Route Plant MIDI Wirelessly. Into Your Mac DAW.

The PlantWave MIDI Bridge receives plant-generated MIDI over Bluetooth and routes it to your DAW on Mac. Free. Beta. Direct download.

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  • Wireless intake

    Receives plant-generated MIDI notes and CC from your PlantWave over Bluetooth

  • Core MIDI routing

    Routes to Virtual Source or IAC Bus — works with any Core MIDI application

  • Per-device mapping

    Per-device MIDI channel and CC number assignment — no conflicts in multi-device setups

  • No hard device limit

    4 confirmed stable; practical ceiling varies by Mac hardware and Bluetooth environment

The Signal

PlantWave measures microfluctuations in electrical conductivity between two points on a plant. The device converts that changing signal into MIDI notes and CC data — the Bridge receives it wirelessly and routes it to your DAW.

MIDI Notes

MIDI Notes reflect the plant's natural variability — pitch and timing change organically over time. Multiple notes can be active simultaneously. The distribution between narrow and wide ranges is plant-specific.

MIDI CC

MIDI CC represents plant activity — how variable the bioelectrical signal is in each measurement window. Higher CC = more active plant; lower CC = calmer plant. Not directional — reflects magnitude of variability, not a trend. CC rarely reaches 127 — when it does, it's a genuine moment worth designing around. Best mapped to parameters that respond to gradual, organic change: filter cutoff, reverb size, LFO rate, macro controls.

How it works

The Bridge is a routing tool, not a conversion tool. All signal processing and MIDI generation happens on the PlantWave device itself.

  1. Plant

    Biosignal capture

    Electrodes detect bioelectrical fluctuations in the plant.

  2. Device

    Signal to MIDI

    The PlantWave device converts the signal into MIDI notes and CC.

  3. Bluetooth

    Wireless transmit

    MIDI is transmitted over Bluetooth to your Mac.

  4. Bridge

    Route to DAW

    Bridge routes to your DAW via Virtual Source or IAC Bus.

What You Need

  • A PlantWave device
    (with electrodes connected to a plant)

  • A Mac running macOS 13 or later

  • A DAW or MIDI-capable software (Ableton, Bitwig, Logic, Max/Live, or any Core MIDI app)

Confirmed Compatible

  • Ableton Live
  • Bitwig Studio
  • Logic Pro
  • Max/Live

Any application that receives from Core MIDI sources on macOS. The Bridge outputs standard MIDI — if your software can see a Virtual Source or IAC Bus, it works.

Early Access

Get the Bridge.

This is an early release. It's stable — tested across multiple music settings including public performances and installations — but we're continuing to develop it. A dedicated mapping mode is on the roadmap. Early access means you're among the first musicians exploring a new kind of instrument relationship — one that's still being discovered. Welcome in.

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