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: Significant improvements were made to how quickly plugins, presets, and sessions load within your DAW.
| Metric | Waves V13 (Rosetta) | Waves V14 (Native) | Improvement | | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | | CPU Idle | 34% | 12% | | | Session Load Time | 45 seconds | 19 seconds | -58% | | GUI Redraw (Hz) | 30 fps | 144 fps | 5x smoother | | Buffer underruns @ 32 samples | 14/min | 0/min | Stability win | waves 14 plugins
For those wondering if upgrading from Waves 13 to 14 is worth the cost (usually $29–$149 depending on WUP), look at these real-world tests conducted by production forums: : Significant improvements were made to how quickly
: One of the most requested features, V14 allows for a broader range of window resizing for many legacy plugins, making them much easier to use on high-resolution 4K monitors. Real-Time Grids Use for: Drums, bass, vocals, or any track needing edge
A modular distortion studio with 8 distortion types, 4-band EQ, and envelope followers. Use for: Drums, bass, vocals, or any track needing edge.
Waves has used v14 to modernize the underlying code of their plugin shells.