Try Phaseburn One
The full instrument, free to try for as long as you like — leave your email, pick your platform and play. One build for everyone: registering a license lifts the demo limits on the spot.
Leave your email, pick your platform, and the installer is yours — the same one a buyer runs. It plays as a demo until you register: a few seconds of near-silence roughly every couple of minutes, and a soft noise watermark on anything you render, bounce or export. One license lifts both on up to 3 of your machines at once; there is no separate demo build to replace.
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Download the installer for your platform and quit your DAW.
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Run it — pick your plug-in formats (VST3, CLAP, and AU on macOS); they land in the standard system folders.
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Start your DAW and let it rescan its plugins. Phaseburn One appears in the instrument list.
Installing
Both installers are code-signed and open straight away — there is nothing to click through on either platform. The same steps arrive by email, so you have them once this tab is gone.
macOS Developer ID · notarized by Apple
One .pkg installs every macOS format — VST3, CLAP, AU and the Standalone.
- Quit your DAW, then double-click the .pkg and follow the installer.
- Choose the components you want — VST3, CLAP, AU and the Standalone are all ticked by default.
- Start your DAW and let it rescan its plug-ins.
Installing over a previous version updates it in place — presets, favorites and your license carry over untouched.
Windows Authenticode-signed · timestamped
One Setup .exe installs every Windows format — VST3, CLAP and the Standalone — plus the WebView2 runtime the interface needs, if your machine does not already have it.
- Quit your DAW, then run the Setup .exe and follow the installer.
- Choose the components you want — VST3, CLAP and the Standalone are all ticked by default.
- Start your DAW and let it rescan its plug-ins.
Installing over a previous version updates it in place — presets, favorites and your license carry over untouched.
More in Getting Started.
Before you update: your user banks, favorites and license stay where they are. The factory banks ship inside the build and can change between versions — if you have built on top of a factory preset, save it into a USER bank first, or write it out with EXPORT / EXPORT BANK. Presets & Banks has the detail.
Already bought? Your license key is in your email — or manage and re-send it here.
Before you ask
Why the email?
It is how your download link reaches you if you need it again, and — only if you tick the box — a short note when a new build ships. No card, no account, and one click unsubscribes from either list. An address that is not subscribed to build updates is deleted within 90 days of the download; the details live in our privacy policy.
Does the demo cost anything?
No. There is no card step anywhere and nothing to cancel. The demo is the full synth, it never expires, and it keeps working for as long as you like — with the dips and the watermark until you register.
What does a license change?
Registering lifts the dips and the watermark at once — no reinstall. €149 one-time, incl. VAT for EU buyers, for a perpetual, DRM-free license: activate once online in seconds, or offline via a machine code; good on up to 3 of your machines at once, with every future update free. Your key arrives by email the moment you buy, and the license page re-sends it any time.