Waves offers TDM, RTAS, AudioUnit, and VST plugins for Pro Tools, Cubase, Nuendo, Logic, Ableton Live, and other popular audio hosts. From the industry’s most popular EQs, compressors and limiters to award-winning reverbs, surround sound and noise reduction tools – where there’s sound, there’s Waves. Featuring 64-bit support, faster scanning, faster loading, and faster processing, Waves Version 9 opens up new dimensions of high-performance plugin power. Windows CPU System Requirements: Intel Core 2 Duo 2GHz | AMD Athlon 64 or equivalent RAM: 4 GB Operating system: Windows 7 | Windows 8 Screen Resolution: 1024×768 32-bit Supported Hosts Pro Tools 11.0.1 – 11.1 (AAX Native 64-bit, Audiosuite) Pro Tools 9.0.5 – 10.3.8 (TDM, RTAS, Audiosuite) Ableton Live 8.2.1 – 9.1 . (VST) Nuendo 5.1.0 – 6.0.6 (VST3) Cubase 6.0.3 – 7.5 (VST3) WaveLab 7.2.1.600 – 8.0.3 (VST3) Sonar X2 (VST), X3c (VST3) Sound Forge 10.0c – 10 .e (VST) Vegas 11 – 12 (VST) Acid 7.0e (VST) Audition CS5.5 (VST), CS6 (VST3) Samplitude ProX (VST) Sequoia 12 (VST) Pyramix 7.1.10, 8.0.11 (VST ) Studio One 2.0 – 2.6.1 (VST3) Media Composer 6.5 – 7.0.3 (RTAS) Exceptions and Notes: ## 32/64-bit: Version 9 supports all of the above 32-bit and 64-bit audio hosts , where available. ## Pro Tools HD: A Waves SoundGrid license is required to run plugins on Pro Tools HD cards. ## Pro Tools HD: Accel card required to run the following plugins: GTR3 Amps, H-Delay, H-EQ, InPhase, InPhase LT, Kramer HLS, Kramer Master Tape, L3 Multi & Ultra, L3-LL Multi & Ultra , Morphoder, NS1 and PuigTec EQs. Other plugins require Accel card for higher sample rate. ## Surround plugins are supported on the following hosts: Pro Tools (TDM, AAX Native 64-bit and RTAS only and Full Production Toolkit required), Logic Pro, Nuendo, Cubase, Audition CS6 and Pyramix. ## Element is supported on the following hosts: Pro Tools HD (AAX Native 64-bit, RTAS & Audiosuite only), Logic Pro, Ableton Live, Nuendo, Cubase, Main Stage, Studio One, Sonar, Samplitude, Sequoia. ## DeBreath is not supported on Main Stage and Garage Band. ## NLS is not supported on Final Cut Pro X. ## GTR3 is not supported on Soundtrack Pro. ## UM225 and UM226 are supported on the following hosts: Pro Tools HD (TDM, AAX Native 64-bit and RTAS only and Full Production Toolkit required), Audition CS6, Nuendo, Cubase and Pyramix. UM226 is also supported on Logic Pro and Digital Performer. ## Sidechain is only supported on Pro Tools, Logic Pro, Nuendo, Cubase, Audition CS6, Sonar X3c and Studio One. ## Waves Tune & Tune LT: are supported on the following hosts: Pro Tools (AAX Native 64-bit, RTAS and Audiosuite only), Logic Pro (9.1.3 – 9.1.8), Nuendo, Cubase, Ableton Live and Studio One. ## SoundShifter: On Pro Tools, SoundShifter Graphic & Parametric only supports AudioSuite. On all other hosts, only SoundShifter Pitch is supported. ## MIDI Support: The following hosts do not offer MIDI support: Sonar, WaveLab, Main Stage, Pyramix, Garage Band, Wave Burner and Soundtrack Pro. ## Q-Clone: Not supported on the following hosts: Main Stage, Garage Band, Media Composer, Sound Forge Pro (Mac). The Q-Capture component is not supported on the following hosts: Main Stage, Wave Burner and Soundtrack Pro. Sample rate support – All Waves plugins support 44.1kHz and 48kHz; most support higher sample rates. – Sample rate support for MultiRack Native and MultiRack SoundGrid are identical to Native. – Avid VENUE supports up to 48kHz. Changes in v9r15 – New WLM Plus Loudness Meter available separately as well as in Mercury, Diamond, Broadcast & Production, SoundGrid Pro and SoundGrid SD7 Pro. – New Scheps 73 available separately as well as in Mercury, SoundGrid Pro and SoundGrid SD7 Pro. – Added support for Media Composer 7.0.3 on Mac. – Added support for WaveLab 8.0.3 on Mac. – Fixed graphics corruption in Logic X for several plugins.