Open beta · free for Windows and Mac
RELAY takes your DAW's master bus and sends it into Discord, Zoom or Google Meet, or streams it straight to up to 10 listeners. They listen in the RELAY app or any browser, at up to uncompressed 32-bit float.
Quality
The host picks the quality. Listeners on a slower connection can ask for a lighter one, without changing what everyone else hears.
| Format | Per listener | What it's for |
|---|---|---|
| Opus | 96–510 kbit/s | Compressed, and holds up on slow connections. 256 kbit/s by default. |
| PCM 16-bit | 1.5 Mbit/s | Uncompressed, at CD depth. |
| PCM 24-bit | 2.3 Mbit/s | Uncompressed, at studio depth. |
| PCM 32-bit float | 3.1 Mbit/s | The samples your DAW produces, unchanged. |
Sessions stream at 48 kHz in stereo. Expect 150–400 ms of delay: fine for listening together, not for playing together.
How it works
Put the RELAY plugin last on your DAW's master bus. It passes your audio through untouched and hands a copy to the RELAY app.
In the app, pick a session name and a quality and press Go live. Or turn on DAW to System Sound for your call.
Send listeners your link, such as listen.kineticdsp.com/my-studio. It opens in any browser and joins straight away.
Built for the studio
The plugin never makes your DAW's audio wait, not even on the RELAY app, and your interface keeps getting exactly what it got before.
Your interface and the output device run on different clocks. RELAY measures and corrects the difference continuously, so long sessions stay clean.
Add a passcode, and share a link that carries an invite instead of it. Change the passcode and old links stop working.
A session name is reserved while you're live and for 10 minutes after, so a crash or a restart doesn't cost you your link.
Each listener sets their own volume and buffer, and can pick a lighter quality if their connection struggles.
No virtual cables, no routing apps, no port forwarding. Install, insert the plugin, go live.
Questions
Any DAW that loads VST3 plugins, on Windows or Mac, such as Ableton Live, FL Studio, Cubase, Studio One, Reaper and Bitwig. On a Mac, Logic Pro and GarageBand too, through RELAY's Audio Unit.
Yes, in open beta for Macs with Apple Silicon (M1 and later). It hosts and joins sessions like the Windows app, and the two work together. To send your DAW into a call on a Mac, you'll also need a virtual audio device such as BlackHole. Download it here.
No. A listener opens your link in a browser and presses play. Listeners on Windows or Mac can also use the RELAY app.
Usually 150–400 ms for sessions. That's fine for reviewing a mix together, but too much for playing music together in time.
No. Session audio passes through our media server on its way to your listeners and isn't recorded. See the privacy policy.
RELAY is free during the open beta.
Free during the open beta. Windows 10 and 11 or Apple Silicon Macs, any VST3 host, Logic Pro or GarageBand.