As of 2024, Waves V10 is considered a legacy version. While it works perfectly on older setups, users on Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3) chips may find that WaveShell 10.0 will not load because it lacks native ARM support. In these cases, upgrading to the latest version via the Waves Update Plan (WUP) is usually the only stable solution.
WaveShell1-VST3 10.0_x64.vst3 is a "gateway" file used by Waves Audio vst plugin waveshell1-vst3 10.0-x64 -vst3-
Open Waves Central , go to the "Settings" tab, and click Repair . This will re-run the permissions check and ensure the WaveShell is correctly placed. As of 2024, Waves V10 is considered a legacy version
If your DAW scan is incomplete, you might accidentally see "WaveShell" listed as an instrument or effect itself. As of 2024