MegawattFM broadcast processor plugin · radio-station sound for your music: loud, dense and bright
The only broadcast processor plugin you'll ever need for radio-station sound on your music.
The loud, dense, bright sound a song has on a hot FM station, in one insert: an AGC that evens out the quiet and loud parts, three bands that pack the mix together, the bass and the top lifted, and a limiter and clipper that hold every peak under -1 dBFS. Every song comes out at the station's own loudness, at zero latency.
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- VST3, AU and AAX, Windows and macOS
Formats and DAWs
Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit): VST3 and AAX
macOS 11 or later: VST3, AU and AAX
Works in any 64-bit DAW that loads VST3, AU or AAX plug-ins.
Licence
Use it on up to five of your own computers per copy you buy. Yours for good, no subscription. Unlock it with your email and a six-digit code, no dongle and no password. It checks in now and then and works offline in between.
Delivery
Download links by email within about five minutes, and always in your account under Downloads.
Hear the difference
The same music, without and with Megawatt.
Pop song, on the radio
A pop song at -20 LUFS · Top 40 FM, at the station's loudness
Hip-hop song, station bass
A hip-hop song at -20 LUFS · Station / Hip-Hop FM
Rock song, rock station
A sectioned rock song at -20 LUFS · Station / Rock Station
Quiet song, brought up
A quiet downtempo song at -26 LUFS · Station / Smooth Jazz
Too much: the loudness war
The dance song at -20 LUFS · Extreme / Loudness War
Every clip is level-matched, so the difference you hear is tone, not volume.
Megawatt in action
Why Megawatt
Every song the same loudness
Quiet or loud, a song comes out at the station's own loudness: an automatic input level and an AGC bring it in, three bands pack it together, and a limiter and clipper hold the peaks.
The bass and the top lifted
The station's sound, not a flat limiter: the low end and the top come forward over the mids, with BASS and SHINE to push either further and a limiter that keeps the top bright and controlled.
Full fidelity, zero latency
No band-limiting, no hiss, no radio-speaker colour: the station's processing at full quality, with zero latency, so it sits on a mix, a master, a live stream or a playout chain.
Density. Loud.
Two big knobs do the work: how much the station evens out and packs your music, and how hard its final limiter and clipper push it.
- VST3 · AU · AAX
- Windows and macOS
- 0 ms latency
- 12 presets
The FM broadcast processor plugin
- Every song the same loudness. An automatic input level and an AGC bring any song in, whatever level it arrives at.
- A three-band broadcast compressor. Each song is packed where it is heaviest, so a bass-heavy mix and a bright one sit closer together.
- The bright, controlled top. SHINE drives the highs into their own limiter; BASS lifts the low end.
- Limiter and clipper. Sample peaks never pass -1 dBFS. MATCH plays it all at your music's own loudness.
- DENSITY and LOUD, BASS and SHINE, and TYPE (HITS, ROCK, CLEAN).
- MATCH, MIX, IN and OUT with meters, the AGC, LOW, MID, HIGH and CLIP meters, and ENGAGE.
- 12 factory presets and your own preset files; A/B, undo and redo, MIDI Learn on every control; a window from 75 to 200 %; the full manual.
THE RINGS
Watch the station work.
Five signal rings light round the mast's beacon with how hard the processing is working, and the beacon pulses with the beat.
What Megawatt does
Every control has one job: radio-station sound on your music, faster.
DENSITY
From open to smashed
How much station processing, 0 to 100 %: the AGC's reach, up to 12 dB either way, and how hard the three bands pack the mix, up to about 10 dB. The line under the knob reads OPEN, LIGHT, RADIO, DENSE or SMASHED.
LOUD
As loud as the station
How hard the final limiter and clipper are driven: more loudness, traded for a little edge on the peaks. CLEAN, HOT, HOTTER or LOUDEST; the default lands a song at about -9.5 LUFS.
BASS
The station's low end
A 100 Hz lift into the low band's compressor and the low band turned up, so the bass is big and held steady.
SHINE
The bright, controlled FM top
The high band turned up into its own limiter, shaped like an FM pre-emphasis: a top that sparkles and stays controlled.
TYPE
Three station formats
HITS for Top 40: fast bands, a quick AGC and the most clipping. ROCK: slower bands and less clipping, so guitars and drums keep their punch. CLEAN: gentle and open, for jazz, classical and acoustic music.
MATCH
Hear the sound, not the volume
One pill plays the station sound at your music's own loudness, so ENGAGE on and off compare the processing alone. Presets never switch it.
