• ACID

  7 answers, most recent on 4/25/2026

  [Solved] Purchased a New Waves Plugin now no Waves Plugins Work in Acid 11
  Longtime user of Acid Pro 11 here. My Waves plugins like J37 Tape, Api-2500, Puigtec, etc. plugins were all working great up until today when I just purchased 1 new Waves Plugin (today), updated my other ones on Waves Central and now none of the
• ACID

  7 answers, most recent on 4/25/2026

  RE: [Solved] Purchased a New Waves Plugin now no Waves Plugins Work in Acid 11
  Finally figured out the problem. After installing and uninstalling several legacy versions, it turned out version 13 of the Waves plugins included the vst 3s and the others didn't for some reason. Everything is working as usual finally! Stinkin
• ACID

  7 answers, most recent on 4/25/2026

  RE: Purchased a New Waves Plugin now no Waves Plugins Work in Acid 11
  Thanks! Now I'm not entirely sure it's ACID 11 that's the issue. I opened Reaper and couldn't find any of the Waves plugins. I contacted Waves too so I'll try to figure this out. I'm not great at tech stuff at all and I'm not sure if I can revert
• SOUND FORGE

  3 answers, most recent on 3/12/2026

  RE: Butch Vig Vocal Plug-in can't be loaded into plug-in chain
  Will it open singularly but not in the chainer? Are the Waves Audio plug-ins listed in the"Options> Preferences> VST" menu and have you tried refreshing the VST plug-ins, then restarting your PC. Unfortunately Waves plug-ins have always been
• SOUND FORGE

  One answer, on 4/20/2026

  SFP 18 b21: Waves plug-ins have started crashing SFP
  I have a request in to Waves about this, also a query on the BorisFX forum, but I thought I'd check here as well to see if anyone has any ideas on this issue. I've been using SFP 18 b21 since Oct 2025. I use Waves v16 plug-ins with the program.
• ACID

  19 answers, most recent on 1/21/2026

  WAVES VST Plug-in inssue
  We had to do a deep cleaning of our Windows 10. As a result, many doubled files had to be deleted. So we had to reinstall new DAW's and VST's, and even Printing drivers... uhg. Sorry for the dramatics... Anyhow, we are unable to find our WAVES
• ACID

  7 answers, most recent on 4/25/2026

  RE: Purchased a New Waves Plugin now no Waves Plugins Work in Acid 11
  I found the legacy versions (of all the Waves V14 plugins) and am installing them now. That's a step in the right direction. Hopefully this works out!
• SOUND FORGE

  One answer, on 3/26/2026

  Automatic Normalization Using Sound Forge 17 on Windows 11
  Is there a way to automatically Normalize a wave file to bring up all the low signals to the Normalized Level?
• ACID

  One answer, on 1/21/2026

  RE: ACID PRO 11 Waves L2 and Ozone can not open
  @JOHN-CHEN1085 We're currently discussing the same problem in another topic. Please try the steps here: 1. Install Sound Forge Pro 18 or Music Maker 2026 (install the free trial version in case you don't own a full version) 2. Go to Local Disk C:
• ACID

  19 answers, most recent on 1/21/2026

  RE: WAVES VST Plug-in inssue
  Man, Thank you for that info SP. It really looks like that problem is entirely with WAVES, so I got a live agent scheduled to work on my PC remotely next week. Again, thanks for that info above man.
• Movie Studio

  5 answers, most recent on 4/18/2026

  RE: LOSS OF OF PLAY BACK BAR.
  @Steve-Smith Could you describe more clearly exactly what you mean by "playback bar"? Or give us a screenshot. To ungroup the audio from the video, click on the video+audio object, then click the broken chain icon (or Shift+G). The tooltip appears
• Music Maker

  7 answers, most recent on 2/11/2026

  RE: How to Change Hand to Cursor
  Hi, Yes I have the red line and I can move it to mark and cut. I don't have the grey bar, so I have to scroll the wave file back and forth sometimes to find the red line. Thank you.
• SOUND FORGE

