Watcher

Watcher — Never Lose a Great Take Again

Watcher is an audio and MIDI capture plugin designed to ensure that inspiration is never lost. Whether you're improvising, sound designing, jamming, or composing, Watcher continuously records in the background so you can focus on creating instead of worrying about pressing record.

The plugin captures both audio and MIDI, providing clear visual waveforms and MIDI note displays that make it easy to browse, review, and recover your performances. When you discover a great moment, simply highlight the desired section and drag-and-drop the audio or MIDI directly into your DAW.

Watcher automatically trims silence from the beginning and end of exported files, saving time and keeping your recordings clean and ready to use. Powerful marker tools allow you to tag important moments while recording, making it easy to organize and locate your best ideas later.

For maximum reliability, Watcher can continuously save recordings to a user-defined folder on disk, ensuring valuable performances are preserved even during long sessions. A configurable circular buffer lets you choose anywhere from 1 to 60 minutes of recording history, allowing you to instantly recover recent ideas that would otherwise be lost.

Map a footswitch, MIDI controller button, or any assignable control to create markers during recording, so standout performances and promising takes are always easy to find. Combined with a fully resizable interface, Watcher adapts seamlessly to any workflow and screen size.

Key Features

• Continuous background recording of audio and MIDI.
• Visual waveform and MIDI display for easy navigation.
• Drag-and-drop audio and MIDI directly into your DAW.
• Automatic silence trimming on exported files.
• Markers for organizing and locating important recordings.
• User-defined recording folder for automatic disk saving.
• Configurable circular buffer from 1 to 60 minutes.
• Recover ideas and performances that weren't intentionally recorded.
• MIDI controller support for creating markers.
• Fully resizable user interface.

Ideal for songwriting, sound design, improvisation, rehearsals, and live performance.

Watcher acts like a permanent creative safety net, ensuring every musical idea is captured, searchable, and ready whenever inspiration strikes.

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