WAKE
Swells that bloom into harmony, fired by every hit.
For each transient Wake detects, it generates a swell that rises into the hit and resolves on it — a reverse-reverb, or a spectral bloom that harmonizes into a chord built from the hit's own sound. Not a shaper: a transient-triggered swell instrument.
$30 $20 launch price — first 60 days. macOS now · Windows coming soon.
New in v1.15 — Harmonized swells (chords built from each hit) + a Color sweep that brightens into the transient.
A swell instrument, not a shaper
Wake's core effect generates a swell for each detected transient — a pre-echo that rises into the hit and resolves exactly on it. Because it's synthesized rather than reshaping the existing audio, it can do things no shaper can: bloom from the hit's own spectrum, brighten as it rises, and harmonize into a chord built from the sound that triggered it. The drawable volume shape then sculpts the hit itself.
Generative Swell
A per-onset swell that ends precisely on the hit — as a reverse-reverb, or a Spectral bloom resynthesized from the hit's timbre that can harmonize into a chord (octave, fifth, major, minor…). Drawable shape, length, Color sweep, and mix. No reshaping plugin can do this.
Volume Shape
A drawable gain curve fired at each transient — ducks, pumps, tremolo, stutters. Sculpt the hit itself.
Per-onset Dynamics
Wake measures each hit's loudness and brightness, so louder hits swell bigger and brighter hits stay shorter. The response tracks the performance, hit by hit.
Surgical triggering
A frequency-range filter fires Wake only on the band you choose — kicks only, snares only — plus probability and humanization for an organic feel.
Multiband targeting
Each module acts on its own frequency band. Sidechain just the sub on every kick while the cymbals stay crisp, or send airy highs-only risers — transient-locked, per band, from one instance.
Mix-ready
Look-ahead lets swells build before the hit; your DAW's delay compensation keeps everything aligned. VST3, AU & standalone, with a global bypass and full preset recall.
Hear it on real material
The same loop, dry versus through Wake. Best on drums, but try it on anything with a clear attack.
Live drum loop
Vocal phrase
Headphones recommended — the effect is most obvious on the transients.
A mix-time instrument
Wake uses look-ahead so a swell can build before the transient it leads into — your DAW's delay compensation handles the latency for mixing. Think of it as rhythmic sound design that follows the player.
Get Wake
Launch price — first 60 days
- VST3 & AU (macOS) — Windows coming soon
- Standalone app included
- 8 factory presets
- Free updates within v1
- One-time purchase, no subscription
The demo is fully functional — it just mutes briefly every 30 seconds. Buy the full version to remove it.