WAVDSP Primary Vx review
A macOS plugin for live vocal source separation, cleanup, and feedback protection.
Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026
WAVDSP Primary Vx is a macOS audio plugin for real-time vocal cleanup in live sound, studio, broadcast, and creator workflows. It detects vocal sources and uses AI-based separation to reduce background instruments, room sound, reverb, stage bleed, and feedback pressure around microphones. The plugin supports microphone-based workflows and provides recording and streaming support through compatible audio hosts.
Primary Vx has one published plan: the Primary Vx License, priced at $699 USD as a one-time payment. It includes real-time AI vocal cleanup, two neural processing models, multiband processing, VST3, AU, and AAX formats, and one-machine activation. Online activation is followed by offline use. For live software workflows, it integrates with SuperRack Performer and LiveProfessor, giving engineers a path into supported plugin-host environments rather than requiring a separate application.
Its main differentiator is the combination of real-time vocal source detection, neural separation, and feedback protection in a vocal-focused plugin. Precision Live and Balance Live models provide two processing approaches, while four-band controls offer solo, bypass, trim, and amount adjustments. Vocal restoration adds another control for shaping the cleaned signal. Primary Vx fits engineers who need source separation in a macOS live vocal chain and can justify a $699 one-time license. It is less suitable for teams requiring Windows support, multi-machine activation, or a broader-purpose noise-cancellation product.
WAVDSP Primary Vx pros and cons
- Where it wins
- Real-time AI source detection and separation for stage bleed
- Four-band processing with solo, bypass, trim, and amount controls
- VST3, AU, and AAX formats with offline use after activation
- Where it doesn't
- macOS only; Windows support is forthcoming
- The $699 license activates on one machine
- Focused on vocal cleanup rather than broad audio processing
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