Waves V16 plugins support HiDPI in the following host applications:
Cubase
Nuendo
Studio One
Fender Studio Pro
REAPER
Bitwig Studio
FL Studio - Full support when using one screen. When plugins are detached and moved between screens, graphic issues may occur.
In the following host applications, HiDPI is not "true", rather Auto-Scaling is controlled by the host application:
Ableton Live
CakeWalk Sonar
Maschine
Komplete Kontrol
Pyramix
Samplitude
Sequoia
The following host applications will not auto-scale plugins:
Pro Tools - Recommended setting "Override HiDPi scaling by system" in the application properties > Compatibility.
Audition - Plugins will load at 100% regardless of system settings (small GUI)
Premiere - Plugins will load at 100% regardless of system settings (small GUI)
Reason - Plugins will load at 100% regardless of system settings (small GUI)
Note: Some plugins may not scale properly when their GUI size is set above 100%. A complete list of plugins that fully support HiDPI displays can be found below.
Mac:
Waves plugins will display properly on 2015 Mac Pro computers (or newer).
Windows:
Waves V15 plugins support HiDPI in the following host applications:
Cubase
Nuendo
Studio One
REAPER
Bitwig Studio
FL Studio - Full support when using one screen. When plugins are detached and moved between screens, graphic issues may occur.
In the following host applications, HiDPI is not "true", rather Auto-Scaling is controlled by the host application:
Ableton Live
CakeWalk By BandLab
Maschine
Komplete Kontrol
Pyramix
Samplitude
Sequoia
The following host applications will not auto-scale plugins:
Pro Tools - Recommended setting "Override HiDPi scaling by system" in the application properties > Compatibility.
Audition - Plugins will load at 100% regardless of system settings (small GUI)
Premiere - Plugins will load at 100% regardless of system settings (small GUI)
Reason - Plugins will load at 100% regardless of system settings (small GUI)
Note: Some plugins may not scale properly when their GUI size is set above 100%. A complete list of plugins that fully support HiDPI displays can be found below.
Mac:
Waves plugins will display properly on 2015 Mac Pro computers (or newer).
Windows:
Waves V14 plugins support HiDPI in the following host applications:
Cubase 12
Nuendo 12
Studio One 6
REAPER
Bitwig Studio
FL Studio - Full support when using one screen. When plugins are detached and moved between screens, graphic issues may occur.
In the following host applications, HiDPI is not "true", rather Auto-Scaling is controlled by the host application:
Ableton Live
CakeWalk By BandLab
Maschine
Komplete Kontrol
Pyramix
Samplitude
Sequoia
The following host applications will not auto-scale plugins:
Pro Tools - Recommended setting "Override HiDPi scaling by system" in the application properties > Compatibility.
Audition - Plugins will load at 100% regardless of system settings (small GUI)
Premiere - Plugins will load at 100% regardless of system settings (small GUI)
Reason - Plugins will load at 100% regardless of system settings (small GUI)
Note: Some plugins may not scale properly when their GUI size is set above 100%. A complete list of plugins that fully support HiDPI displays can be found below.
Mac:
Waves plugins will display properly on 2015 Mac Pro computers (or newer).
Windows:
Waves V13 plugins support HiDPI in the following host applications:
Cubase 11
Nuendo 11
WaveLab 10
Studio One 5
REAPER
Bitwig Studio
FL Studio - Full support when using one screen. When plugins are detached and moved between screens, graphic issues may occur.
In the following host applications, HiDPI is not "true", rather Auto-Scaling is controlled by the host application:
Ableton Live
CakeWalk By BandLab
Reason
Maschine
Komplete Kontrol
Pyramix
Samplitude
Sequoia
The following host applications will not auto-scale plugins:
Pro Tools - Recommended setting "Override HiDPi scaling by system" in the application properties > Compatibility.
Audition - Plugins will load at 100% regardless of system settings (small GUI)
Premiere - Plugins will load at 100% regardless of system settings (small GUI)
Note: Some plugins may not scale properly when their GUI size is set above 100%. A complete list of plugins that fully support HiDPI displays can be found below.
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
Media Composer
Cubase
Nuendo
WaveLab
FL Studio
Premier
Audition
Host applications with no 4K support
Sequoia
Samplitude
Cakewalk by BandLab
Plugins with high resolution HiDPI Graphic Interfaces
Any plugin released after February 2021 has a high resolution HiDPI graphic interface.
We are working on updating the graphics for plugins released earlier to high resolution as well.
Please check the list below to see what plugins have already been released or updated with new high resolution HiDPI graphic interfaces, and the version they were updated in:
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