Waves Plugins on 4K Displays

Displaying Waves plugins in UHD (4K) resolution display monitors is not yet officially supported in all host applications.

Mac:

Waves plugins (latest versions) will display properly on all host applications with these exceptions:

• Final Cut Pro 10.4.9 using Retina displays.
• 2012 Mac Pro computers using 4K, large or multiple screens

Windows:

• In the following host applications, the plugin GUI will show up in its normal dimensions.
  • Ableton Live – default behavior
  • Studio One 4:
    • Verify HiDPI is enabled/checked in Options > General > HiDPI
    • Access the plugin settings menu in the plug-in editor tab > check the Enable System DPI Scaling option (requires Windows 10 version 1803 or higher).
  • Studio One 5:
    • Access the plugin settings menu in the plug-in editor tab > check the Enable System DPI Scaling option (requires Windows 10 version 1803 or higher).
  • Reaper
    • Access Reaper Preferences > Advanced UI/System tweaks and under HDPI mode (Windows 7+) select ‘Multimonitor aware (recommended)’
    • Access the plugin settings by clicking the '+' icon, under Compatibility settings > check 'HiDPI compatibility mode when floating window’.
• In the following host applications (latest versions), *disable ‘HiDPI’ *(converts the host UI to the highest resolution) in order to display the plugin GUI in its normal dimensions:
  • Pro Tools and Media Composer
  • Cubase, Nuendo and WaveLab
  • FL Studio
  • Premier and Audition
• Host applications with no 4K support
  • Sequoia
  • Samplitude
  • Cakewalk by BandLab