DaydreamDEMON — Alpha v0.3.0

This is an early-access alpha of the DaydreamDEMON audio plugin (VST3), for macOS and Windows — you're among the first to play with it. It works best in Ableton Live, and runs in the other major DAWs too. Shared for early testing only — please don't redistribute.

Tell us everything — what felt great, what broke, what you wish it did. Feedback goes in the Daydream Discord.

Download for macOSDownload for Windows

Latest build: b262 (Jun 12, 2026)

Install on macOS

  1. Unzip the downloaded archive.
  2. Move DEMON Effect - Alpha.vst3 into ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3/.
  3. Open your DAW and rescan plugins so it picks up the new VST3.
  4. The zip also contains DEMON Effect - Alpha Standalone.app— double-click to run it without a DAW (it's notarized, so it opens without a Gatekeeper warning).

Install on Windows

  1. Unzip the downloaded archive.
  2. Copy the DEMON Effect - Alpha.vst3 folder into C:\Program Files\Common Files\VST3\.
  3. Open your DAW and rescan plugins.
  4. The zip also contains a Standalone folder — run DEMON Effect - Alpha.exe to use it without a DAW.

Connecting

  1. Add the plugin to a track in your DAW and click Connect.
  2. Your browser opens the Daydream sign-in page (app.daydream.live) — sign in.
  3. Copy your API key from that page and paste it into the plugin's API-key field.
  4. The plugin validates the key and connects — you're live.

A plugin has no address bar to grab the key automatically, so it's a one-time copy-paste — the plugin remembers it afterward.

Previous builds

If the latest build gives you trouble, grab an earlier one and let us know what broke.

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