Two plugins
How to get them
- Download DropWave for Mac. It's free during the beta, with no key and no account.
- Open DropWave Manager (Settings → Manager) in DropWave and click Install beside each plugin.
- Quit and reopen your DAW. Both appear as AU, VST3 and CLAP plugins, and DropWave keeps them up to date from then on.
Where they stand
Free during the beta. DropWave 3.5.0 and later for Mac installs both and keeps them up to date. They are new: tell us in the Discord what works and what doesn't.
- Formats: AU, VST3 and CLAP, for Logic Pro and the other hosts on a Mac.
- Runs on: a Mac with Apple silicon on macOS 14 or later.
- Updates: in the background. An update to a plugin your DAW has open waits until the DAW quits.
- Download: DropWave Editor about 8 MB, plus its stem model, about 100 MB; DropWave Tune about 6 MB.
- On Windows: DropWave Editor is in the Dev Beta of DropWave for Windows, with a layout of its own.
Nothing leaves your computer
Both plugins do their work on your Mac. Nothing is uploaded, and that includes the Editor splitting a song into stems.
If you still run DropWave 2.1
DropWave 2.1 came with a plugin of its own, DropWave Analyzer, which read the key and tempo of a channel. It isn't part of DropWave V2. DropWave Editor reads the key, the tempo and the tuning of the track it sits on, and then does a lot more with them.
Questions
Do I need the DropWave app to use the plugins?
To install them, yes: DropWave for Mac 3.5.0 and later installs both and keeps them up to date (DropWave Manager (Settings → Manager)). After that they run in your DAW like any other plugin.
Which DAWs do the plugins work in?
Any DAW on a Mac that loads AU, VST3 and CLAP plugins, Logic Pro included.
Are the plugins free?
Both are free during the beta. Pricing has not been announced.
Is anything uploaded?
No. Both plugins do their work on your Mac, and that includes the Editor splitting a song into stems.