The AGC
Quiet parts up, loud parts down
An automatic gain control evens out a song's verses and choruses before the bands, and holds still in silence, so a pause never pumps the level up.
Three bands
The mix packed together
Low, mid and high, each with its own compressor, reduce each song where it is heaviest: the station's spectral levelling, so a bass-heavy mix and a bright one sit closer together.
Limiter and clipper
Every peak held
A final limiter and clipper take the peaks so sample peaks never pass -1 dBFS, and an output safety holds the line after OUT.
The station meters
See every stage
AGC, LOW, MID, HIGH and CLIP meters in the footer, each with its value: what the AGC is doing and how much each band and the clipper take.
12 sourced presets
Start from a format that works
Top 40, rock, smooth jazz, hip-hop, dance, hot AC, classical and community stations, an internet-radio stream, two mix treatments and a warning-labelled loudness war.
Zero latency
Live, streamed or mixed
Nothing is delayed at any setting, so Megawatt can sit in a live stream or an internet-radio playout chain as well as on a mix.
Inside the plugin
The Megawatt window: two big knobs, BASS, SHINE, three station formats, MATCH and the station meters.
Every feature
Everything in Megawatt, down to the smallest switch.
37 features
The station
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DENSITY
The AGC's reach and the three bands' packing in one knob
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LOUD
The drive into the final limiter and clipper
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BASS
A big, steady low end: a 100 Hz lift and the low band up
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SHINE
The bright FM top, into its own limiter
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TYPE
HITS, ROCK or CLEAN: the station format in one click
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MATCH
The station sound at your music's loudness, for honest A/B
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Phase rotator
Evens out a raw voice's lopsided peaks before the compression
Meters and output
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AGC meter
Lifting right, lowering left, up to 12 dB
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LOW, MID and HIGH meters
How much each band is turned down
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CLIP meter
How much the limiter and clipper take off the peaks
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MIX
The bands against your levelled music, before the final stage
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-1 dBFS ceiling
Sample peaks never pass it
Workflow and control
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A/B compare and A>B
Two complete settings, switch in one click
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Undo and redo
Step back and forward, or press Ctrl+Z
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MIDI Learn
Take complete control of your workflow: right-click any control, move a knob
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Host automation
Automate every control from your DAW
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ENGAGE
Click-free bypass, to hear the before and after
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IN and OUT meters
See the level going in and coming out at a glance
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Tooltips
Every control explains itself as you point at it
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Resizable window
75 to 200 %, and the size you pick is remembered
Presets
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12 factory presets
Starting points built from real settings producers use
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Previous and next arrows
Audition presets one click at a time
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Save your own
Keep your settings as .fmbroadcastprocessorpreset preset files
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Open presets folder
Back up or share your presets in one click
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Reset to default
Back to a clean start in one step
Performance
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Zero latency
On a mix, a master, a live stream or a playout chain
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Light on CPU
About 2.6-2.8 % of one core
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Mono or stereo
On a mix, a bus, a master or a mono stream
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Audio-reactive face
Signal rings light with how hard the station works
Licence and compatibility
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VST3 and AAX, Windows 7 SP1 or later
Loads in any 64-bit Windows DAW with VST3 or AAX
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VST3, AU and AAX, macOS 10.13 or later
Loads in any Mac DAW with VST3, AU or AAX, Intel or ARM
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5 computers per copy
Studio, laptop and more on one licence
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Email and code unlock
No dongle, no password, no extra app
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Works offline
No internet needed between check-ins
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Check for updates
From the plugin's menu; nothing installs without asking
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Lifetime updates
Every future update included
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Platinum priority support
Questions answered by the people who build it
How Megawatt compares
A whole station chain in one insert, with the controls most leave out.
| Megawatt | Typical broadcast processor plugins | |
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| Chain | Input level, AGC, rotator, 3 bands, HF limiter, limiter and clipper | Often a compressor and a limiter |
| Every song alike | Each song lands at the station's loudness, any input level | Often depends on the input |
| Tone | Bass and top lifted over the mids, BASS and SHINE to push | Often flat, or dull when pushed |
| Fair comparison | MATCH: the processed sound at your music's loudness | Often no loudness match |
| Latency | 0 ms at every setting | Often some look-ahead |
| Meters | AGC, LOW, MID, HIGH and CLIP | Often one gain meter |
| Try-and-compare | A/B, A>B, undo and redo | Often missing |
| Hardware control | MIDI Learn on every control | Often host automation only |
| Licence | 5 computers per copy, no dongle, works offline | Often fewer activations, or a dongle |
| Updates | Lifetime updates included | Often paid upgrades |
"Typical" describes what we commonly see in this category; it does not describe any particular product. Megawatt facts are from the plugin and its manual, October 2026.
