Waves Audio in dramatic subscription u-turn

In the space of a week, Waves announced that it would become a subscription service called Waves Creative Access but then quickly reverted following criticism by users on social media. Using the subscription model, all plugins would be made available in the Ultimate bundle at $24.99 a month or $249 a year. Waves Audio issued this statement on behalf of Meir Shashoua, CTO and Co-Founder of Waves Audio “Over the past few days, many of you have expressed concerns about our decision to discontinue perpetual plugin licenses and our move to an exclusive plugin subscription model. I would like to start by apologizing for the frustration we have caused many of you, our loyal customers. We understand that our move was sudden and disruptive, and did not sufficiently take into consideration your needs, wishes, and preferences. We are genuinely sorry for the distress it has caused. I would like you to know that we are committed to you, our users. We listened to your feedback, and we will continue to listen to you. Waves is a company filled with users and creators, just like you, and we are all as passionate about the products as you are. With this in mind, we will strive to find the way to make things right by you, and hopefully regain your trust”.

GearFest hits Tileyard

Tileyard and Sound On Sound have announced GearFest UK 2023, the music studio equipment show, at Tileyard London

July 15th and 16th 2023 will see the event return to Tileyard, with exhibitors showing off new product releases, delivering demonstrations and panel talks and attendees given the chance to get hands-on with the latest products.

Visitors can expect to see brands such as Ableton, Sontronics, Audient, Teenage Engineering, Neve, Genelec, Arturia, Eventide, Rupert Neve Designs, Bitwig, PMC, Kurzweil, Dynaudio, Origin Effects, Rode, Sonnox, Focal, RME, IsoAcoustics, Universal Audio, Moog, Vanguard Microphones, Spitfire Audio, Steinberg, Imperative Audio, ACS Custom, Eventide and many more.

The event gives visitors the chance to check out the very latest in pro audio technology, and attend panel talks with top engineers, producers, artists and industry leaders. And, visitors can also visit the TYX Dolby Atmos studio for an exclusive playback session to experience Atmos in a studio environment.

Tickets for this year’s two-day event are priced at £10 for the Saturday and £8 for the Sunday, with weekend tickets available for £12. More details can be found at gearfestuk.com.