How to Set up SoundGrid Apps and Driver on Apple Silicon Macs

This will only update the software with a new sub-version.

1. Click the Updates Available button.
   
2. All products for which updates are available, including your SoundGrid Applications, will be selected and shown in the list on the right.
3. Click Update
4. Once complete, restart your system.

Apple Silicon Support for SoundGrid applications was introduced with Version 13.
If your application or plugin licenses are covered by the Waves Update Plan, update them to V13 for free.
If your licenses are not covered by the Waves Update Plan, renew your coverage first, then update.

1. Launch Waves Central and log in. (Download Central here, if you do not have it installed yet.)
2. Click the Install Products page, and select the My Products tab to view the Waves applications for which you have a license.
   • If you only need the SoundGrid driver on your machine, select All Products tab, click on the search bar and type in ASIO, then select SoundGrid V13 ASIO / Core Audio Rec/PB Driver.
   • Select the products you wish to install and review the selections in the Summary section.
   
   
3. Click Install (for driver only) or Install and Activate (applications).

Set the Startup Security Utility to ‘Allow user management of kernel extensions from identified developers’

1. Boot the Apple Silicon computer in Recovery mode (power it on with the power button pressed until the screen displays startup options.
2. Select Options, select your user account and click Continue.
3. Type in your macOS User Account password.
4. In the top menu, go to Utilities > Startup Security Utility.
5. Select the system drive where the SG Driver will be installed and then select ‘Security Policy’.
6. Select ‘Reduced Security’ and make sure that ‘Allow user management of kernel extensions from identified developers’ is checked below it.
7. Click OK, restart your computer.
   
   
   
   At this point the SoundGrid Driver will work in ‘Kernel mode’.