MicDropQR pairing
Scan the QR code in the plugin's Connect tab. You can also pick your computer from Nearby devices or type its IP address, then approve the phone in the plugin.
Features
Everything MicDrop does
A recorder on your Android phone, a plugin in your DAW, and a fast, reliable way to get takes from one to the other.
Recording
Studio-quality WAV on the phone you already have
One big record button, a live waveform and level meters, and takes saved as proper WAV files.
- Formats: WAV at 44.1, 48 or 96 kHz; 16-bit, 24-bit, 32-bit integer or 32-bit float; mono or stereo. A quick phone test shows which formats your phone records natively.
- Input check: see your level before you record, and set recording gain from −12 to +24 dB.
- Clipping warnings: the meter flags clipping while you record, with an optional vibration.
- Long takes are safe: long recordings are saved in parts as you go, and storage left on the phone is shown for the format you picked.
Sending
Takes that send themselves
Auto Send
With Auto Send on, each take goes to your computer as soon as you stop. Recorded while away? Takes wait on the phone and send when you reconnect.
Verified transfers
Every file is checked with a SHA-256 checksum when it arrives, so a dropped connection can't leave you with a broken take. Failed sends can be retried with one tap.
Your phone and computer need to be on the same Wi-Fi or phone hotspot. USB tethering works too.
Takes library
Keep your ideas organised
- Find takes fast: filter by favourites, on phone, sent or failed, and search titles and notes.
- Edit: rename, add notes, star favourites, and trim and level a take into a new copy (the original is kept).
- Share: send a take as WAV or as a small 192 kbps MP3 through any app, or save it to Files.
- Back up: export every take as one ZIP, for a backup or a new phone.
- Tidy up: long-press to select several takes and delete them together, with Undo.
The plugin
A VST3/AU plugin with its engine built in
Load MicDrop on any track and it starts its own background engine. There's no separate app, service or startup item to manage.
Preview, then drag
Click a take to see its waveform, format and length, play it, then drag it straight onto your timeline with Drag to DAW.
Files you can find
Every take is also saved to Music/MicDrop/Recordings on your computer, named after the take.
Mac and Windows
VST3 and AU on Apple silicon Macs (macOS 14+), VST3 on 64-bit Windows 10 and 11. Download it free.
Live Mic · experimental
Hear your phone's mic live in the plugin
Live Mic streams your phone's microphone to the MicDrop plugin, so you can monitor yourself through your DAW while you practise or sketch an idea.
- Three latency modes: Low, Balanced and Stable. Expect roughly 60–300 ms of delay depending on the mode and your Wi-Fi.
- Routes: Wi-Fi, phone hotspot or USB tethering.
- Mic sensitivity control, and optional noise cleanup on the live signal.
Live Mic plays inside the plugin; it isn't a system microphone. For the take you keep, record on the phone: that file is full quality and never affected by Wi-Fi.
Remote Session
Record a singer anywhere
The producer opens Remote Session in the plugin and shares a six-digit code. The singer enters it in the app, the producer approves, and the two connect directly over the internet.
Count-in and punch-in
The singer hears the producer's music and records with a 4-beat count-in, punching in at a chosen bar, in sync with the producer's song position.
Takes come home
Every take recorded in the session is sent straight back to the producer's plugin as a full-quality WAV, placed at its song position.
Direct and encrypted
Audio travels directly between the two devices over an encrypted WebRTC connection. MicDrop's server only helps them find each other and never receives audio.
Some networks (strict firewalls, carrier-grade NAT) can't make direct connections. If one doesn't connect, try another Wi-Fi or mobile network.
Studio Cleanup
Clean up room noise on the phone
Studio Cleanup uses an AI noise-suppression model (DeepFilterNet) running entirely on your phone to reduce hiss, hum and room noise.
- Soft, Medium or Hard, for new recordings or to clean a take you already have.
- Hear it first: play a cleaned preview before you keep it.
- Non-destructive: the original recording is always kept beside the cleaned copy.
Privacy
Your recordings stay yours
No account, no cloud
There's nothing to sign up for. Takes stay on your phone until you send them to your own computer or to a producer you approved.
No ads, no tracking
The app contains no advertising or analytics SDKs, and this website uses no tracking scripts.
Stay on a trusted network
Transfers on your local network aren't encrypted, so use your own Wi-Fi or hotspot. Remote Session connections are encrypted. Read the privacy policy.