Download LIQUIDWAVE for Mac

Open the DMG and drag LIQUIDWAVE to your Applications folder. The first launch asks for System Audio Recording, so the app can see what your Mac is playing, and for the microphone if you want Listen Mode for a turntable or the room. Either way the audio is analyzed on your Mac and never leaves it.

Nothing else is installed: no audio driver, no background agent, no account.

Free tier. The signature Wave scene, plus one more scene you pick the first time you open the app, with both sources and no time limit.

Full Unlock. $24.99, one time, bought inside the app: Settings → Purchases, or the paywall a locked scene brings up. The license key arrives by email and activates on the Macs you use. No subscription required.

LIQUIDWAVE checks for its own updates and installs them in place. Choose Check for Updates… in the LIQUIDWAVE menu, or let it tell you when one is ready. Updates are free.

Is it safe? The app and the disk image are signed with Appnics' Developer ID and notarized by Apple, so macOS verifies both before the first launch.

Which Macs? macOS 14.2 (Sonoma) or later, on Apple Silicon or Intel.

Can I move the license? Yes. Deactivate this Mac, in LIQUIDWAVE's Settings, frees the slot, and the same key activates on the next one.

Bought it on the App Store? That edition unlocks through Apple, and a purchase or a yearly plan there covers your Mac, iPhone and iPad. It isn't interchangeable with a license from this site, so keep using the copy you bought.

macOS 14.2 (Sonoma) or later, on Apple Silicon or Intel. System-audio capture uses Core Audio Taps, built into macOS since 14.2. No virtual audio drivers, no kernel extensions.

Trouble getting sound into the app? Support walks through the one permission it usually comes down to.