Waves Reviews

ME: Dear Waves,
For whatever reason RChannel keeps crashing my Logic project. I upgraded to Ranaissance Maxx a week ago and it seemed to work fine for a few days but now the only way my project opens is by uninstalling the whole pack.
I tried launching logic in Safe mode and removed RChannel from the project, then I disabled Core Audio and Re-enabled it but it crashed logic before I was able to save it under a new name. Those are the steps I took to try and rectify to no avail. I had to basically uninstall all my V12 plugins, then re-install all excluding Renaissance Maxx.
I can see you guy have made some improvements with Waves Central but if I can suggest you also have the option to uninstall a pack rather than the entire V12 collection. There seems to be no option to just uninstall Renassiance Maxx. It could also be RBass or RVox which is causing the crash but to my knowledge, it's RChannel that logic keeps crashing on when launching.
I filmed a short video in slow-mo if you like I can send it.
I have to say this is really annoying as I stopped using Waves for almost a year, purely for the fact that your plugins are unreliable. But then I decided to give it another go and upgraded my plugins to V12 hoping you've eliminated the errors but I was wrong. Waves yet again, crashing my project. Not impressed. I think if you guys spent half as much effort building more reliable plugins as you do with your marketing, you'd have a much happier customer base. Otherwise I love your plugins.
WAVES: Dear ...,

I suggest a complete uninstall-reinstall to overcome this issue.
First, uninstall:
In Finder go to Applications and remove the Waves folder and Central application.
In Finder, click on the Go menu while holding down [Alt/Option], click on Library > Preferences and send the Waves Preferences to the trash.
In the same Library folder go to Caches and send the Waves folder to the trash.
Go to Macintosh HD > Library > Preferences and send the Waves Preferences folder to the trash.
Go to Macintosh HD > Library > Application Support and send the Waves folder to the trash.
Delete any WaveShell files you find in the following locations (if exist):
Mac HD > Library > Audio > Plugins > Components
Mac HD > Library > Audio > Plugins > VST
Mac HD > Library > Audio > Plugins > VST3
Mac HD > Library > Application Support > Digidesign > Plugins
Mac HD > Library > Application Support > Avid > Audio > Plug-Ins
Mac HD > Library > Audio > Plugins > WPAPI
Now to re-install:
Download and install Central.
Run Central and log in.
Go to the Install Products page in the top left corner.
Under My Products, check mark the products you wish to install.
If your licenses are not activated, you can choose a device to activate to when installation finishes under Target Device for Licenses.
If your licenses are already activated, click Install on the bottom right.
Once done, please refer to our How to Find Your Plugins in Logic Pro X article and follow the steps provided.

Let me know how it goes.
ME: Ahh the nightmare of using Waves repeating itself. I won’t be following any of those instructions because Waves have already consumed enough of my life, through no fault of my own. It’s your poor coding. I stopped using Waves for nearly a year and I didn’t experience a Single crash, after just one week of using Renaissance my project won’t open.
You guys must be aware of the stress these kinds of situations put your users. There’s never a right time for a project not to open, after having invested days of our time into mixing and all of a sudden project crashes.
I think I should get my Money back or be credited with a voucher so I can put my money towards a different plugin. This has nothing to do with me, it’s Waves, not me.
The alternative is to stop using Renaissance Maxx until other plugins start causing issues. I won’t be reinstalling those plugins because I have clients waiting for tracks to be finished in a timely manner and not when Waves decides to work.
Please can you offer me a refund or a voucher? Otherwise thanks for the million instructions but otherwise no-thanks, I won’t be using your plugins, and once again I’m at a loss, Waves gets their money.
Regards

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