Emptying Waves Cache - Who Knew? - Not me...

[Sparky1]

Hello everyone...


Just discovered a feature that was slowing down my Waves plugins in a session.

In the "Waves Central" dialogue box - on the left-hand side under "Settings" - there is a section called "Maintenance"

In this section, you can "Clear Central cache" - never knew this was here. I had 1.6 GB stored here.

I emptied mine and things are running much better with the Waves plugins...

Just thought I'd pass this on...

Thanks,


Sparky

[BScout]

That Central cache is the download cache that the Waves installer uses, Has nothing to do with the performance of the plugins inside Pro Tools (unless you are dangerously low on disk space)

[Sparky1]

Originally Posted by BScout

That Central cache is the download cache that the Waves installer uses, Has nothing to do with the performance of the plugins inside Pro Tools (unless you are dangerously low on disk space)

Interesting…

Perhaps it’s a coincidence then… after clearing this cache my Waves plug-ins are more responsive…

Thanks

Sparky

[TOM@METRO]

Originally Posted by Sparky1

Interesting…

Perhaps it’s a coincidence then… after clearing this cache my Waves plug-ins are more responsive…

Thanks

Sparky

Still not bad to clear all that drive space.

[Sparky1]

Originally Posted by TOM@METRO

Still not bad to clear all that drive space.

Agreed...


Sparky

[Ben Jenssen]

Pretty shure I posted here a few hours ago.
Now it's gone.
Did I break any rules?

[Dizzi45Z]

Wow! Thanks for sharing this. I had over 5 GB stored there.

[Sparky1]

Originally Posted by Dizzi45Z

Wow! Thanks for sharing this. I had over 5 GB stored there.

Dizzi45Z:

Curious if you noticed any changes or improvements in using your Waves plugins after you emptied your cache...?


Sparky

[EGS]

Emptied mine. Thnx!

[Ben Jenssen]

Originally Posted by Ben Jenssen

Pretty shure I posted here a few hours ago.
Now it's gone.
Did I break any rules?

It might have been a mistake on my side, anyway I'd appreciate it if anyone got a reply-notification on my post. It went something like:
This is something that happens more and more as plugin developers make their own 'plugin managers'. Worst case I've seen is Acustica Audio, they have a folder in your home folder called 'Soundstage' where they store all AA installer files, and it comes quickly to several dusin GBs. I use DaisyDisk to easily see what takes up space on my disks.