DropWaveNever guess
a key again.
Made for songmakers, songwriters, producers, engineers, DJs and beatmakers.
The key, BPM and loudness of any track in under a second. On your Mac or PC, nothing uploaded.
Numbers you can trust.
Every reading says how sure it is, and what it means for your track.
It tells you how sure it is.
Every reading is checked across the whole song. When eleven of eleven sections agree, it says High; when the call is close, it names the runner-up.
Ready for every platform.
Loudness and true peak to ITU-R BS.1770-4, and what Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and the rest will do to your level before you send it.
Catch it before the label does.
Every file checked against your spec: sample rate, bit depth, true peak, clipping and silence. A lossy file sent as a master gets flagged.
Check it by ear.
A click on the detected beats, the key played as a chord at the track’s own tuning, and Match loudness to compare files at the same level.
A whole pack. One drop.
Drag in a folder, or a hundred files, or one. Every file lands in a table you can sort, search and export.
Two plugins. Right inside your DAW.
DropWave Editor and DropWave Tune work on a track in your session. DropWave for Mac installs them in one click and keeps them up to date.
Your audio never leaves your computer.
Analysed on your machine and never uploaded. The app only goes online for updates and its licence.
Questions.
What is a local key and BPM finder?
An app for Mac and Windows that finds the key and BPM of your files on your own computer, instead of a website you upload them to. Drop a file or a folder on DropWave and it reads the key, Camelot code and tempo right there.
Does it work offline? Is my music uploaded?
Analysis works fully offline, and nothing is uploaded: your audio never leaves your computer. No DropWave account, no analytics. The app only goes online for updates and its licence, and keeps working offline for 14 days at a time (30 with a bought licence).
Can it do a whole folder at once?
Yes. Drop a folder and every file lands in one table you can sort, search and export as CSV. It can also write the key and tempo into the file names.
What does it run on, and what does it cost?
macOS 14 Sonoma or later on a Mac with Apple silicon, or Windows 11. The beta is free.