Driver

One driver for every app

Everything your Mac plays goes through Re-Q first, so nothing escapes it.

Routing

Any sound, anywhere

Send any app to any speaker, and play every output at once, in time.

Sync

Every speaker in time

Headphones, speakers and TV, all playing together as one.

Configs

Setups that switch themselves

Wire up when they turn on, from your devices and apps to the time of day.

Filters

Thirty effects, wired your way

Split, layer and merge a precise EQ, reverb and more on anything you hear.

Recordings

Record what you hear

Any app, input or output, with or without your effects.

Every sound on your Mac, the way you want it.

EQ, effects and routing for every app and every output, in real time.

Requires macOS 26 or later

Driver

Built on its own audio driver

Re-Q comes with a driver of its own, so every app on your Mac plays straight into it. No loopback devices to install, no aggregate devices to juggle, and nothing to set up in advance.

  • Every app, caught

    Music, games, calls, the browser. Whatever plays, Re-Q hears it first.

  • As many channels as you need

    From plain stereo up to 256 channels, and change it whenever you like.

  • Surround ready

    Run stereo, 5.1, 7.1.4 or 9.1.6, and choose which channel each speaker gets.

  • Installs from the app

    One click puts it in place, and Re-Q keeps it up to date.

  • Open source

    The driver's code is public, so you can see exactly what runs on your Mac.

    See the code on GitHub
Routing

Send any sound anywhere

Route each app to its own speakers or headphones, and decide where every channel lands on every device.

  • Every output at once

    Play to your speakers, your TV and your headphones together, each with its own sound.

  • Apps where you want them

    Keep a call in your headphones while the music plays on the speakers, Dolby Atmos and all.

  • Spatial audio on any headphones

    Hear a 7.1.4 or 9.1.6 mix all around you, on any pair you own.

  • Maps that follow your layout

    Change your speaker layout and every connection moves with it.

Sync

Every speaker, perfectly in time

Play to your AirPods, your speakers and your TV at once, and hear one sound, not an echo. Re-Q works out how late each device plays and holds the quicker ones back, so they all land together.

  • Bluetooth and wired, together

    Wireless headphones run far behind wired speakers. Re-Q lines them up, so they play as one.

  • Automatic, as devices come and go

    Connect a device, unplug one or change a sample rate, and everything is lined up again straight away.

  • Fine tune any device

    A trim for the odd device that gets its own delay wrong, nudged until it sounds right.

  • Video stays in sync

    Re-Q tells your Mac exactly how late its sound is, so video lines up with it, even on Bluetooth headphones. Switch outputs and it keeps up straight away.

Configs

Setups that switch themselves

A configuration is a whole setup: which outputs play, how channels are mapped, which layout the driver uses and how every effect is wired. You draw when it turns on as a graph, and Re-Q switches it the moment the answer changes.

  • Triggers you choose

    Devices connecting, apps playing or in front, a microphone in use, the time of day and the day of the week, a Wi-Fi network, displays, battery, the lid, the screen lock and how long you've been away.

  • Logic you can see

    Compare and count what's going on, wire the answers through And, Or, Xor, Not and Nand, and watch each wire light up as it turns true.

  • Its own version of everything

    Each configuration gets its own branch of every effects graph, its own channel maps, and its own blocking and driver settings.

Filters

Shape every sound

Wire effects together on a canvas for each output, input or app. Every change is heard instantly, and a live analyser shows exactly what your graph is doing.

  • Equalizer
  • Dynamics
  • Noise gate
  • De-esser
  • Transient shaper
  • Gain
  • Pan
  • Saturation
  • Distortion
  • Clipper
  • Bit crusher
  • Exciter
  • Tremolo
  • Vibrato
  • Chorus
  • Flanger
  • Phaser
  • Auto-pan
  • Echo
  • Delay
  • Reverb
  • Crossfeed
  • Stereo width
  • Haas widener
  • Mono
  • Swap channels
  • Invert
  • DC blocker
  • Pitch shifter
  • Split, process, merge

    Split a sound by channel, by frequency band or into mid and side, treat each part on its own, then merge it back together.

  • Effects that react

    Switch between paths as the level, the stereo width, the volume or the sample rate changes.

  • Your own library

    Save a single effect or a whole group of them, and drop it onto any graph.

Recordings

Record what you hear

Capture any output, input, app or the whole Mac, at the stage you choose: straight from the app, after spatial audio, or with every effect applied.

  • Starts when the sound does

    Arm it and walk away. Takes that never heard a thing are cleared away for you.

  • One file, or one per source

    Keep everything together, or every source on its own track.

  • Safe when things change

    Unplug a device or change a rate mid take, and the recording ends cleanly.

Ready to hear the difference?

Requires macOS 26 or later