I also see that Waves ditched the iLok thing and doing more of challenge/response deal I guess with Waves Center. I see the current sale on the Gold bundle for $99 and am quite tempted at that price. When I went 64-bit, I left them behind as the plug-ins in SPLAT did what I needed, and the Waves stuff was still expensive to upgrade. Hated the iLok dongle thing so I actually used a cracked version. I used to use Waves Gold back in the 32-bit days. Example, I could use the Tape Sim in Cakewalk, but find the J37 does sound better to my ears, same with the NLS vs Cakes' But these are subtle color things and in an blind test, might not even pick the right one. There are are just different flavors and workflows by other manufactures. I use Izotope a lot (Neutron, Ozone, RX) Boz Digital (Mongoose used on every track with Bass) Toneboosters had good quality for cheep If you have Platinum, there is likley nothing you actually need (other than noise reduction). Don't get trapped into thinking Waves is "it," but they do have quite a few useful tools. Depends on the effects you are looking for.
(you might not have some of this unless you had Platinum before Bandlab). Things like the EQ, MB Comp, Limiter, B-Reverb, Rematrix Reverb, and CA-2A are all top shelf. Cakewalk's quality will depend on what you have. They also take a LONG time to scan on startup, so if you buy them, you might want to check the don't scan at startup button and just run it when you add more to the computer. They make pro quality stuff, but I seem to have trouble with them every single time I try to add another one to the collection and the Waves Installer. You can author to a USB stick, but then you have to use a USB port just for that. Also note if you use more than one computer, Waves is one of the only company that gives you only one single liscence. Looks simple but there are deeper options under the hood (check out some videos on it). Saturation, EQ, Comp, etc and they play nice together.
If you are going to get one, that is probably it. These make it onto just about every project J37 Tape NLS SSL-Bus Comp Abbey Road Plate Reverb (uses a ton of CPU though and usually only on a track or two) Schepps Omni Channel is probably the best bang for the buck plug they have when on sale for $29. I use Waves plugins but I've had more instalation problems with them than any other plugin maker.
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