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How to set up Oxide in your DAW

By Will Barratt, who builds Oxide · Updated 8 November 2026

Short answer: install Oxide, rescan plugins, and put Oxide first on the stem’s track, before compressors and de-essers. The plugins are in beta; if one does not load, clean the file in the standalone app and import it.

Oxide runs as a standalone app, in the browser, and as a plugin you can put on a track in your DAW. This page is the setup path: download, install, load the plugin, then inspect a stem before you mix.

If you already have Oxide installed, use the guide for your host: REAPER, Ableton Live, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, or Pro Tools. For the desktop app itself, see How to use the Oxide app. If you want the cleanup method itself, start with How to clean Suno stems.

Download Oxide from oxide.battleship.me. Try Oxide Lite free. Pro unlocks everything.

What you can install

Oxide is available for macOS and Windows as:

You do not have to use a DAW. Web Studio on the Oxide site can inspect and clean a stem in the browser.

Install on Windows

  1. Download the Windows installer from oxide.battleship.me.
  2. If your browser says the file is not commonly downloaded, choose Keep, then Keep anyway. If Windows shows “Windows protected your PC”, click More info, then Run anyway. That is expected for this installer.
  3. Complete the installer.
  4. Open your DAW and rescan plugins if it does not pick Oxide up automatically.

If the plugin does not appear, check that your DAW is scanning the usual VST3 folder and that you installed the 64-bit version that matches your DAW.

Install on macOS

  1. Download the macOS installer from oxide.battleship.me.
  2. Run the package and complete the installer.
  3. Open your DAW and rescan plugins if Oxide does not appear.
  4. On some Macs you may need to allow the app in System Settings under Privacy & Security if Gatekeeper asks.

AU hosts such as Logic will look for the Audio Unit. REAPER, Ableton Live, and other VST3 or CLAP hosts will look for those formats.

Load Oxide on a track

The exact menu names differ, but the idea is the same in most DAWs:

  1. Put the stem you want to inspect on its own track.
  2. Open that track’s FX or insert slot.
  3. Add Oxide.
  4. Run a scan and listen to what is being removed before you build the rest of the chain.

In Ableton Live, that is the track’s device chain. In Logic, it is an insert on the channel strip. In FL Studio, it is the mixer slot for that track. In REAPER, it is the track FX chain — the full walkthrough is in the REAPER guide.

You can also clean the file in standalone Oxide or in the browser, then export a cleaned WAV (WAV export is part of Pro) and import it into the DAW. That is often simpler for a first pass.

After it loads

Try Oxide Lite free. Pro unlocks everything. Batch Triage in Lite checks up to 3 stems; batch folder render is part of Pro.

Do not start with a long mix chain on a raw AI stem. Inspect and clean first, then EQ, de-ess, and compress. Listen to the removed signal: shimmer and fizz are useful; words and drum attacks mean the pass is too strong.

Try Oxide Lite

Open Oxide and try a stem in the browser, or install the app and load the plugin on a track. Try Oxide Lite free. Pro unlocks everything.

Related: How to use the Oxide app · How to clean Suno stems · How to clean Suno vocals · Why does Suno sound metallic? · How to clean up an AI song

DAW guides: REAPER · Ableton Live · Logic Pro · FL Studio · Cubase · Pro Tools

Common questions

Which plugin format should I use?

Use VST3 on Windows. On a Mac, use VST3, AU, or CLAP — whichever your DAW prefers.

Can I skip the plugin?

Yes. Clean the stem in the browser or the standalone app, then import the cleaned file.

Oxide does not show up in my DAW.

Rescan plugins, confirm the format your DAW uses, and restart the DAW after install. On Windows, check SmartScreen did not block the installer from finishing.

Windows warns me about the installer.

If your browser says the file is not commonly downloaded, choose Keep, then Keep anyway. If Windows shows “Windows protected your PC”, click More info, then Run anyway.

Is there a Pro Tools (AAX) version?

No. For Pro Tools, clean the stems in the standalone app and import them — see How to use Oxide with Pro Tools.

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