Plugins like the and the Kramer Master Tape became instant classics. They offered authentic tape saturation and Wow & Flutter controls that added "glue" and warmth to sterile digital mixes. The Abbey Road Reverb Plates emulated the massive electromechanical reverb units used on Beatles records and Pink Floyd classics.
While 64-bit DAWs existed before V9, Waves struggled with stability. Version 9 was the first version where you could fill a 64-bit Reaper or Cubase session with 200+ instances of RVerb or H-Delay without crashing. It was a game-changer for post-production houses. waves version 9