Waves Ultimate 17

Waves Ultimate 17: The Whole Waves Catalogue at V17

Waves Ultimate 17 is the complete Waves plugin collection running at V17, the version released on 23 June 2026. Over 240 plugins cover every stage of a record — tracking, mixing, vocal production, mastering, restoration and sound design — and V17 rebuilds the one thing you touch on every single one of them: the preset system.

What’s Inside Waves Ultimate 17

• 240+ plugins: the full catalogue, including the Abbey Road and SSL collections.
• Redesigned preset menu: one unified browser with text search across most of the catalogue, replacing the old pop-up and separate browser.
• Mix Unlock: real-time stem separation inside StudioVerse Audio Effects, into two or four stems.
• Expanded StudioVerse macros: 13 pages of eight controls, up to 104 assignable per chain.
• Live and post upgrades: real-time analysers in Renaissance EQ and eMo Q4, PSE frequency shift, pinch control on F6 and Q10, AudioSuite in WLM Plus.
• Deeper Apple silicon support: COSMOS Sample Finder, Curves AQ, InTrigger, Key Detector, StudioVerse and Sync Vx now run native without Rosetta.

What’s Included in Waves Ultimate 17

The collection spans more than a dozen processing families. These are the headline names in each:

Equalisers

• F6 Floating-Band Dynamic EQ, Renaissance EQ, Q10, Curves AQ, Curves Resolve, Scheps 73, PuigTec EQs, eMo Q4

Compressors and dynamics

• CLA-76, CLA-2A, CLA-3A, SSL G-Master Buss Compressor, API 2500, PuigChild, C6 Multiband Compressor, Renaissance Compressor, IDX Intelligent Dynamics, Smack Attack, V-Comp

Reverb and delay

• H-Reverb Hybrid Reverb, Renaissance Reverb, Abbey Road Reverb Plates, IR-Live Convolution Reverb, H-Delay Hybrid Delay, SuperTap, Doubler

Vocal tools

• Waves Tune Real-Time, Waves Tune, Renaissance Vox, Vocal Rider, CLA Vocals, Waves Harmony, Silk Vocal, Vocal Bender, DeEsser, Sibilance, Key Detector

Mastering and limiting

• L2 Ultramaximizer, L4 Ultramaximizer, MV2, Grand Masters Collection, WLM Plus Loudness Meter, VU Meter

Noise reduction and restoration

• Clarity Vx, Clarity Vx Pro, plus the Restoration bundle for clicks, surface noise, hum and broadband hiss

Console and analogue collections

• SSL 4000 Collection including the SSL EV2 Channel, API Collection, Abbey Road Collection, V-Series with V-EQ3 and V-EQ4, MaxxBass, Enigma, MondoMod

Signature Series chains

• CLA, Manny Marroquin, Jack Joseph Puig, Tony Maserati, Eddie Kramer, Greg Wells and Dave Audé signature plugins

Instruments and creative tools

• OVox Vocal ReSynthesis, CR8 Creative Sampler, the Inspire Virtual Instruments Collection, Pianos & Keys, Sound Design Suite, InTrigger Drum Replacer, COSMOS Sample Finder

Immersive and monitoring

• Nx Virtual Studio Collection, 360° Surround Tools, DTS Neural Surround Collection

Chain hosting

• StudioVerse Audio Effects and StudioVerse Instruments for building, saving and browsing whole processing chains

Who Is It For?

Mixing and mastering engineers who want one collection that answers nearly every processing question, and producers who would rather learn a deep toolset than assemble one plug-in at a time. If you already work to Waves chains — CLA, Puig, Maserati — this is the version that makes recalling and browsing them fastest.

Formats and System Requirements

VST3, AU and AAX in 64-bit DAWs, on Windows and macOS. V17 needs macOS Sonoma 14, Sequoia 15 or Tahoe 26, or Windows 10 64-bit version 22H2 or Windows 11. Waves lists 16 GB RAM and 30 GB free disk space, with a 1920×1080 screen recommended. Clarity Vx Pro and COSMOS Sample Finder ask for a newer CPU than the rest of the catalogue.

How Producers Use Waves Ultimate 17

Mix engineers build a channel strip from CLA-76 into Renaissance EQ, then save the whole chain in StudioVerse and recall it across a record. Mastering engineers finish into L2 or L4 and check against WLM Plus for streaming targets. Remixers point Mix Unlock at a stereo bounce to lift a vocal that never came with stems. Vocal producers stack Waves Tune Real-Time with Vocal Rider and Sibilance before anything else in the chain. It sits at the top of our plugin bundles for sheer coverage per pound.

Why Buy From VST Vault?

• Instant digital delivery: your download is ready the moment payment clears.
• Mac and Windows in one purchase: both installers included, no platform surcharge.
• Priced in pounds: the price you see is the price you pay.
• Real support: a reply within six hours on WhatsApp or email, around the clock.

Questions Producers Ask

What is new in Waves V17?

Four things carry the release. A redesigned preset menu replaces the old pop-up and browser across most of the catalogue, with text search and clearer factory and user sections. Mix Unlock adds real-time stem separation inside StudioVerse Audio Effects, splitting a stereo source into two stems or four. StudioVerse macros expand to 13 pages of eight, so up to 104 assignable controls per chain. Then a run of per-plugin work: a new MondoMod interface, real-time analysers in Renaissance EQ and eMo Q4, AudioSuite support in WLM Plus, a 5 Hz frequency-shift option in PSE, and native Apple silicon operation for COSMOS Sample Finder, Curves AQ, InTrigger, Key Detector, StudioVerse and Sync Vx.

How does Mix Unlock work?

It separates finished stereo audio into stems in real time, so you can treat the vocal, drums, bass or instruments of a mix you do not have multitracks for. It runs inside the mono or stereo component of StudioVerse Audio Effects rather than as its own plug-in, and each separated element can be reprocessed with StudioVerse presets.

Which DAWs does Waves Ultimate 17 work in?

All the majors. Waves ships VST3, AU and AAX, which covers FL Studio, Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Cubase, Studio One, Reaper and Pro Tools on both Windows and macOS, Intel or Apple silicon.

Compare it with the other studio-wide collections in our bundles range, or read the older-version pages if you need to match an existing rig: Waves Ultimate 16.