|
Avid Pro Audio CommunityHow to Join & Post • Community Terms of Use • Help Us Help YouKnowledge Base Search • Community Search • Learn & Support |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Waves Central sees no USB flash drives after update
Hi there
Anyone else who has this problem? On Windows 10, Waves Central automatically updated to the latest version when i launched it yesterday. I wanted to move all my licenses from the cloud to a USB flash drive. But Waves Central doesn't show any of the USB drives I connected. They were all FAT32 formated. I reconnected them several times and even re-formated one of them. Still no success I need the licenses on a flash drive because I'm still using Pro Tools 10 on OS X 10.9.5. Now I can't continue work I couldn't find this issue on Waves FAQ. I will write to support, but I don't have much hope that they answer soon. Cheers T |
#2
|
||||
|
||||
Re: Waves Central sees no USB flash drives after update
I would open a support case with Waves, traditionally, they respond fast in the middle of a week(in my experience, I have had replies from them within hours) It may also be worth going to the nearest Staples or Best Buy and buying the smallest USB memory stick(smallest because Waves needs almost zero space on the drive, but buy whatever size you like). FWIW, I have had 1 or 2 of these things just quit for no good reason.
__________________
HP Z4 workstation, Mbox Studio https://www.facebook.com/search/top/...0sound%20works The better I drink, the more I mix BTW, my name is Dave, but most people call me.........................Dave |
#3
|
||||
|
||||
Re: Waves Central sees no USB flash drives after update
If things are still not happy, I would uninstall Waves Central, then download and install the latest(the fact that WC is not finding a USB stick suggests that the WC install is corrupt). Last thing to try: If you have Samsung Magician software installed, remove it(in the past, this has caused all USB drives to disappear for me).
__________________
HP Z4 workstation, Mbox Studio https://www.facebook.com/search/top/...0sound%20works The better I drink, the more I mix BTW, my name is Dave, but most people call me.........................Dave |
#4
|
||||
|
||||
Re: Waves Central sees no USB flash drives after update
Also worth checking if it works on Mac, so long as you have the licenses on the stick it does not matter which machine you used to put them there. Maybe it is a Windows problem?
__________________
Janne What we do in life, echoes in eternity. |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
Re: Waves Central sees no USB flash drives after update
Hi
Thank you very much for your hints. I'm quite sure that the USB flash drives are ok. I tried more than one and they all work fine for storing stuff on it. And one of them is also used for Plugin Alliance authorization, and there's no issue with that. A month ago or so I did the same thing with the same stick and it worked fine. But no luck after the update of WC. I think it's really an issue with the latest version (this came by auto-update when I started Waves Central), or maybe with a recent Windows update. WC simply doesn't react to any USB flash drive on Windows anymore. On OS X it says "syncing... don't disconnect USB flash drive" whenever I plug the stick. But this is a legacy WC version. And sticks activated with it didn't work with Pro Tools any longer. Sadly I don't have any recent OS X where I could run the latest WC. I stick with PT 10 HD because of all the PT hardware (controller, I/O...). I will try to completely uninstall all Waves stuff and then give it another try. Cheers T |
#6
|
||||
|
||||
Re: Waves Central sees no USB flash drives after update
It's working as expected here. Try This: https://www.waves.com/support/move-licenses
__________________
Desktop build: PT 2020.5 / Win 11 / i9-11900K @ 5.1GHz / 64GB / 4TB NVMe PCIe 4 / Gigabyte Z590 Vision D / PreSonus 2626 Laptop: PT 2020.5 / Win 11 / i5-12500H / 16GB / 1TB NVMe / Lenovo IdeaPad 5i Pro / U-PHORIA UMC1820 Ancient/Legacy (still works!): PT 5 & 6 / OS9 & OSX / Mac G4 / DIGI 001 Click for audio/video demo Click for resume |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
Re: Waves Central sees no USB flash drives after update
Quote:
|
#8
|
|||
|
|||
Re: Waves Central sees no USB flash drives after update
Good news:
I just got a mail from Waves: Quote:
I guess that there will be a new version soon. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to share the mentioned link here. If someone has the same issue he can send me a PM or better write a mail to Waves. Cheers T |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Pro Tools missing V9 plugins from Waves after updating Waves Central | williamg | AAX Plug-ins | 4 | 12-14-2019 05:54 AM |
Waves Central must update? | musicman691 | AAX Plug-ins | 4 | 04-12-2016 04:33 AM |
eSATA flash drives | algerij | 003, Mbox 2, Digi 002, original Mbox, Digi 001 (Win) | 0 | 01-20-2011 05:53 PM |
eSATA Flash Drives | AKProductions | Storage Subsystems | 4 | 03-15-2010 12:14 AM |
USB 2.0 Flash drives? | mpark9000 | 003, Mbox 2, Digi 002, original Mbox, Digi 001 (Win) | 0 | 06-06-2004 02:40 PM |