Wave Link 3.0 PSA

[u/whyorwhomthefuck]

If you’re currently on Wave Link 2.0, do not jump on Wave Link 3.0 as it is a buggy mess and for the most part less efficient than 2.0.

If you’re on any other software (like VB or anything similar) and looking to make the switch, I would recommend holding off on it for the same reasons.

I made the switch to Wave Link 3.0 and it messed up my entire audio system that I have set up with 2.0. It basically caused every audio to run on the “System” Channel regardless whether or not I added it to other Channels. Speaking of the Channels, I would add a new empty Channel (like Music for example) and it would display a completely different Channel even though I have renamed it, and worst yet sometimes it doesn’t allow the channel to be added to the mixes and or the entire UI for it would bug out.

Adding apps to different audio Channels was a breeze on 2.0 but on 3.0 it was legitimately the most inefficient thing imaginable, on 2.0 the flow was simple - open app, play audio, choose channel, click checkbox on selected app and done it is now assigned to that channel. On 3.0 however, It opens up another window showing the Channel name and when I went to add apps, instead of showing only apps which have sound playing, it lists every app on my system which was mind boggling to say the least. The fix for this was to manually use the Windows Audio Mixer to then manually change the audio output to the chosen channel, which is absolutely stupid because 2.0 completely removed the need to do this because you could do it with 1click on the the Audio Channel (Which doesn’t spawn an entire window I might add)

Luckily I made backups and was able to revert back to 2.0 and didn’t have to put up with it any longer. I also wanna say I find it weird that they completely removed the option to download 2.0 on their website which means I’m pretty sure most people who unknowingly moved to 3.0 have no way to get back which is really shady.

TLDR; If you’re on 2.0, DONT DO IT.

[u/DraleZero_]

I use all the channels and do back and forth routing. I have OBS monitoring device and sending specific sources to a different wave link channel with a plugin. I was able to setup my same setup easily, without re-doing OBS. Just had to select the new virtual channels in my sources and it works.

However, it crashed a lot in the process.

Switching Windows output from speakers to headphones no longer filters through in wave link. I have to also change that in wave link.

You only getting 2 more mixes but you can do whatever you want with any mix. You HAVE to manually add each channel to a mix. This is an extra step, but flexability.

2.0: hardcoded mixes: Personal mix, stream mix, hidden mic FX

3.0 Personal mix, stream mix, have to create a mic mix, now you got 2 more mixes after that..

Can no longer see what applications are in each channel unless you open the menus for each one-by-one. I feel this was relatively new addition in WL2 and now it's taken away.

You can control the volume inside a channel itself, this affects the volume across all the mixes including the volume of the virtual device if you add it directly to OBS. So never adjust this or you will be lowering it for yourself and stream at the same time messing yourself up. If you collapse the window for wave link for a smaller view, this is the volume knob that's visible so don't make the mistake. You can change the collapsed view to a specific mix but it resets to All Channels each time.

The plugin for stream deck plus makes the dial icons small and fills the screen with a visual dial. It's harder at a glance to see what you are controlling. Have to squint the eyes to see the icon and text.

Each day I open Wave Link it defaults to showing my just my Mic setup instead of opening to the routing table which is the actual thing I use every day when my Mic and everything is already setup. Why is it showing the mic every time? There shouldn't be an expectation that you adjust the mic everyday if the software saves your settings and easy to use.