Waves Audio has since moved to the Waves Creative Access subscription model (staring at $24.99/month). If you want the 2025 equivalents of these plugins legally, you cannot buy v9r4 anymore. Waves no longer sells perpetual licenses for the "All Plugins Bundle" of that era.
Archivists argue that v9r4-peace-out -DJ Vagan- is abandonware. Waves no longer supports those builds, they cannot be purchased, and they serve a historical function—preserving the sound of 2010s digital mixing.
Conversely, artists argue that using Vagan’s crack today is theft, as Waves still sells subscriptions for the updated versions (SSL, CLA, Renaissance). Waves All Plugins Bundle v9r4-peace-out -DJ Vagan-
Real-world note: Many top-charting SoundCloud rap beats from 2016-2018 were mixed entirely on this specific bundle. The "low-end bump" from MaxxBass in v9r4 has a specific aliasing distortion that the new versions cannot replicate.
For the professional studio: No. You need stability, updates, and legal licensing for client sessions. Buy Waves v15. Waves Audio has since moved to the Waves
For the nostalgia producer: Yes, but only on an isolated Windows 10 offline machine. This bundle is a time machine. It lets you experience the "hyper-compressed, Exciter-heavy, loudness war" sound exactly as it was in 2015.
For the archivist: The Waves All Plugins Bundle v9r4-peace-out -DJ Vagan- is a cultural artifact. It represents the end of the "keygen era," when one Eastern European coder could hold off a multi-million dollar corporation with a patched DLL. Real-world note: Many top-charting SoundCloud rap beats from
Peace Out — DJ Vagan’s signature pack for Waves v9r4: instant club-ready presets, punchy drums, airy vocals, and performance FX to take mixes from sketch to floor-ready in minutes.