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Plug-ins

How to install, set up and use Hardwave plug-ins in any DAW: Suite installation, licences, the Analyser, WettBoi and what to do when a plug-in will not load.

Hardwave Analyser — complete guide

How to install, set up, and use Hardwave Analyser. Spectrum, stereo width, phase correlation, and peak metering — explained for hardstyle producers.

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Plug-in won't load — DAW troubleshooting

FL Studio shows wrapper error, your DAW doesn't see Hardwave plug-ins, or they crash on load — fixes ranked by what works most often.

5 min read

Hardwave Analyser - FL Studio installation and setup guide

Overview Hardwave Analyser is a free VST3/CLAP plugin that provides a 4096-point FFT spectrum, stereo phase correlation, peak and RMS metering, and several display modes.

3 min read

Managing Hardwave Suite updates for multiple plugins

Managing Hardwave Suite updates for multiple plugins

3 min read

Where Hardwave Suite puts your plug-ins, and what to do when your DAW cannot find them

You installed a plug-in from the Hardwave Suite, opened your DAW, and it is not in the list.

3 min read

WettBoi crashing in MPC when you reopen the window

If you run WettBoi in Akai MPC 3 or MPC 2 desktop and the whole program disappears the second time you open the plug-in window, nothing is wrong with your machine or your project.

3 min read

Everything ships through Hardwave Suite

Every Hardwave plug-in, paid or free, is installed and updated by one desktop app: the Hardwave Suite.

3 min read

WettBoi presets: the factory bank and new recipes

Every WettBoi factory preset explained, with the settings that define it, plus 3 new recipes for hard dance.

9 min read

WettBoi manual: every control explained

Hardwave WettBoi is a focused effect chain for hardstyle, rawstyle and hardcore tracks.

10 min read

Other topics

Mastering
Loudness, limiting and getting a hard dance mix release-ready: LUFS targets for hardstyle, what a limiter really does, and where AI mastering falls short.
Spectrum Analysis
Reading a spectrum analyser for harder styles: the frequency ranges in a hardstyle track, finding mud and resonance, and what the meters are telling you.
Effects & Processing
FX chains, filters, reverb and delay for harder styles: building a chain that stays clean, filter envelopes for risers, and keeping wet tails off the kick.
Mixing Hard Dance
Mixing hard dance at 150 BPM and above: kick and bass balance, what high tempo does to a mix, and the decisions that keep a track tight at festival volume.
Sound Design
Designing the sounds that carry a hard dance track: hardstyle kick synthesis from tail to punch, screeches and leads, and the atmosphere around them.
Production Science
The physics and psychoacoustics behind a hard dance mix: how loudness is perceived, why layered kicks cancel, and what phase does to your low end.