GETTING WAVES PLATINUM 4.0 TO WORK IN PRO TOOLS LE

[Blurdrcarl]

I have recently bought and installed Pro Tools LE with the M-Box for my PC (WINDOWS XP). I upgraded to 6.4, I have the Waves Platinum 4.0 plug in bundle installed on this computer but cant figure out how to access these plugins in Pro Tools.... HELP!!!!!

[spkguitar]

Blurdrcarl, welcome to the DUC.

To use the waves plugins in real time, you should take a look at chapter 27 in the PT_6.4_Reference_Guide particularly the section called "Inserting Plug-Ins on Tracks".

The plugins can also be used to process an audio region. Check out the section called "Processing Audio with AudioSuite Plug-Ins" in chapter 17 in the guide for instructions on that.

P.S. 6.4 is the latest version.

[Blurdrcarl]

The problem is, when I try to insert them I do not see the Waves plugins in the list of plugins I have available, yet I know I have them installed and they work fine in other apps (Sound Forge, ACID, etc) Is there some step I am missing to get the plugins available in Pro Tools?

[Chris Cavell]

Pro Tools uses the RTAS format. The programs you listed do not, they use DirectX and VST, etc. You may need to uninstall/modify installation to include the rtas version of the plugins in the installation.

[spkguitar]

If waves was already installed before, I think you have to re-install it.

[K.B.]

My guess is they're installed in the wrong folder. Are they in DAE / Plug-ins (hope I remembered that right!) You have installed them as RTAS haven't you?

[Cliffy_Boy]

They automatically install in the wrong folder. Move all files names Waveshell.dpm and waveshell.dpm.rsr from Program Files - Diugidesign - DAE - Plug-ins TO: Program Files - Common Files -Digidesign - DAE - Plug-ins.

[K.B.]

Ah, that's the one.