Waves Central
Universal version latest seen at v16.7.2 · Reported by 64 Macs in the community.
All sighted native versions (13):
Sighting data is community-sourced — version availability and pricing should be verified with the developer.
Waves Central is the plugin manager and license activation tool for Waves Audio's suite of professional audio processing plugins. It handles installation, licensing, updates, and lifecycle management for Waves plugins used in music production, audio engineering, live sound, and post-production workflows. Music producers, audio engineers, mixing studios and mastering facilities rely on Waves Central to deploy and maintain plugins across their production systems. A native Apple Silicon build has been confirmed running on Macs in the Rosetta Check community.
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1 suggestionA native Apple Silicon Universal Binary of Waves Central is available and confirmed in use. To upgrade from the Intel version to the native build, visit waves.com, download the latest version of Waves Central, and run the installer — the download page now serves the Universal Binary by default on M-series Macs. Existing licenses, plugin installations, and preferences will carry over without disruption. Once updated, Waves Central itself will run natively without requiring Rosetta, and plugin installation workflows should also avoid triggering unnecessary Rosetta prompts on recent versions.
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