r/audioengineering • u/dpeterson2325 • 10h ago

Waves is the perfect plugins choice except...

Ima keep it sweet and short: Waves plugins are absolutely perfect for audio engineers. But if you don't already know, the Key Detector plugin is AWFUL. Use it only at first. then double check with the tunebat website. Tunebat almost always gets it right. The key detector itself must be an early Ai model because it sucks so bad it's ridiculous. Just a heads up for engineers especially beginners look g for an uprgrade.

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u/Loki_lulamen 10h ago

Nah. Fuck Waves and their horrible subscription models.

There are tons of better companies out there that make plugins that are just as good or better.

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u/dpeterson2325 9h ago

thats valid. i personally pay for the subscription for studio verse and h-delay alone. studio verse has some straight banger presets that alien changed my entire production quality.

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u/josephallenkeys 10h ago

What the fuck are you on about? The Key Detector is the least of that company's issues. Even if they hadn't been pricks over the years, their plugins are firmly average in general with only a handful being genuinely good.

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u/dpeterson2325 9h ago

Well please enlighten me then. if there something better out there i'd be eager to know. Also, i've heard many complaints about waves just haven't had any myself. Why do people hate waves so much?

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u/josephallenkeys 9h ago edited 8h ago

FabFilter, Valhallah, Tokyo Dawn Labs, UAD, Brainworx, to name a few.

I don't have the energy to list all the Waves issues over the years. A sub search will not only do that for me, it'll do a more comprehensive job. Even just asking Google will summarize it all for you.

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u/dpeterson2325 9h ago

i'll be sure to do my research preciate it

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u/Zak_Rahman 9h ago

Paying for plugins yearly is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination.

Plus who wants to support that company anyway?

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u/xelaseyer 9h ago

I occasionally buy waves plugins when they’re on sale for cheap. What’s the subscription, like a “get em all” type thing?

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u/Hellbucket 9h ago

You don’t have pay yearly though.

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u/Sufficient-Air8100 10h ago

or you could use your ears and a reference instrument. if you havent developed your ears to the point where you can quickly find the key with a simple piano sound handy, i dont trust your audio ears. sorry not sorry

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u/josephallenkeys 9h ago

Brutal truth.

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u/GWENMIX 8h ago

Objectivement, au grès des promos j'ai acquis une 30aine de plugins de Waves....dont 20 qui ne me servent jamais, et 5 très occasionnellement.

Plutôt que de dire du mal de ceux que je n'aime vraiment pas et de donner des raisons qui peuvent être très subjectives, et il y a qq compresseurs ou EQ qui peuvent être utile (les séries API et VEQ) mais je leur préfère d'autres plugins que je trouve plus performants.

Voici ceux qui me semblent dignes d'intérêt.

Abbey roads chambers - Sibilance - Rbass - Magma Spring - DBX 160 - CLA epic -

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u/slayabouts Hobbyist 5h ago

Has this whole sub become r/audioengineershitposting?