  One answer, on 5/8/2026

  SF 18 - Plug in chainer weirdness
  I am applying a plug-in chain, and the first 60 seconds of the file become blank (no signal) and then the signal picks up after. I've never had this issue before. Plugins involved are REQ 6 (Waves), LA-2A Silver comp (UA), Capitol Chambers (UA),
• ACID

  19 answers, most recent on 1/21/2026

  RE: WAVES VST Plug-in inssue
  @raquii @SP. wrote: "maybe they don't completely adhere to the VST standard." Unfortunately, they are rather infamous for precisely this! Not too long ago Adobe raised an issue with Waves because what was then the latest release of various plugins
• SOUND FORGE

  7 answers, most recent on 4/2/2026

  RE: soundforge 17 error
  Hi @Frederick-Hicklin, are you downloading the MP3 to your PC and then opening the file in Sound Forge? Does the same behavior happen with PCM (wave) files?You could try enabling 'Always proxy compressed formats'. in the "Options> Preferences>
• SOUND FORGE

  One answer, on 1/1/2026

  I cannot record on Sony sound Forge Audio Studio 9.0.
  I cannot record on Sony sound Forge Audio Studio 9.0. I chose windows Classi Wave Drivers, under Default Playback Device, I chose Speakers Realteck Audio, under Default Recording Device, I chose Microphone REalteck (Audio) but I still cannot record,
• Music Maker

  One answer, on 2/1/2026

  How to make this sound disappear?
  I have MMM 2026 Premium and this "whooshing-wave" sound keeps coming back to haunt me from time to time. Does anyone know what is the deal here and how to remove it for good?
• ACID

  7 answers, most recent on 4/25/2026

  RE: Purchased a New Waves Plugin now no Waves Plugins Work in Acid 11
  @Eric-Penington Yeah, for some reason, Waves seem to not correctly adhere to the VST standard, so they only guarantee that their plugins can be loaded in the programs listed on their website. There might be a somewhat hacky workaround. For this,
• Samplitude

  7 answers, most recent on 3/31/2026

  RE: CC control of VST within Samplitude Pro X7
  @terra3 It could be that this plugin has some kind of non-standard VST interface (Waves plugins also do this for some reason) were it doesn't work in any DAW but only in a handful the developers tested. You may ask Line6 support if Samplitude is
• ACID

  19 answers, most recent on 1/21/2026

  RE: WAVES VST Plug-in inssue
  @raquii Inside the Acid program folder there are multiple audio_plugin_scan_server exe files. These are responsible for the plugin scan. Acid hasn't been updated for many years so there are compatibility issues with newer plugins. Some users found
• SOUND FORGE

  3 answers, most recent on 3/12/2026

  Butch Vig Vocal Plug-in can't be loaded into plug-in chain
  The Butch Vig Vocals Plug-in from Waves appears in my list of VST Effects in Sound Forge Pro14 but can't be loaded into the plug-in chain. Also, the interface to use the plug-in does not pop up. I have installed, uninstalled and re-installed the
• ACID

  19 answers, most recent on 1/21/2026

  RE: WAVES VST Plug-in inssue
  I was wrong. I was completely wrong. My apologies to SP and emmrecs, but the problem is now 100% Acid Pro's fault. SP mentioned above, "...Acid hasn't been updated for many years so there are compatibility issues with newer plugins...." and he hit
• SOUND FORGE

  8 answers, most recent on 3/31/2026

  RE: Wave Hammer - Sound Forge 18
  Hi @Joseph-Carvalho and @SP., if the Wave Hammer preset is saved, it will return afterwards when WH is cancelled and re-opened.. but always to the last saved WH preset configuration.. This only occurred in SFP-17, 18 and Audio Studio-17, SFP-15 and
• SOUND FORGE

  5 answers, most recent on 12/17/2025

  RE: Use of 'Record Output'
  You are probably referring to 'Stereo mix' or 'Record what you hear' depending on the audio device You could try using the 'Record> Classic Wave Driver' in Sound ForgeYou should first confirm the input mode in Windows sound settings. The Realtek