Born from the burn. Built by feeling.

You know the song before you know the chords.
You hear the mix before you touch a fader.
You don't need a manual. You need a bandmate.

$79
Once. Forever. No subscription. No cloud. No account.
Download for Windows

This started at 3 AM with a voice memo and six tabs open trying to figure out which free plugin wouldn't crash this time.

I couldn't afford Pro Tools. Couldn't afford Logic. Couldn't afford the five subscriptions it takes to do what every musician does — hear something in your head and try to get it out.

So I built the thing I needed. A program that feels like making music feels. Not clinical. Not complicated. Not designed by people who've never stayed up all night chasing a melody that won't let you sleep.

The controls are modeled after real hardware — SSL, Neve, Lexicon, 1176. Learn here, walk into any studio, and the knobs already make sense. Every parameter has a tooltip that explains what it does and why. A beginner learns. A pro gets to work. Same tool.

It watches what you're doing and shows you the right tools. It separates stems with AI. It writes your lyrics down while you sing. It removes bleed from your vocal mic using the clean DI as a reference — math that costs $1,200 in other programs. It has a bandmate built in that listens to your session and suggests where to go next.

And it costs less than two months of Pro Tools. Once.

The Workspace
Sozawen DAW Interface
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SYNTH
4 waveforms, filter, ADSR. Generate chords, arpeggios, bass lines.
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DRUMS
9 synthesized sounds. Step sequencer. Program beats from nothing.
AI SPLIT
Drop any song. Get vocals, drums, bass, guitar, piano — each on its own track.
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BANDMATE
AI collaborator. Sees your session. Suggests chords, arrangement, production.
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BLEED REMOVAL
Guitar bleeding into your vocal mic? Subtract it with adaptive cancellation.
17 EFFECTS
EQ, compressor, reverb, delay, limiter, and more. All modeled after hardware.
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27 GUIDES
Built-in encyclopedia. Theory, recording, mixing, mastering. Beginner to pro.
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TUNER
Chromatic tuner with cents display. Tune your instrument right inside the DAW.

$79. Once. Forever.

No subscription. No credits. No annual renewal. Less than two months of the other guys — and yours doesn't expire. Every update included. Musicians shouldn't have monthly anxiety about their tools.

Your machine. Your music.

Everything runs locally. Your audio never touches a server. No upload, no cloud processing, no fine print about using your content. Nobody hears it until you're ready.

Built by a musician.

Not by a corporation. By someone who writes songs in the dark and couldn't afford the tools to finish them. Every feature exists because a musician stayed up too late and needed it.

Learn the real thing.

Every knob, slider, and parameter is modeled after real studio hardware. The EQ works like an SSL. The compressor works like an 1176. Learn in Sozawen, and the skills transfer to any studio in the world.

"I just want to get the song out of my head."
Singer-Songwriters
"I don't have a studio. I have a laptop and headphones."
Bedroom Producers
"I'm not signed. That doesn't mean I'm not serious."
Independent Artists
SOZ
Persian / the ache in music that scorches as it heals
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AWEN
Proto-Celtic / flowing spirit, divine inspiration

The burn and the flow.
That's what making music feels like.

See all 16 features, the changelog, and what's coming next →

You already know what it should sound like.

Sozawen helps you get it out.

Download for Windows

Windows 10/11 · ~500MB · No admin required · No account · No internet needed after download