what is the proper way to use Waves in Reaper??

[cdmstudios]

Hey All -
I've been using Waves in Reaper for a year now and while they work, I'd love to know definitively, what's going on here.

2 things:
1) sometimes the AU versions load just fine graphically and sometimes the VST ones do. Why are the graphics such a problem with Waves plugins??

2) what's the deal with the "pan width"? It seems to access this pot, I need to be using the Apollo Simple theme, but on most other themes this setting isn't even visible. If I have only mono content on a track, I've been using Waves mono plugins, but on the Master Bus I tend to put stereo plugins. But when I put stereo waves on a track, I get weird things that happen where some of the sound is in the center and some is in the right or left. If I put the width to zero, then that makes all content on the track mono.

so what is the right way to work with these plugins??

thanks in advance!

[Nip]

1. Waves have a warning about both VST2 and VST3 plugins in the same project. That is a known gui problem.

Could be that the same applies to mixing AU and VST.

2. Looking in fx dialog you can see the routing by clicking on the button there - 1 in 2 out or whatever. A mono track just duplicates it's audio to both sides of a stereo plugin.

About width and pan I never touched those and leave normal Stereo balance/mono pan pan mode and width at 100%. Rightlick pan to get a menu to override.

If you have another pan mode by default read up on how that works - I have no idea.