SD7 Pro.
  • The new Scheps 73 available separately as well as in Mercury, SoundGrid Pro and SoundGrid SD7 Pro.
  • Added support for Media Composer 7.0.3 on Mac.
  • Added support for WaveLab 8.0.3 on Mac.
  • Fixed graphic corruption in Logic X for several plugins.
  • Manny Marroquin Distortion & Manny Marroquin Triple D: fixed sound compatibility between mono and stereo components.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 9 r14 (Jan 21, 2014)

  • The new J37 Tape available separately.
  • The new Dave Aude EMP Toolbox.
  • GTR Tuner is added to 'All MRSG compatible plugins'.
  • UltraPitch: added 96khz Native support.
  • Waves Tune & Waves Tune LT: fixed crashes on Nuendo 6 and Cubase 7 when using "Copy Notes".
  • SoundShifter Pitch: pitch value settings fixed.
  • GTR & GTR Solo: MIDI functionality issues fixed.
  • GTR & GTR Solo: crash on A->B fixed.
  • GTR Solo: Amp meter now functions properly.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 9 r13 (Sep 4, 2013)

  • Fixed various graphic issues and crashes on Mac and Windows 8 64bit.
  • Support for Mac OS 10.8.4
  • Support for Logic X (up to 10.0.1)
  • IR Convolution Reverbs on Windows can now import Sweep/Impulse response from file that is located on a different drive.
  • IR Convolution Reverbs no longer lose presets or impulse files upon re-instantiation.
  • Doppler added 96khz Native support.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 9 r12 (Jun 27, 2013)

  • The new RS56 available separately.
  • Cubase / Nuendo: fixed possible crash in non-English operating systems.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 9 r11 (Jun 27, 2013)

  • The new GEQ Graphic Equalizer available separately, and in Mercury, SoundGrid Pro and SoundGrid SD7 Pro.
  • Cubase: fixed possible crash during plugin scan.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 9 r10 (Mar 25, 2013)

  • The new Manny Marroquin Signature Collection available separately and in Mercury.
  • IR-Live on Windows: IRs can now be properly imported.
  • Renaissance EQ: de-normalization issue fixed.
  • Nuendo / Cubase: fixed a crash in a project with multiple Waves plugins.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 9 r9 (Mar 25, 2013)

  • The new IR-Live plugin available separately, in Mercury, and in SoundGrid Pro, Prelude & Essentials bundles.
  • WaveShell VST2 on Mac 64-bit support.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 9 r8 (Mar 25, 2013)

  • The new Element plugin and application available separately and in Mercury.
  • GTR & GTR Solo applications fixed memory corruption that could cause a crash.
  • Waves License Center missing fonts issue solved.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 9 r5 (Sep 10, 2012)

  • Include support for WavesLive platforms.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 9 r2 (Sep 10, 2012)

  • The new NLS Non-Linear Summer available separately and in Mercury.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 8 r12 (Jan 11, 2012)

  • Installers include the new WLM Loudness Meter, SoundGrid 2.5, and following bug fixes:
  • Doubler 4 Mono now available in MultiRack SoundGrid.
  • H-EQ TDM no longer causes white noise when shared on 321 chip.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 8 r11 (Jan 11, 2012)

  • Installers include the new Bass Rider and following bug fixes:
  • H-EQ TDM clip meters issue resolved.
  • H-EQ TDM DC noise issue resolved.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 8 r9 (Jan 11, 2012)

  • Installers include the new H-EQ Hybrid Equalizer

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 8 r8 (Jan 11, 2012)

  • Waves Tune & Waves Tune LT now function properly after editing natural vibrato
  • GTR Amp TDM & GTR Stomp TDM on PC: Pro Tools no longer hangs when opening a new session over a session with GTR Amp TDM or GTR Stomp TDM inserted
  • SoundForge 10: Plugins now instantiate properly when using SF10 batch convertor with no open audio file
  • SoundForge 10: Plugins automation fixed

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 8 r7 (Sep 1, 2011)

  • All Waves plugins now accept text entry in the Cubase automation bar.
  • GTR3 & GTR Solo on Mac: Improved compatibility with Focusrite Saffire PRO 24 DSP interface
  • GTR3 & GTR Solo on Mac: I/O menu text issue resolved
  • Waves Windows installer: Wrong installation path issue now fixed

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 8 r6 (Apr 20, 2011)

  • Q10 Equalizer: Band controls have been repositioned to allow multi-selection using mouse drag.

