installing waves plugins without waves central

This situation has arisen due to the increasing occurrence of software automatically updating, without giving you a choice in the matter. This will allow you to install any Waves plug-ins you need offline, without an internet connection.

You can download the full offline installer for Windows here and the Mac version is here. It's a 4GB download, but if you're faced with not being able to even install your Waves plug-ins, it's a far better choice than waiting for Waves to fix the problem with Waves Central. If you contact Waves' technical support, they're directing you to their full offline installer, which they've stopped publicly linking to since handing over main installation duties to Waves Central a while back. Unfortunately the steps outlined in the troubleshooting guide that the error message gives a link to, are from two years ago and don't work for this issue. If you're doing a fresh installation, like I was yesterday, it lands you in the unfortunate situation of not being able to even install your Waves plug-ins from scratch. This issue is caused by Waves Central's insistence on automatically updating if there's a new version available.

The latest version of Waves Central - Waves' installer and licensing app - version 1.3.6.3 released March 21st 2018, is suffering an issue which will not allow users to install plug-ins, either using the online installer or creating an offline installer.

Installing waves plugins without waves central