applies to tangle and every module plugin

System Requirements

macOS 13 or later, or 64-bit Windows 10 or later — and on macOS 11 or 12 too, with the installers instead of the Weaver Audio Manager. A DAW that loads VST3 — or Audio Units on macOS, or AAX in Pro Tools. An internet connection the first time you activate. That is the whole list; everything below is the detail behind it.

One page, one answer

Everything Weaver Audio sells has the same requirements — the Tangle rack and each of its modules as a standalone plugin. So this is the page to check, and the page to send anyone who asks.

Where the repository does not actually pin a number, this page says so rather than rounding it up into a promise. Those spots carry a not verified tag.

Operating systems

macos13 (Ventura) or later, on Apple Silicon or Intel, for the Weaver Audio Manager. The plugins themselves are built for macOS 11, so they also run on macOS 11 (Big Sur) and 12 (Monterey): install them there with the installers under “install without the manager” on your account page.
windows10 or later, 64-bit. The Weaver Audio Manager, which installs the plugins, needs Windows 10 and will not run on anything older.
linuxNot supported, and not planned.

both floors: the Weaver Audio Manager's. The plugins' own macOS floor, and so the installers', is the build's deployment target, 11.

Plugin formats

vst3macOS and Windows. This is the format the rack and every module are built for first.
audio unitmacOS only. AU version 2, the format Logic Pro and GarageBand load.
aaxPro Tools, macOS and Windows. The Weaver Audio Manager adds the AAX versions alongside VST3 and AU when Pro Tools is on. It turns that on by itself when it finds Pro Tools on the computer, and you can switch it per plugin. The AAX plugins are much larger than the others and no other DAW reads them, so leave it off if you do not use Pro Tools.
not shippedNo VST2, no AUv3, no CLAP, and no standalone application — these are plugins, and they need a host.

Processor and architecture

apple siliconNative. M1 and later run the arm64 half of a universal binary — no Rosetta, and no separate download.
intel macNative. The same universal binary carries an x86_64 half.
windows64-bit Intel or AMD. There is no 32-bit build.
windows on armnot verified Windows can run the x64 Weaver Audio Manager and plugins under emulation on an ARM64 machine, but this has not been tested and there is no native ARM64 build.
instruction setBaseline 64-bit. Nothing here requires AVX or AVX2, so an older processor is not excluded.

What your DAW needs

the hostAny 64-bit DAW that loads VST3, or Audio Units on macOS, or AAX in Pro Tools. Reaper, Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Studio One, Bitwig, Cubase, FL Studio and Pro Tools all qualify.
where it goesThese are effects, not instruments. Load one on an audio track, a bus or a send — not on an instrument track expecting it to make a sound on its own.
midiNot used. The plugins take no MIDI in and send none out; everything is driven by audio and by the modulation built into the rack.
channelsThe rack ships as three separate plugins so it fits whichever track you put it on: Tangle (stereo in, stereo out), Tangle Mono Stereo (mono in, stereo out) and Tangle Mono (mono in, mono out). You pick the one you want from your DAW’s plugin list by name — each accepts only its own layout. The single-module plugins need no such choice: one plugin each, and it adapts to the track.
sample rateWhatever your session runs at. Nothing here is tied to a particular rate.

Internet and activation

to activateA connection is needed once, when you enter your serial or start a trial.
afterwardsIt works offline. The licence re-confirms itself roughly every three months; between those checks a connection is not needed, so ordinary offline sessions are unaffected.
ilokNone. No dongle, no third-party licence manager, nothing to install alongside.
machinesTwo per licence. Free a seat yourself from your account page when you change computers.

the licence terms are the authority on all of this — see terms & conditions, sections 1.3 and 4.

Where it installs

Windows

VST3 → C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3
AAX → C:\Program Files\Common Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins
shared core → C:\Program Files\Common Files\Weaver Audio

The AAX folder is only written when Pro Tools is on in the Weaver Audio Manager.

Both are shared folders, so the Weaver Audio Manager asks for administrator rights when it installs. It is in the Start menu; add, update and remove plugins there.

Every plugin is a small file that loads the shared core, so if you ever move or delete Weaver Audio from Common Files, none of them will load. It is removed automatically once you uninstall the last Weaver plugin.

macOS

VST3 → /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3
AU → /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components
AAX → /Library/Application Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-Ins

When it installs, the Weaver Audio Manager asks for your password, since these are shared folders. It is signed and notarised by Apple.

Disk space

Not quoted here, because it changes with every release and a stale number is worse than none.

What we have not tested

We only claim what we have actually run. These are the gaps, so nobody buys on an assumption:

Windows versions older than 10

The Weaver Audio Manager needs Windows 10. The installers on your account page do not check the Windows version, but nothing older than Windows 10 has been tested.

Windows on ARM

Windows emulates the x64 Weaver Audio Manager and plugins on an ARM64 machine, which is the same path most plugins take there. Untested, and there is no native ARM64 build, so expect an emulation cost you would not pay on x64.

Does it work in Pro Tools?

Yes. The Weaver Audio Manager adds the AAX versions when Pro Tools is on, which it turns on by itself when it finds Pro Tools on the computer — if you are installing before Pro Tools, turn it on in the Manager’s settings or on the plugin’s card. They install to Common Files\Avid\Audio\Plug-Ins on Windows and /Library/Application Support/Avid/Audio/Plug-Ins on macOS, the only places Pro Tools scans.

Installed disk footprint

Not measured per release.

Ready to install? Getting started walks through it. Something not on this page? Email [email protected] with your OS and your DAW; I read every one.