What you get
Vox Samples
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Specs and system requirements
- Formats
- VST3 and AAX on Windows; VST3, AU and AAX on macOS
- Operating system
- Windows 7 SP1 or later, 64-bit; macOS 10.13 or later, universal (Intel and ARM)
- Host
- Any 64-bit DAW that loads VST3, AU or AAX plug-ins
- Channels
- Mono or stereo
- Sample rates
- Whatever your session runs at
- Latency
- 0 samples, at every setting and sample rate
- Chain
- Automatic input level, AGC, phase rotator, three bands (150 Hz and 2.5 kHz crossovers), HF limiter, final limiter and clipper, safety
- Density
- The AGC up to 12 dB either way; the bands' median reduction about DENSITY x 10 dB
- Loud
- 6 dB + LOUD x 10 dB into the final limiter and clipper; the default lands a song at about -9.5 LUFS
- Bass and Shine
- A 100 Hz shelf to +6 dB and the low band up to +3 dB; the high band up to +6 dB into its limiter
- Type
- HITS 4:1, ROCK 3:1, CLEAN 2:1, with their own times, AGC speed and clipping
- Ceiling
- Sample peaks at or under -1.0 dBFS
- Presets
- 12 factory presets; your own as .fmbroadcastprocessorpreset files
- Tail
- Reported to your DAW: 1 s
- Window
- 960 x 600 at 100 %, resizable from 75 to 200 %
- MIDI
- MIDI Learn from any controller routed to the track
- Licence
- 5 computers per copy you buy. Unlock with your email and a code we email you. Checks in now and then and works offline in between.
- Internet
- Needed once to unlock, then for the occasional check-in
90Day money-back guarantee
Our guarantee
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90-day money-back guarantee
Not for you? Email contact@voxsamples.com within 90 days for a full refund.
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5 computers per copy
Use it on up to five of your own computers per copy you buy, and move it yourself from the plugin's Licence menu.
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Lifetime updates
Every future update and upgrade of Megawatt, included.
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Platinum priority support
A real person at contact@voxsamples.com, first in line.
Questions
What is a broadcast processor?
The chain a radio station runs its music through before it goes on air: an AGC that evens out levels, a multiband compressor that packs the sound together, a limiter that keeps the top bright and controlled, and a clipper that holds every peak. Megawatt is that chain as a plugin, at full fidelity.
Is it a lo-fi radio effect?
No. There is no band-limiting, no hiss and no speaker colour: it is the station's processing, not the sound of a radio set. For the sound of a radio speaker, see TrueRadio.
Why does it make everything so loud?
That is the station sound: every song comes out at the station's own loudness, about -9.5 LUFS at the default, whatever level it went in at. Press MATCH to hear it at your music's own loudness and judge the sound, not the volume.
Can I use it in a live stream or a radio playout chain?
Yes. It adds no latency at any setting, works in mono or stereo, and its AGC holds still in silence, so a gap between items does not pump the level up.
Is it a broadcast compressor or a broadcast limiter?
Both: a three-band broadcast compressor, an HF limiter and a final limiter and clipper, after an AGC, in one insert.
Does it work in my DAW?
Any 64-bit DAW that loads VST3, AU or AAX plug-ins, on Windows 7 SP1 or later or macOS 10.13 or later. There is no standalone app.
How many computers can I use it on?
Up to five of your own for each copy you buy. To move it, deactivate it in the plugin on the old computer and unlock it on the new one.
Does it need the internet?
Once, to unlock it with the code we email you. After that it checks in now and then and works offline in between.
Is there a manual?
Yes. The full manual explains every control, every preset and the menus, with tips. It opens from the help key (?) in the plugin's top bar, and lives at https://voxsamples.com/megawatt-fm-broadcast-processor-manual.
What if it's not for me?
Request a refund from your account within 90 days.
Founder's Story
"When COVID hit, I finally had time to dive into music production—only to discover I was missing the right tools. The plugins I tried were clunky, overloaded with unnecessary features, and killed my vibe with endless tweaking. I knew there had to be a better way.
So, with my engineering background, I started making free and simple audio plugins for my producer friends. They loved them! That’s when I set out on a mission to create plugins that save you time, streamline your workflow, and keep your creativity flowing."
- Ryan Svensson (Founder & CEO)
Radio-station sound. Your music.
An AGC, three bands, a bright controlled top and a limiter and clipper, every song at the station's loudness, with zero latency.
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- 90-day money back
- Five computers
- Lifetime updates
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