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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