
I know the Puigchild is based on Puig’s modified Fairchild, but it sounds great. The Puigchild I find to be more punchy than the UAD Fairchild (haven’t tried any other Fairchild emulations). The Puigchild 670 is what I use the most from their stuff, with the Rvox coming in at a close second. If Waves is what you can afford, you can’t go wrong. This is my attitude now with plugins, particularly with the big names, because they're always pushing something new and always pushing some sort of sale. So if there's not something specific you know about and actively want then I'd save your money. There's no reason ever to pay anything full price.

It's got the CLA plugs which I miss for certain things, Vocal Rider which is a huge time saver, and H-Delay which is really nice.Īlso, the sales are indeed perpetual. If you are going for a bundle I'd wait/save to get Horizon at least. I might give in eventually, but for now I'm in a "screw you waves" kinda mood.

The dreaded Waves update plan wants $250 from me to update my library for my new M1 machine and tbh I haven't paid it yet. If you do start on the Waves journey though, you must be aware that if you update your machine or OS you may end up paying to continue using your software. IMO you're better off getting individual ones you're particularly interested in and using your DAW's stock plugs for experimenting with.

There are a lot of Waves plugs I like, but most of them don't come in the bundles.
