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Create with total freedom: The world's largest catalog of industry-leading plugins for mixing and audio production
240+ Waves plugins
All updates included
New plugins added regularly

Pay annually & save up to Price $49.89

Waves Essential
Over 120 industry-leading plugins:
Your essential needs covered
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Price $12.5 / month
Annual Subscription Price $149.99 billed upfront
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Over 120 industry-leading plugins

All plugin updates included

Selected new plugins added

2 licenses for activation on 2 machines

Includes Waves Stream service for remote audio collaboration

Includes StudioVerse:
Thousands of mix chains w/ instant AI search
Cancel anytime (your subscription will stop
at the end of your current period)

All 240+ Waves Plugins

3 DTS broadcast plugins excluded

Waves Ultimate
Over 240 industry-leading plugins:
The world’s largest plugin collection
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Price $20.833333333333332 / month
Annual Subscription Price $249.99 billed upfront
You save

Over 240 industry-leading plugins

All plugin updates included

New plugins added regularly

2 licenses for activation on 2 machines

Includes Waves Stream service for remote audio collaboration

Includes StudioVerse:
Thousands of mix chains w/ instant AI search
Cancel anytime (your subscription will stop
at the end of your current period)
  • The world’s largest, most diverse catalog of pro-quality plugins

    Popular vocal production plugins: Waves Tune Real-Time, Vocal Bender, Waves Harmony, and beyond. Analog models from Abbey Road to API to SSL. All CLA plugins. The classic Renaissance series. The innovative AI-powered Clarity Vx series. Mastering tools used on countless releases. Waves offers the most complete set of pro-quality audio plugins, anywhere.

    230+ plugins
  • All plugin updates, always included with your subscription

    Always be up to date with the latest versions of your plugins—no hassle, no extra cost. Now you, and everyone you collaborate with, can always produce and mix with the same updated versions of your plugins.

    All plugin updates
  • New plugins added regularly at no extra cost

    Watch your plugin collection grow as more new plugins are released. Select new plugins will be added to Waves Essential, and even more new plugins will be added to Waves Ultimate—all at no extra cost.

    New plugins added regularly
  • Includes Waves Stream: Remote music collaboration

    Share lossless audio from your DAW with your co-creators, in real time and with a single click. Waves Stream makes audio sharing a smooth part of your collaborative creative process, at industry-leading quality and with unique features such as integrated mic control: Learn more

    Waves Stream
  • StudioVerse: An endless preset library inside your DAW

    Find every sound you need for you song. Mix with Rihanna’s vocal chain, Tony Maserati’s mix bus, Scheps’ drums sound, and thousands more audio effect chains. Play from a library of virtual instrument presets that combine layered VSTs, MIDI FX and audio FX. Learn more

    StudioVerse
  • Created with Grammy-winning producers and mixers

    Waves plugins, presets, and chains are created with the biggest contributors to the music industry—the producers and mixers behind Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish, Drake, Ed Sheeran, Taylor Swift, Foo Fighters, and countless more—bringing their expertise to your sessions.

    Created with Grammy-winning producers
“Any sound I need, any color for my tracks, I know I’ll find it.”
Young Guru (Jay Z)
“Waves plugins are the best. Always have been. Always will be.“
Chris Lord-Alge (Foo Fighters)
“Waves is the cornerstone of my sound, they give me confidence.”
Leslie Brathwaite (Beyoncé)
“Waves are a huge part of every project I do.”
Andrew Scheps (Adele)
“My setup is not complete unless I have my Waves in there.”
Focus… (Anderson .Paak)
“Renaissance, Vocal Rider—Waves plugins are my sound for Billie Eilish’s vocals.”
Rob Kinelski (Billie Eilish)
“Waves is crucial to my sound, I don’t touch a song without them.”
Malay (Frank Ocean)
“I’d be lost at sea without my Waves plugins.”
Greg Wells (Dua Lipa)
“Vocals, mastering—Waves plugins always get me top quality.”
Ludwig Göransson (Childish Gambino)
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Enterprise subscription plans for large-scale systems
Frequently Asked Questions
  • Yes, updates are included. You will not need to pay extra for any software updates to the plugins included in your subscription.

  • Yes, you can cancel at any time during your subscription, through your Waves account. Your subscription would then stop at the end of your current monthly or annual subscription period.

  • Yes, you can easily upgrade or downgrade between the two options, on the My Products page of your Waves account.

  • It all depends on your preferences. This comparison article will help you make the right choice based on your needs.

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