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Waves 14 Issues in Mixbus

I suggest a complete uninstall-reinstall to make sure every plugin is installed correctly. Please back up the following folders:

  • Macintosh HD > Applications > Waves > Data > IR1Impulses
  • Macintosh HD > Applications > Waves > Data > IR1Impulses V2
  • Macintosh HD > Applications > Waves > Data > Acoustics.net Impulses (if exists)
  • Macintosh HD > Applications > Waves > Data > Instrument Data

First, uninstall:

  1. Launch Waves Central.
  2. Go to the Settings page in the bottom left corner.
  3. Under Maintenance, look for Uninstall and click the drop-down menu.
  4. Checkmark all the available version entries and click Uninstall.
  5. Once done, go to Applications and remove the Waves folder and the Waves Central application.
  6. In Finder, click on the Go menu while holding down [Alt/Option], click on Library > Preferences and send the Waves Preferences to the trash.
  7. In the same Library folder, go to Caches and send the Waves and Waves Audio folders to the trash.
  8. Go to Macintosh HD > Library > Application Support and send the Waves folder to the trash.
  9. Delete any WaveShell files you find in the following locations (if exist):
    • Mac HD > Library > Audio > Plugins > Components
    • Mac HD > Library > Audio > Plugins > VST
    • Mac HD > Library > Audio > Plugins > VST3
    • Mac HD > Library > Application Support > Digidesign > Plugins
    • Mac HD > Library > Application Support > Avid > Audio > Plug-Ins
    • Mac HD > Library > Audio > Plugins > WPAPI

Once done, proceed to reinstall the plugins:

  1. Download and install Central.
  2. Run Central and log in.
  3. Go to the Install Products page in the top left corner.
  4. Under My Products, checkmark the products you wish to install.
  5. Click Install on the bottom right.

Hope that helps,