Workarounds to run Waves V8 in N5 64 bit on OSX Lion

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does anyone got some experience to run Waves V8 within N5.5.1 64bit.

I’m going to plan my update to osx 10.7 and only want to do it if i can use my current plugin setup in 64 Bit.

I heard about J Bridge but i think it’s only Win stuff.

Informations about waves 64 bit support bring me to the decision to stay on 10.6.8

Input needed ;O)


Best Regards

Jörg

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Nuendo 5.5.1 can run at 32 bit or 64 bit on Mac OS 10.6 and 10.7.

The VST plug-ins need a 64 bit version to be loaded by Nuendo when it’s running at 64 bit. AFAIK, Waves does not have a 64 bit version of the VST WaveShell on Mac OS.

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…that’s what i know from the Waves support page

Currently there is no 64Bit version and that they think there is no need for it.

But it’ll come.

I was looking for something to use in the time till they’ll release a native 64 Bit working shell.

Cheers

Jörg

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The 64 bit VST offer on the Mac is a bit sparse… You’re better off running Nuendo in 32 bit. That being said, the gain in CPU efficiency at 64 bit is around 10% and I use Nuendo 5.5.1 (32 and 64 bit) in Mac OS 10.7.1 without any problems…

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nice to hear that it’s performance is good and stable in 64 Bit.

Have that 10% more CPU left…

But my main interest is to get these waves Plugs running in 64 Bit or any 32-64 bit Bridged mode thingy

OR i’ll way till Waves release the 64 Bit shell.

Cheers