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My quest to buy Waves plugins

19 June 2018 By Avinash Meetoo Leave a Comment

In my previous Bundles of Waves plugins post, I wrote that, even though I have tried a number of Waves audio plugins over the years, I have 9 favourites:

  • H-Comp Hybrid Compressor ($179)
  • H-EQ Hybrid Equalizer ($179)
  • H-Reverb Hybrid Reverb ($349)
  • H-Delay Hybrid Delay ($179)
  • Bass Rider ($99)
  • Vocal Rider ($249)
  • L2 Ultramaximizer ($299)
  • Dorrough Stereo ($199)
  • WLM Plus Loudness Meter ($399)

Unfortunately, buying them would cost me $2,131 which is waaaaayyyyy too expensive.

The Waves website

Fortunately, Waves regularly offer deals on its website. On 19 April 2017, I discover this incredible deal there. All prices are slashed:

My favoured 9 plugins would today cost $420.05 (Rs 14,865) instead of $2131 (regular price). This is a massive 80% discount!!! But it is still a bit expensive for me. I decided to wait a bit.

Cyber Monday Deal

On 29 November 2017, I found out about the massive Cyber Monday Deal, still on Waves’ website:

There is now a phenomenal discount of $1807.75 off the regular price. My 9 favorites today only cost $323.25 (Rs 11298.23). Still a bit expensive. Skipped again.

Plugin Discounts

On 19 June 2018, I finally discover that a lot of people buy Waves plugins from Plugin Discounts which offers some of the best deals on the planet. I take the decision to always use such websites in the future and to only buy plugins if they are less or equal to $29 each. Here is what I finally bought today:

I got the Waves WLM Plus Loudness Meter at $24.36 (94% discount, which is amazing!), the Waves Dorrough Stereo Meter at $32.76 (which is more than $29 I know but which I had to get in my first Waves purchase ever because I am so reliant on it when mixing, 84% discount) and the Waves H-Series consisting of H-Reverb, H-Delay, H-EQ and H-Comp. The bundle cost me $72.07 which means that each individual plugin is less then $29 and the discount is a staggering 92%. In total, I paid $129.19 (Rs 4515.45) for 6 plugins.

What remains now is the L2 Ultramaximizer which I use on my main bus to make sure that there is no clipping. Right now, I am quite far from making final mixes or mastering so I can wait a bit for the L2 to become available, either on Waves’ website or at Plugin Discounts, at $29. Right now, it is available at $69 which is too much.

As for Vocal and Bass Rider, I can wait as I am not recording vocals or bass these days. Only electronic sounds, baby ;-)

The remaining plugins

On 24 Jun 2018, I got Center at $24.36 on Plugin Discounts.

On 28 Jun 2018, I got Vocal Rider at $29 on Waves’ website. It was slightly cheaper on Plugin Discounts but, for some reason, my credit card was not working there.

On 04 Jul 2018, I got Bass Rider and the SSL G-Master Buss Compressor (which I didn’t intend to buy but which is excellent to glue a mix) on Waves’ website. Each cost $29 but with the Waves discount for the 2nd plugin it was more like $25.38 each.

On 11 Jul 2018 after reading a lot, I bought Waves Tune at $24.36 on Plugin Discounts. I have used it only once since to tune Anya’s and Kyan’s voices while they were singing Where’s the Revolution by Depeche Mode and it is a fantastic plugin. It is transparent and makes voices twice better.

On 16 Jul 2018, I got the Vitamin Sonic Enhancer and took the plunge for the Scheps Omni Channel. Both costs $29 but more like $25.38 with the discount on Waves’ website. I had no intention to get a channel strip. After all, I already own a compressor and an EQ. But I only had to use the Omni Channel once to realise how good it was. I used it to tame a bassline (albeit with Bass Rider before it) and the resulting sound was amazingly good. The only plugin I intend to buy now is the L2 Ultramaximizer.

On 26 Jul 2018, I finally bought the L2 Ultramaximizer on the Waves website at $29.00. I’m done.

Am I? Two days later, on 28 Jul 2018, I got the F6 Floating-Band Dynamic EQ on Waves website at $21.75. A dynamic EQ is an EQ where cut or boost are made only if a signal crosses a certain threshold. One example of use is when trying to EQ a harsh cymbal. If a normal EQ is used, then high frequencies will be cut throughout. With a dynamic EQ, the cut will be made when the cymbal is really loud (and this happens only momentarily). A dynamic EQ is similar to a multiband compressor but it is much easier to use. That’s why I didn’t get a C6…

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