Waves Free Plugin Pack

[Satya]

https://www.waves.com/bundles/free-plugin-pack
9 PLUGINS

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[Peter DeLegge]

Wait, 100% free, with future updates included???? We need a lawyer to look this over! @Fleer, what can you tell us? I’m pretty certain that there’s a catch — maybe a firstborn male child, a kidney or some other organ. Can you please confirm?

Cool share, @satya. But I am looking for the catch.

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[mira]

superb nice 🙂 esp Flow synth is very nice to play with 🙂

AudioTrack
Flow Motion FM Synth!
GTR Solo
IR-Live Convolution Reverb
Lil Tube
StudioVerse Audio Effects
StudioVerse Instruments
V-Comp
V-EQ3

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[Fleer]

There’s a catch in everything

thats where the dark gets in

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[Tianzii]

Probably with the

StudioVerse Audio Effects
StudioVerse Instruments

which work with online presets and subscription that converts your perpetual licenses in subscription only.

I think this is the catch.

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[fretman]

I use the IR-Live Convolution Reverb ALL the time. The list in their IR library is quite impressive. It’s the only one that I’ve found that has The Ryman Auditorium.

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[Lionel]

It’s desperation… and a smart move

The Catch = 1. Get new users 2. Reinvigorate interest in their plugins to drum up business

I, for one, haven’t used their plugins since that March 26th debacle a few years back. Tbh, I just lost faith in them. But this is a good move on their part to regain customers’ trust, though

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[mustakatu]

On Lionel said

It’s desperation… and a smart move

Agreed

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[patrickwichrowski]

Flow Motion is a nice FM synth.

 

 

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[Fleer]

No WUP, all glory

[RSMcGuitar]

It’s like what the early nineties thought now would be like!

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[Lionel]

Got me thinking…  This actually sets an interesting precedent.  If they’re able to offer plugins that never need to be WUP’d, then that means they could potentially offer something like this in their other plugins as well.  I mean, I seriously wouldn’t mind paying a little bit more for their plugins(maybe $39-49/each) if it meant that I’d never have to ever WUP them.  But that’s just me.

Get rid of the WUP, Waves 😛

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[Peter DeLegge]

It’s interesting how we all analyze Waves doing an offer like this. Some praise it as smart, others view it with suspicion (myself included).  I hope they stick with this. Clearly, they’re trying to hook new customers like most of their competitors have long been doing, by giving away some  products as freebies. Of course, it’s a good foot in the door and establishes a permission marketing channel with new customers. The situation is a bit murky with existing customers who paid for these plugins. They may feel less enthusiastic. I own a few of the freebies, but I love the idea of no WUP for them. As far as your willingness to pay a little more for a plugin to avoid WUP, considering that WUP is an annual fee that would do more than raise a $29 US sale plugin to $39, Waves would likely be looking to charge much more than that to eliminate WUP. It’d be fascinating in seeing the percentage of their customers who purchase WUP for their plugins.

I thnk, considering Waves WUP practices and their past subscription fiasco, they should have done a better job clarifying this offer and proactively addressing suspicions. But that’s me with my marketing and branding strategy hat on. As a plugin user, I’m happy to get these. I would imagine with Waves always on sales, they’ve likely worn out the market, don’t have great conversion rates, and are probably exploring new ways to drive more sales.

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[Blacque Jacque Shellacque]

Hum, like most everyone I don’t like and don’t pay for WUP. But that has never stopped me from using Waves plugins. Unlike a subscription, not paying for WUP does not render your plugin unusable. Waves plugin do not get upgrades that often and not taking WUP does not seem to penalize me in any way. I still use older version of some of their plugin that I never WUPed and they still work fine. I think I WUPed the Scheps Omni Channel once to get the new v2.0 features, but that is about the extend of my WUPing. It has never stopped me from using Waves plugin. But I am just a DIYer doing stuff for himself, so not dependent on my plugins all that much. I think you should only WUP if new features you want are added and just ignore it if things are working fine with the version you have. This way you will drown very little cash into WUP.

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[Peter DeLegge]

On Blacque Jacque Shellacque said

Hum, like most everyone I don’t like and don’t pay for WUP. But that has never stopped me from using Waves plugins. Unlike a subscription, not paying for WUP does not render your plugin unusable. Waves plugin do not get upgrades that often and not taking WUP does not seem to penalize me in any way. I still use older version of some of their plugin that I never WUPed and they still work fine. I think I WUPed the Scheps Omni Channel once to get the new v2.0 features, but that is about the extend of my WUPing. It has never stopped me from using Waves plugin. But I am just a DIYer doing stuff for himself, so not dependent on my plugins all that much. I think you should only WUP if new features you want are added and just ignore it if things are working fine with the version you have. This way you will drown very little cash into WUP.

Based on what you wrote, it appears that you’re a Windows user. The folks who have needed to pay WUP in order to have a usable version of their plugins are Mac users. So, “not paying WUP does not render your plugin unusable” isn’t exactly the case. Historically, Mac users have found that their Waves plugins require updates to be compatible with Mac updates. Windows users — and I am among that group — have been much more fortunate and I think I might have only paid to WUP one plugin in the entire time — two decades — that I’ve been a Waves customer.

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[Blacque Jacque Shellacque]

Based on what you wrote, it appears that you’re a Windows user.

Yep, I am on Windows. So less impacted then…

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[Peter DeLegge]

BTW, this thread is a good example of the kind of discussions that some forums are starting to censor when they are about advertisers. I know, first hand — from direct conversations — that VI-Control / Mike Greene takes steps to stop people from sharing negative experiences with his developer advertisers, including using a few developer contractors to beat up on community members when making posts that share negative experiences with developers. I know another community member who told me that he experienced one of the big gear forums censoring him for criticizing the practices of one of their big advertisers.

It’s really not a surprise and not that far from what’s long existed in the world of journalism, with the battle between advertising and editorial integrity. That is, stories that are unfavorable towards big advertisers tend to get major pushback from publishers and advertising execs at a news publication and the version that gets published may be watered down due to financial pressures on the editorial team. In a nutshell, any time an outlet is funded by advertising, the will of those advertisers usually outweighs journalistic integrity — or any integrity at all when it comes to forums.

This was one of the driving forces of this community. To not censor, and even encourage, people to express POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE experiences with and opinions of the companies we discuss here. I realize that most forum users aren’t aware of these practices, but they’re increasingly common at some of the big forums. As LinkedMusicians grows, it will always put musicians and producers first and never censor peoples’ right to share their positive and negative experiences with developers and any companies that make the products we use, regardless if they are advertisers or even people I know personally.

And I just want to say this, when I chime in, because I own this site, I hope no one feels pressure to agree with me on anything! I’m good with people having their own opinions, in fact, I appreciate it. I also love a good — friendly — debate and Waves has inspired a bunch of them!

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[dsteinschneider]

I wondered what all the WUP was about 🙂 – All my Waves plugins (most acquired for a fraction of the price or free) are working fine going back to 2018 without paying for updates. I did weed out some older Waves plugins that I wasn’t using.

I didn’t realize that they could stop working on updated or newer Mac’s.

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