I was introduced to waves through hacked or stolen software, I like to think of it as an extended trial nevertheless, back then I couldnt afford anything from waves. Now I can, and thanks to crooks I am a life time waves user and now I can afford waves and been building up the plugin count every year. I suggested back in the early 2000’s the LV1. Of course I didnt call it that. Now thats my primary mixer with a couple of extreme servers, but I am splitting them up rather than using for redundancy I may need to buy another server. I am not a ‘transparent’ sound dude, thats boring, I color it all up like a maniac and everybody loves it. Even playing occasional synth while mixing it up!