Cheshire Omnimedia

So today I was updating the studio comp to the Waveshell 6.0 and it came time to pay the piper. The studio WUP license update was about $100. Not too bad, you might think. But there’s a few catch-ya’s.

1) You have to re-up everything. Not just the Waves SSL license, but everything has to be 6.0. According to the info when you go to update, anyway.

2) The studio’s fee was in the ball park of $180 as we also had to move our Renn Suite up to 6.0. My personal fee, as I have my own license, is $180. For the SSL alone. Total pain going to Waves for me to go G-Channel: $210.

I had heard that Waves was going to a $200 flat fee maximum for WUP. I was sadly mistaken. It’s $200 per bundle. Too bad that means my Musicians II is separate from the SSL Suite. (Though I shouldn’t complain, as I bought Musicians II for $40 based on apparent fluke pricing direct from Waves.)

Why the difference for the studio and me on the standalone cost? I was an original adopter for the SSL suite. Literally the first week it was out I had it running on my personal rig.

Ahhhh. . . the burden of being the first kid on the block.

I’m not Anti-WUP like many people. The change in Waves pricing strategy recently is very welcome as you used to have to pay quite a bit more for WUP. And I like (relatively) inexpensive upgrade paths.

But I still like to complain when it comes to hard earned $$$.

Earlier I posted about the rumor of a new plug-in for the SSL suite offered by Waves.

The G-Channel appears to be available for a paid upgrade of $153 for those that have a lapsed WUP.

This is all speculation, but I imagine if the sales/support people are talking about it over email with customers, it’s probably due in the next few months. I imagine this is Waves ammunition for the next AES in San Fransisco- though they’ve certainly been busy as of late with the JJP line.

Here’s the source:
http://www.gearslutz.com/

And my post at the Gearslutz new product section:
http://www.gearslutz.com/board/new-product-alert/

Breaking rumor: with waveshell 6.0 SSL users will get a “G” channel!

More details and speculation when I get back from the studio. Whoo hoo!