v2 playground is live
reWavz v1 (media-studio template) is frozen under versions/v1. This pass is the first real house: step editor, plugin bundles, interface UX.
The grid is the instrument
REWAVZ
Step editor. Plugin house.
// 01
About
- House
- reWavz
- Founder
- Jon Beatz
- Base
- Personal instrument lab
- Focus
- Editor · VST · Interfaces
reWavz is Jon Beatz's personal step editor and plugin house — a Making Waves descendant, rebuilt as the instrument the rest of the desk has to obey.
We write a custom DAW/sequencer, then ship VST instruments, effects, and bundles that share its chrome. When hardware is in play, the audio-interface faceplate and OLED step-strip are designed with the editor — not stickered on after. One grid language. Versioned looks on disk so a playground never overwrites a look you still like.
“If the step does not feel like a hit, the sound will not either.” — Jon Beatz
0Steps on the home grid
0VST skins in sketch
0Interface UX lanes
0House, one editor
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Work
Editor / House
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// Manual
How the grid behaves
Four house rules. Pick a beat — copy and still stay in the same frame.
Manual 01
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Lab stills
11 Projects
// 01 / Grid One
Grid One
Step editor / core
Sixteen-step home view, velocity bars, pattern chain. The Making Waves muscle memory, rebuilt.
- Editor
// 02 / Foil Rack
Foil Rack
VST bundle
First instrument + utility pair sharing the gold foil language.
- Plugins
- Instruments
// 03 / Strip Mix
Strip Mix
Editor / mixer
Channel strip that reads like hardware without faking a 90s JPEG.
- Editor
// 04 / Live Bank
Live Bank
Performance
Scene launch from the same grid you program. Laptop plus lit hardware.
- Editor
- Instruments
// 05 / Faceplate 01
Faceplate 01
Interface UX
OLED step-strip and encoder map designed next to the editor, not as a skin on a OEM board.
- Interfaces
// 06 / Wavebox
Wavebox
Instrument
Sampler-instrument sketch: slice to steps, gold transport, no stock skin.
- Instruments
- Plugins
// 07 / Holo Card UI
Holo Card UI
Plugin chrome
Foil hover language for preset cards — playground from GodUI holographic card.
- Plugins
// 08 / Sticky Manual
Sticky Manual
Editor docs UX
Feature walk pinned to the right as you scroll the spec — GodUI sticky-scroll pattern.
- Editor
// 09 / Aurora Mark
Aurora Mark
Brand motion
Wordmark aurora on WAVZ. CSS-only, reduced-motion safe.
- Plugins
// 10 / Desk 24
Desk 24
Lab still
Dual-screen composer desk running the editor at night.
- Editor
- Interfaces
// 11 / Pattern Tape
Pattern Tape
Editor / banks
Bank names like tape labels. Save, duplicate, flip.
- Editor
“Design the grid first. The plugin is a citizen of the grid.”
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Process
Grid / Voice / Box / Ship
Lock the step language — count, velocity, swing, bank — before a single plugin window exists.
Instruments and effects get the same chrome: gold foil, graphite metal, meters that can be read at arm’s length.
Each plugin is a product, not a preset pack with a skin. Knobs have jobs. Labels are short.
You get one direction to react to — we would rather commit to a foil language than hedge across three skins.
When hardware is in play, the OLED and encoders are designed with the editor, not stickered on later.
Editor
Pattern, mix, and live banks in one executable.
01 / 03
Versioned playgrounds (v1 frozen, v2 live). Bundles, installers, and UI kits leave with a spec, not a vibe.
Keepers live in public/images. Looks you like get a folder under versions/ without waiting on GitHub.
Git still records the keepers. Folders are how we sit two looks on disk at once.
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Lanes
01
Step editor
Custom DAW/sequencer — patterns, velocity, chain, export to your host of record.
02
VST instruments
Synths and samplers with house UI, not a generic skin on someone else's kit.
03
VST effects
Color and utility plugins that match the editor gold/graphite system.
04
Interface UX
Faceplates, OLED maps, and firmware copy for boxes that talk to the grid.
// 05
News
Making Waves, rebuilt
The old step editor muscle memory — tap, velocity, pattern — is the product, not a nostalgic skin. We are drawing our own window chrome.
// Testimonials
“If the step does not feel like a hit, the sound will not either.”