Waves V5 - the latest release across Waves entire product line. V5 is available at no additional charge to any user currently covered by the Waves Update Plan (WUP). WUP gives you access to Waves version 5, as well as version updates for a full year on all the products you have registered in your account. WUP pricing is scaled to what you own. WUP is available directly in your Waves account or through your Waves dealer. V5.0 release includes new builds of all the plug-ins for Mac OS-X and Windows. A new bundle – Waves Musicians Bundle 2 – is also introduced in this release.

Note! Mac OS-9 and WIN 98 are no longer supported in Waves V5. These users can contact Waves sales at 1-865-909-9200 for information about relevant product versions.

What's New in V5

Tempo Sync - Four plug-ins have been upgraded with a new feature of automatic tempo sync. The plug-ins are: Enigma, MetaFlanger, MondoMod and SuperTap.

The new functionality enables those plug-ins to lock to the host application’s tempo and tie the relevant controls to that externally controlled tempo.

Morphoder MIDI Control - Morphoder, part of the Transform bundle, now becomes a true virtual instrument. In all supported host applications you will be able to assign a MIDI track output to an open instance of the Morphoder and play its internal carrier from a MIDI track using recorded MIDI data or live playback from a MIDI controller.

Waves 360° Bundle for Windows - The Waves 360° Surround Tools Bundle is now available for ProTools TDM running on Windows.

Waves 360° Bundle – Native - On both Mac & PC, the Waves 360° Bundle now supports Native processing, running as RTAS & HTDM.

HTDM Support - All Waves plug-ins now support Digidesign’s HTDM architecture, enabling Native processing while maintaining important TDM functionalities such as changing a track’s number of outputs (mono ->stereo, mono/stereo ->surround), inserting a plug-in on Aux and/or Master tracks and more.

Note! – ProTools TDM 6.4cs4 update is required for HTDM support http://www.digidesign.com/download/cs/

HD Accel Support for Windows - Digidesign’s new HD Accel hardware is now supported for Windows.

96kHz Support On HD Accel - Several plug-ins are now supported at 96kHz sample rate on Digidesign’s new HD Accel DSP cards.

The enhanced plug-ins are: C4, SuperTap*, Morphoder, LinMB, LinEQ (Broadband Mono component only). * SuperTap is now also supported up to 192khz in Native process.

Digi 002 and Command/8 Control Surface support - All Waves plug-ins are now officially mapped to Digidesign’s Digi 002 and Command|8 control surfaces.

Automatic Delay Compensation support for Pro Tools - All Waves plug-ins are adapted to support the new Automatic Delay Compensation feature in ProTools 6.4

With WUP you'll get

Receive all the features in store for a year with one year WUP enrollment

Concentrate on your projects and know you have the latest version

Notification of version releases and instant access to download

Open access to enhanced functionality

Simple and straightforward subscription process

Get a full return on your investment

Disk Re-Authorization Capability

iLok support

Audio Units

Getting Version 5 through your Waves account

Updating your 4.x products to Version 5 is simple, whether you are updating online or via your Waves representative. Any Waves 4.x product you own can be updated to Version 5.

Browse to register.waves.com and log into your account

(NOTE: If you have several accounts you will need to perform this procedure for each one of your accounts.)

In your account you will see a "Get Version 5" button. Click it. A new page will open in your browser, displaying a list of your updateable products and the total cost of update.

To proceed, click the "Next" button. If you wish to cancel the update process, click "Cancel", and the window will close. Clicking "Next" will open the first page of the financial transaction procedure. Follow it according to the on page instructions. At the end of this process you will be returned to your account. Once the transaction has been completed, the updated products will be displayed as version 5 in your account.

Getting Version 5 through your local Waves dealer or representative

When you contact your local Waves representative, be sure you have the user name and email address from your Waves account.

Your dealer will calculate your price for you, and upon your confirmation will make the purchase and update your account for you.

Once the process is finished, your account will show your updated products as Version 5.

All that is left for you to do now is to install Waves Version 5, either by downloading the relevant installers from Waves web site or installing directly from Waves Version 5 CD, and authorize your products.

Version 5 Minimum System Requirements

Mac: G4 867Mhz, 512Mb RAM, 800/600 minimal display resolution. Masters TDM will work with MIX or HD/HD Accel only. No support for D24, Merle-DSP farm.

Windows: P3-1GHz for Real-Time processing, 256Mb RAM, 800/600 minimal display resolution