DINE

Your personal
mix engineer.

Other DAWs were built for the studio. DINE was built for the live stream. Give it thirty seconds of your band and it builds the professional mix that usually takes hours, every week.

For Mac. Free for 14 days, then $39.99 a month or $249 once.

Hours of mixing.
Thirty seconds.

What takes an engineer hours of manual work across dozens of channels, DINE builds into a professional starting mix in about thirty seconds.

The usual wayHours, by hand, every session
  1. 01Gain
  2. 02EQ
  3. 03Compression
  4. 04Gates
  5. 05FX
  6. 06Buses
  7. 07Vocals
  8. 08Balance
  9. 09Master

With DINEAbout 30 seconds
TUNE MIXListens, understands, then mixes. All nine jobs in one pass. Every change explained, every fader still yours.

Line check, mic placement and a clean signal are still your job. Once the audio is in, TUNE MIX builds the mix.

TUNE MIX

Builds the mix.

One thirty-second listen sets every channel, bus, effect and the master.

Autopilot

Holds it live.

Once the show starts, it keeps the balance you set as vocals, instruments, speech and dynamics change.

Mix Buddy

Explains every move.

Ask in plain words, hear the change and read why. Troubleshoot without leaving the mix.

Solo anything.
The room never hears it.

Press S and the channel goes to your headphones on its own bus. The broadcast and the room keep the mix, untouched, for the whole show.

Kick
MS
Bass DI
MS
Keys L
MS
Lead
MS
BGV
MS
Speech
MS
MASTEREvery group, in the mix
LISTENWhatever is soloed
BROADCAST

Everyone hears it

Network audio interface1–2 ⌄
SOLO

Only I hear it

Headphones · USB interface3–4 ⌄
MONITOR SOLOSOLO IN PLACEAFLPFLDIMCLEAR SOLO

Monitor solo is the default. Solo in place is there for mixing a recording, and says so when it is on.

Before or after the fader. PFL hears a muted channel too. AFL hears it the way it sits in the mix.

Two devices, one choice. Broadcast on one interface, solo on another. DINE joins them and keeps them in sync. You just pick where each goes.

Audition without risk. HEAR IT plays a drum sample into your headphones only. The broadcast never hears an audition.

Plain words on top.
Every number underneath.

Same channel, same mix. The operator and the engineer just read it differently.

For the operator

Five words that mean something. WARMTH, CLARITY, SMOOTH, STEADY, CLEAN-UP. And a sentence telling you which one to touch.

How he sounds
55WARMTH
64CLARITY
40SMOOTH
58STEADY
30CLEAN-UP
What DINE did
  • Took out the rumble from the lectern and the stage, below 90 Hz.
  • Made his words clearer around 3 kHz, where the organ was covering them.
  • STEADY evens out loud and quiet sentences by about 4 dB.
  • CLEAN-UP keeps the room quiet between his sentences.
Level−3.0 dB
TUNE CHANNELPUT BACK 8:40 PM

The engineer’s words, gate, compressor, de-esser, are in Advanced.

For the engineer

The EQ curve, the compressor, every threshold and release, and the reason DINE set each one. Overrule anything.

Corrective EQSet by TUNE MIX at 8:27 PM · Lead · Tasha
Low cut110 Hz
Mud−2.5 dB · 400 Hz
Presence+3.0 dB · 3.2 kHz
Air+1.5 dB · 10 kHz
Compressor
Threshold−18.0 dB
Ratio3.0 : 1
Attack12 ms
Release140 ms
Makeup+3.5 dB
Lifted 3.2 kHz by 3 dB: the words sat under the keys.Double-click any value to return to the plan. PUT BACK undoes this stage only.
PUT BACK

Hear the difference.

One live stream, before and after one TUNE MIX. Switch while it plays.

0:00 / 0:00
See every decision it made ›Headphones recommended.

Unedited. Both sides are matched for loudness, so you hear the mix, not the volume.

Replace the kick.
Keep the timing.

Trigger a sample from any kick, snare or tom mic. The microphone is never delayed, so the kit stays in phase with the overheads, and nothing on the channel adds latency.

Mic
never delayed
Sample
lands a few ms after the hit
Channel latency
+0 samples

The Sample stage.

Pick a sound, set how much of it you hear, and audition it in your headphones before the room ever does.

SAMPLE
182 hits, 6 held
SOUND
YOUR SOUNDS

Drop WAV files in ~/Music/DINE/Samples and they appear here.