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 8 r4 (Feb 28, 2011)

  • C6 Multiband Compressor no longer generates low level noise on Avid Venue Consoles
  • Doubler: minor preset issue fixed
  • GTR Amp & GTR ToolRack: minor graphic issue fixed
  • PAZ Analyzer: restored toolbar original functionality
  • M360° Manager: minor graphic issue fixed
  • SoundShifter Graphic: ruler restored
  • GTR Standalone & GTR Solo: mouse wheel support now available on Mac

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 8 r3 (Feb 23, 2011)

  • C6 Multiband Compressor no longer generates low level noise on Avid Venue Consoles
  • Doubler: minor preset issue fixed
  • GTR Amp & GTR ToolRack: minor graphic issue fixed
  • PAZ Analyzer: restored toolbar original functionality
  • M360° Manager: minor graphic issue fixed
  • SoundShifter Graphic: ruler restored
  • GTR Standalone & GTR Solo: mouse wheel support now available on Mac

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 8 r1 (Feb 1, 2011)

  • Adds the horsepower of the vintage-modeled V-Series to selected Waves bundles, and brings a fresh new look to several classic plugins. V8 includes a host of new technical features and bug fixes. In addition, more Waves plugins than ever are now available individually.
  • V-Series added to selected bundles:
  • Horizon
  • Diamond
  • Platinum
  • Gold
  • Grand Masters Collection
  • Broadcast & Production
  • Sound Design Suite
  • Live Bundle
  • New interfaces for classic plugins:
  • L1 Ultramaximizer
  • C1 Compressor
  • S1 Stereo Imager
  • Q10 Equalizer
  • DeEsser
  • TrueVerb
  • AudioTrack
  • Improved Toolbar and Presets Management:
  • 32 levels of Undo/Redo
  • Preset previous/next navigation buttons
  • Factory preset navigation via host preset menus in VST3 and Audio Units
  • Waves Artists presets integrated into plugin preset menus
  • Preset ‘Load’ menu – multi-level support for preset indication bullet
  • Integrated support for Novation Automap application (V3.8 or higher) and Novation controllers. (Waves supports “unwrapped” mode only.)
  • Enhanced support for ICON control LED indicators for all EQ & Dynamics plugins
  • Pro Tools AudioSuite improvements:
  • Added support for ‘overwrite files’
  • Improved control responsiveness during preview
  • Smoother response of meters and other status indicators during preview
  • Mouse wheel support for plugin controls
  • Mouse cursor displays a spinning Waves icon during plugin scan (Windows only)
  • Most plugins now available individually
  • New lower prices across the Waves product line
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Dorrough Meters graphic refresh rate no longer drops when multiple instances are opened
  • Various keyboard event-stealing issues were eliminated
  • Single click text entry in Pro Tools now registers correctly in Undo/Redo
  • All controls now update sound upon mouse down event instead of mouse up
  • MultiRack SG for Yamaha New Features:
  • Record MultiRack-processed tracks direct-to-DAW in the same computer
  • Advanced side-chaining capabilities

New in Waves Central (formerly Waves Woli) 7 r10 (Jul 2, 2010)

  • SuperTap: Modulation now works in TDM
  • SuperTap: Snap-to-grid feature now works in VST3
  • CLA-2A, CLA-3A & CLA-76: Attenuation meter no longer shows full attenuation when playback is stopped (on some hosts)
  • V-Comp: Attenuation meter no longer shows -20dB attenuation when playback is stopped (on some hosts)
  • JJP Drums: On Kick In and Snare Top modes, the gate no longer continues to work when set to minimum
  • Renaissance Compressor & Renaissance Axx: Meters are now calibrated
  • Vocal Rider: No longer stops reading automation when changing controllers value
  • Center, LoAir, PuigTec & WNS: added support for SoundGrid
  • SoundShifter (Parametric/AudioSuite): No longer crashes when double clicking controls multiple times
  • SoundShifter (Parametric/AudioSuite): Text entry functionality corrected
  • GTR Stomp 2/4/6: Loading and exiting stomp menu no longer resets stomps to default value
  • RTAS support for Avid Media Composer (added functionality)
  • Waves GTR Solo Authorizer: GTR Solo authorizer 7.1 no longer looks for GTRSoloLib 7.0
  • Digital Performer: Plugin sidechain no longer stops working when playback is stopped