Waves Ultimate 2023.03.

26 Release

Uninstall / Clean Up
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If this is your first Waves install, skip this step.

Run included "R2R_Kill_Waves_Background_Process.cmd".

Confirm that there are no COSMOS.exe, WavesLocalServer.exe, WavesPluginServer.exe
are running.
Uninstall previous release.
Uninstall Waves Central.

Clean Paths:
Your VST2, VST3, AAX plugins dir
C:\Program Files (x86)\Waves\
%PROGRAMFILES%\Waves Central\
%PROGRAMDATA%\Waves Audio\
%APPDATA%\COSMOS\
%APPDATA%\Waves Audio\
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Waves Audio\
%PUBLIC%\Waves Audio\

=> If you think you are not experienced, search "WaveShell*" in your C drive, then
delete all.
=> We always see people having problem with old shells which should be uninstalled
before.

Clean Registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Waves\

Install Runtimes
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If you use SoundGrid, install/update SoundGrid drivers.

Google "Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable", download from Microsoft and

install/update :
Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2012 x86 and x64
Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2013 x64
Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable 2015-2022 x64
Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime (used by CR8 Sampler)

Install Waves
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Unzip our installer, run and install.
If you need NKS, you need to install VST2 too. Don't forget adding VST2 path in
Komplete Kontrol.
Scan or rescan plugins from your DAW. If you updated, complete rescan is
recommended.

If you use sample based instruments, locate the instruments path from application
start up or GUI.
Sample Libraries Releases (currently, most can be also downloaded from Waves
official) :
Waves.Bass.Fingers.Library.HD.v1.0-R2R
Waves.Bass.Fingers.Library.SD.v1.0-R2R
Waves.Bass.Slapper.Library.HAPPY.NEW.YEAR-R2R
Waves.Clavinet.Library-R2R
Waves.Electric.88.Library-R2R
Waves.Electric.200.Library-R2R
Waves.Electric.G80.Library-R2R
Waves.Grand.Rhapsody.Library.HD.v1.0-R2R
Waves.Grand.Rhapsody.Library.SD.v1.0-R2R
Waves.Sample.Libraries.Factory.Pack.v1.0.3.5-R2R (CR8 Sampler asks for this)

Restarting Background Waves Servers

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This is useful when background process are doing something wrong.
When background servers are not working correctly, following issue happens.
* Plugin scan fails (WaveShells return 0 plugins)
* Preset Browser does not work
* COSMOS (also in CR8 Sampler browser) does not launch, or exits with no license
error

Run included "R2R_Kill_Waves_Background_Process.cmd".

Run these EXE manually.

"%PROGRAMDATA%\Waves Audio\WavesLocalServer\WavesLocalServer.bundle\Contents\Win64\
WavesLocalServer.exe"
"%PROGRAMDATA%\Waves Audio\WavesPluginServer\WavesPluginServerV14.1.bundle\
Contents\Win64\WavesPluginServer.exe"

After that, rescan the plugin.

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TEAM R2R 2023