BLEND
Feel
Tuning

The whole kit.

Kick, snare and every tom. DINE fits each detector from the listen, and tunes the rest of the kit around the samples.

Kick InPerfect kick
182 hits/min—
Snare TopChurch snare
48 hits/min—
Rack Tom 110 inch rack tom
16 hits/min5 held as bleed
Rack Tom 212 inch rack tom
9 hits/min1 held as bleed
Floor Tom16 inch floor tom
31 hits/min3 held as bleed

A tom that only heard the snare plays nothing.

Blend by default. The room hears reinforcement, not a drum machine. A soft hit plays the sample softly.

Bleed held back. The detector listens for the drum, not the kit around it. Hits that are really another drum are held.

Your own library. Drop WAV files into a folder and they appear after the built-in sounds, with velocity layers if you have them.

Every decision, in a sentence.

When DINE changes something, it says what and why, next to the number. Keep the lot, or overrule any line.

TUNE MIX is ready

Heard 14 inputs, proposed 22 settings and 9 levels. The lead now sits over the band.

Lead up 1.5 dB+1.5 dB

She sat under the band in the chorus.

Keys down 2 dB−2.0 dB

They covered the lead between 1 and 3 kHz.

Drums group: 2:1, 3 dB of control2:1

The kit jumped 8 dB between verse and chorus.

Plate on the vocals, 1.6 s1.6 s

Timed to the song at 72 BPM.

Master trim −1.2 dB−1.2 dB

Lands the mix on −23 LUFS.

Pastor is faint at the deskLOW

Turn input 14 up about 6 dB. DINE did not raise it.

Review in the InspectorTry another mixRevertKeep

Loudness-matched A/B. BEFORE and AFTER play at the same level, so you judge the mix, not the volume.

Timed to the song. Delays and reverb tails follow the tempo it heard, not a default 120 BPM.

Nothing is hidden. KEEP it, REVERT it, or open any channel and change the one thing you disagree with.

There’s more under the faders.

For the booth, the stream and the feed.

Six ways people use DINE, each with its own page.

Churches

A broadcast mix an operator can run, with a sentence to follow.

DINE for churches ›

Streams and podcasts

Voices first, at the loudness the platform expects.

DINE for streams and podcasts ›

Venues

Every act, every night, recorded input by input.

DINE for venues ›

Bands

Record the gig. Post the set the same week.

DINE for bands ›

Audio engineers

A professional starting point in about 30 seconds. Every number still yours.

DINE for audio engineers ›

Musicians and creators

A cover, a session, a set. Bring the tracks, post the mix.

DINE for musicians and creators ›

Not live? It mixes
your recordings too.

Stems from your DAW, a folder from your interface, or the multitrack your console saved to its SD card. You don’t need to know how to mix. You need to know what you want it to sound like.

  1. 1

    Drop in your tracks

    A folder of WAV files is enough. DINE names and groups them: drums, bass, music, vocals.

  2. 2

    Pick how it should sound

    Choose a sound profile, or give it a song you love as a reference. TUNE MIX builds the mix.

  3. 3

    Export and post

    A stereo mix at the loudness video and music platforms expect. Stems too, if you want them.

Every week, not just once.

You record every service, every rehearsal, every cover. Mixing each one from zero is hours you don’t have, so most of it never gets posted. DINE keeps your input map and your sound, so this week’s tracks come back sounding like last week’s. Change what you want, or post it as it is.

