Launch your DAW and test to see if the Waves 10-13 plugins are there.ĭuring testing, I repeated this process several times, and once you get over the hurdle of logging in, the installation and activation of v10-13 was routine. Yabridgectl syncIf you've had success, you should see the addition of the WaveShells listed. Next, we'll ask yabridge to scan for the new Waves plugins. You can now quit Waves Central, close powershell, any type Control-C in the terminal if needed to quit everything. We will worry about the version 9 plugins a little later.Īt this point, your 10-13 plugins are installed and activated. I do not own any version 14 plugins, though I see no reason why they shouldn't work. Regarding activation, you will not have access to any USB thumb drives, so you must activate to Windows. Once you have successfully logged into your Waves account, install and Activate any version 10 through 13 plugins you wish to use under Linux. This part is very annoying and at times, I had to click back and forth between the browser and Waves Central several time before the login was accepted. So if you have problems getting Waves Central to login to your account, it may be a browser problem. Apparently, something about the sandbox Snap version of Firefox keeps it from 'talking' to Waves Central. I had to uninstall snap and install the Firefox deb. Waves Central was unable to recognize the login under Firefox snap. My Linux distro is Ubuntu and I use Firefox. Īfter installing, the app will ask you to login. Do not waste 10 minutes of your life by missing the checkbox for approving the licensing agreement as I’ve heard some people have done. Wine '/path/to/the/installer/Install_Waves_Central.exe'After hitting ENTER, the powershell terminal will open, the splash screen for Waves Central will appear, and the program will be installed. Step 3: Launch Waves Central and activate the version 9 plugins.įirst, let's make a backup copy of your current wine install Step 2: Manually copy over from your Windows partition the installed files for the version 9 plugins. Step 1: Use Waves Central to install and active versions 10-13 plugins. You will not need the Legacy installer in Linux. The most recent installer for Waves Central will be used under Linux to activate the plugins, so unless you want to download it again, copy it to a shared partition or thumb drive. Again, do not activate any of them, and if some are already authorized, you must deactivate them before using them in Linux.Īt this point under Windows, you should have all your plugins installed, but none of them have been Activated. Select and install all the plugins for which you have a license. Navigate to the Waves Legacy installers and select the Installers folder (3).Īfter loading, you should see a list of all the version 9 plugins. At the bottom of the window, select Install from an Offline Installer (2). If you have version 9 plugins to install, select Offline Installers (1) from the left side of the Waves Installer. In fact, if they are already authorized, deactivate them if you wish to use them in Linux. Using the most recent installer, install all your version 10, 11, 12 & 13 plugins. But you will need to unzip the Legacy installer so Waves Central has access to the Installers folder. You do not need to run the Legacy installer because you can install all your plugins with the newest Waves Central. Install the most recent version of Waves Central. If you have version 9 plugins, scroll down and also download the Version 9 Legacy installer. While booted in Windows, go to Waves, login to your account, and then select Downloads in the upper right corner.ĭownload the most recent installer (currently V13.5.3). (If you do, just suffer through the next little bit). Starting from scratch, I'm assuming you do not have any Waves plugins installed in Windows. If your computer is not dual-boot, it may be possible to use a Windows vm in Virtualbox and then mount the virtual drive in Linux, but I have not tried this. You are already familiar with bridging WinVST plugins. You have a working Wine and yabridge install. While activating versions 10 through 13 is straightforward, installing version 9 plugins has always been problematic and is the main goal of this post. Goal: Install and authorize Waves plugins, versions 9 and up under Wine in Linux. While I use Reaper, I believe these instructions will work for any DAW. Below is my best attempt to outline the steps I took to install Waves versions 9 through 13 in Linux using Wine and yabridge. I took detailed notes and made many mistakes that forced me to start over. I recently spent a fair amount of time experimenting to get all my Waves plugins installed and authorized. Using these under Linux/Reaper has been problematic. As an old macOS/Avid user, I have collected over the decade several thousand dollars of Waves plugins.
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