Weave

What it is

• 49 modules oscillators, wavetable, FM, noise, sampler, kick, snare and hi-hat, LFOs, envelopes, sequencers, a 16 step acid sequencer, arpeggiator, Euclidean rhythms, filters, ladder, comb, formant, shaper, ring mod, bitcrusher, phaser, flanger, chorus, delay, reverb, scope, tuner, plus the strange ones below
• In time with your DAW a clock, dividers, and LFOs and sequencers that lock to the host's tempo and position
• Over 120 sounds in two banks, with a searchable browser. The Electronic bank has 87, built in the styles of progressive and big room house, trance, dubstep, French electro and deep house. Your DAW project remembers the exact sound, edits included.
• Live views on every module: the wave, a spectrum, or a scrolling heat map. Your choice in Settings.
• 16 macros for DAW automation, assigned to any knob in the patch
• Groups and blueprints fold a section into one box and reuse it in any patch
• Themes in CSS five built in, or write your own with images, textures and cable looks
• Polyphonic with glide, a CPU guard and sample-accurate notes

See it

Modules you won't find elsewhere

How to use it

1. Install

   Copy Weave.vst3 to C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\ and Weave.clap to C:\Program Files\Common Files\CLAP\. Rescan plugins in your DAW and load Weave on an instrument track.

2. Pick a sound

   Click the preset name at the top to browse banks, or step with the arrows. Play notes from your DAW. The sound comes out of the Output module.

3. Turn knobs

   Drag a knob up or down (Shift for fine steps). Double-click resets it. Ctrl+click types a value.

4. Patch cables

   Drag from an output jack (right side) to an input jack (left side), or to the small jack beside any knob to modulate it. Drag a plugged end away to move it. Ctrl+right-drag across cables cuts them.

5. Add modules

   Press Shift+A or double-click empty space, then type a name. Drop a module onto a cable to insert it. Alt+right-drag from one module to another connects them.

6. Group and reuse

   Select modules and press Ctrl+G to group them. Tab opens and closes a group. Right-click it and choose Save as blueprint to reuse it from the Add menu in any patch.

7. Macros for your DAW

   The 16 knobs under the preset bar are what your DAW can automate. Right-click one, choose Assign, then click any knob in the patch.

8. Save

   Save keeps the sound in a user bank. Your DAW project always remembers the exact sound, even if you never save a preset.

Shortcuts

Press the ? button in Weave any time for the same guide. All shortcuts can be changed in Settings.

Themes

Five themes are built in: Minimal Dark, Minimal Light, Hardware, Midnight and Paper. Pick one in Settings (⚙).

Make your own

1. Start from one you like

   Open Settings, pick a theme and press New theme from this one. Weave writes it, with every key filled in, to a .css file in %APPDATA%\Weave\Themes.

2. Edit the file

   A theme is a list of CSS custom properties. Only --name: value; pairs count. Start from a built-in with --base and change only what you want.

3. Add images

   Put PNG or JPEG files next to the .css file and use them with url("file.png") for the background or a panel texture.

4. Reload

   Press Reload in Settings. Your themes have their own picker, listing every file in the folder. Mistakes are shown there and the rest of the theme still applies.

/* Neon Nebula.css: a background image, glowing cables, round panels */
:root {
  --base: midnight;
  --background-image: url("nebula.png");   /* next to the .css file */
  --background-mode: cover;
  --grid-style: none;
  --panel: #0f1424ee;                      /* alpha is allowed */
  --panel-border: #3a4a8a;
  --panel-radius: 12px;
  --cable-audio: #ff4fd8;
  --cable-control: #4ff0ff;
  --cable-width: 2.5px;
  --cable-look: glow;
  --trace: #4ff0ff;
}

Values: colours as #rgb, #rrggbb, #rrggbbaa, rgb() or rgba(); numbers with an optional px; words; images as url("file").

Download

Coming soon.

Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit. VST3 and CLAP, for any DAW that loads them. The editor draws with Direct3D 12 (or Vulkan), so any graphics card from the last decade works.