RecordDrop inTUNE MIXPost

Tech specs

Platform
macOS 11 or later. Apple silicon and Intel. Windows is planned.
Audio
Any Core Audio interface or console, including network audio through a virtual soundcard. Input needs the microphone permission macOS asks for once. A session opens even when the console it was recorded on is not connected.
Inputs and outputs
Up to 64 inputs, mono or stereo, on up to 64 strips. Up to 16 output channels across four feeds: main, cue and two more.
Sample rate
44.1 to 96 kHz at 32 to 256 samples, tested at every step. 48 kHz and 64 samples by default.
Display
A window of at least 1180 × 760 points. Designed for 1280 × 800, 1440 × 900 and 1920 × 1080.
Memory and disk
No fixed minimum. Recording writes about 520 MB per input per hour at 48 kHz, 24-bit, so a 16-input show is around 8 GB an hour.
Recording
Every armed input to its own 24-bit WAV file while you mix. Sessions are plain folders.
Files
Imports WAV, AIFF, MP3 and M4A. Exports 24-bit WAV or AIFF, or MP3 when ffmpeg or lame is installed.
Broadcast
One mix to the stream at its loudness target. Your solos and auditions never reach it.
Mixing
Drums, Bass, Music, Vocals, Speech and Ambience groups into a master. Linked faders, scenes, input maps.
Monitoring
Solo on its own bus, PFL or AFL, to a second device if you want. The broadcast never hears it.
Drum replacement
Kick, snare and toms. No added latency on the channel. Built-in sounds plus your own library.
Loudness
ITU-R BS.1770 gated loudness with a true-peak ceiling. Targets for broadcast, video and music platforms.
Sound profiles
Modern Gospel, Modern Worship, Rock Band, R&B and Hip-Hop, Jazz and Acoustic, Talk and Podcast.
Mix Buddy
Ask for a change in plain words. Works offline; a cloud model is optional and off by default.
Autopilot
Holds the mix you set when nobody is at the desk. Group faders only, 0.5 dB at a time, never more than 4 dB from where you engaged it, and every move says why. Touch a fader and that group is yours again.

Monthly, or once and it’s yours.

Every feature either way, and free for 14 days first.

$39.99/month

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$249once

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Become a founding partner.

We’re working closely with a few churches, bands, venues and creators this season. You get DINE, direct access to us, and a say in what we build next.

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Coming soon

Dine plug-ins. For the studio DAW you already use.

The drums, vocals, keys, guitar, bass, FX and master processing from DINE, as plug-ins for your studio. Leave your email and we’ll tell you first.

  • Dine Drums
  • Dine Vocals
  • Dine Keys
  • Dine Guitar
  • Dine Bass
  • Dine FX
  • Dine Master

Questions

What is DINE?

A DAW for live broadcast and recording. It listens to your band for thirty seconds, builds the mix an experienced engineer would, sends it to the stream at the right loudness, and records every input while you do.

I’ve never mixed before. Can I use it?

Yes. The Simple view shows five words per channel and a sentence telling you which one to touch. The numbers underneath are there when you, or your engineer, want them.

Will it work with my console or interface?

If your Mac sees it as an audio device, DINE can mix and record it. That includes USB interfaces, digital consoles and network audio through a virtual soundcard.

Is DINE only for churches?

No. Worship teams use it every week, where the mix has to be right with no second take, and it ships with profiles for rock, R&B and hip-hop, jazz and acoustic, and talk and podcast.

Which Macs does it run on?

macOS 11 or later, Apple silicon and Intel. Windows is planned.

Do I need an internet connection?

No. Mixing, recording, TUNE MIX and Mix Buddy all run on your Mac. A cloud model for Mix Buddy is optional and off by default.

Can I use my own drum samples?

Yes. Put WAV files in ~/Music/DINE/Samples under kick, snare or toms and they appear after the built-in sounds. A folder of files becomes one sound with velocity layers.

I record in another app or on my console. Can I use DINE?

Yes. Export the stems, or take the multitrack from your console’s card, and drop the folder in. DINE names and groups the tracks, then TUNE MIX builds the mix.

What if nobody is at the desk?

Engage Autopilot while the band is playing and DINE holds that mix: group faders only, half a decibel at a time, never more than 4 dB from where you engaged it, and every move is written into Mix history with the reason. Touch a fader and that group is yours again. Turn it off and nothing moves back.

I post every week. Do I have to mix every time?

No. DINE keeps your input map and your sound, so this week’s tracks come back sounding like last week’s. Change what you want, or post it as it is.

Can I hear it before I buy?

Yes, twice. The player under Hear the difference plays one live stream before and after a single TUNE MIX, matched for loudness. And the download is free for 14 days, every feature included, so you can hear your own room.

What are Dine plug-ins?

The drums, vocals, keys, guitar, bass, FX and master processing from DINE, as plug-ins for the studio DAW you already use. They are coming soon; leave your email and we’ll tell you first.

How does the free trial work?

Download DINE and use every feature free for 14 days. When it ends, pay $39.99 a month for as long as you need it, or $249 once and it is yours. Your sessions and recordings are plain files that stay yours either way.

Thirty seconds
to your best mix.

Your personal mix engineer. Monthly, or once and it’s yours. For macOS 11 or later.

Free for 14 days, every feature included. Then $39.99 a month, or $249 once.