I recently started having all of my Waves plugins start crashing and hanging Reaper. (last 2 weeks) I thought it might be my recent Reaper update, but I uninstalled and reinstalled Reaper at a lower rev. It started ok for a day or two and now they are hanging again. Here is what I am seeing.
- When I put a new instance of the plugin on a track, the window comes up but the UI never loads.
- If there is already an instance of the plugin in the project, it will open up.
- It locks immediately, so I cannot even turn off the UI.
- If I copy an existing instance to another track, I get the lockup.
I have waited up to an hour to see if the interface loads, but it causes a hang.
No other plugins that I own do this.
My first attempt would be to fully install and update Reaper, then re-install the Waves stuff - after installing the DAW.
Have you found a fix for this yet? My reaper has crashed also due to waves.
i have uninstalled reaper. even wiped my laptop, and re-installed operating system. thought it was a laptop issue.
re-installed reaper. works without other plugins loaded. but brainworxs bx_consol and waves schepps omni channel crash reaper.
using a venom blackbook zero 14’ laptop
with 16gb ram
I have not found a fix for this yet. Reaper did some updates and when I updated to certain versions, the plugins worked fine. On the next update it started crashing again.
I have uninstalled reaper and all the waves plugins I have. It just keeps coming back. I have tried some NVidia settings from scouring the internet, but that doesn’t help. I have purchased a license for Studio One and the plugins work fine there
If I set Reaper to not use the GUI, then I can utilize the plugins…just takes awhile to readjust.
Hi @myucka1 @trustprez,
Crashes can occur due to various reasons, sometimes it’s a clash between Waves and 3rd party plugin manufacturer, it can be also caused by a faulty session of unsupported setup (more common), and a few other scenarios.
To get a better idea of the probable cause and a solution when available, please Contact Technical Support directly.
Having same problem with Reaper, now on version 7+ and only with Waves plug-ins. Has been occurring for months causing me to leave Reaper/Windows 11 for LUNA on MAC. However I’m back with Reaper/Windows 10 and it’s occurring and only with Waves. I’ve ONLY Reaper, UAD software and associated plugin managers loaded on a 512GB drive/64GB RAM so the machine is not overloaded in any way and is currently a spanking new factory install of Win 10. Waves Abbey Road collection vers 12 and trial of 14 do the same.
With 1-2 tracks, hang time is annoying but reasonable. At 4, it’s impossible and no way to conduct a session.
Hi @halfdoc2001,
Welcome to the Waves Forum.
If you are running a supported Waves license versions as per your current setup requirments you should have no problems loading Waves.
A tech representative will reach out soon over email to further assist with solving this issue.