← STAY COOL WARPZONE SETUP GUIDE

Install

macOS and Windows have installers; Linux has a .deb, .rpm, or a portable tarball. Either way, restart your DAW afterwards so it rescans plugins. When in doubt, install VST3 and the standalone app.

macOS

  1. Open the downloaded Warpzone DMG, then open the installer inside it.
  2. Tick the formats you want. Standalone, AU, VST3, and CLAP are all selected by default; unused ones do no harm.
  3. Enter your password when macOS asks, and you're done.

To remove Warpzone later, run Applications › Stay Cool and Stay Cool › Uninstall Warpzone. It keeps your presets and license unless you tell it otherwise.

Windows

  1. Run the downloaded Warpzone installer (.exe).
  2. If SmartScreen says “Windows protected your PC”, click More info › Run anyway.
  3. Tick the formats you want (VST3, CLAP, and the standalone app) and finish. The installer puts each in the right folder for you.

SmartScreen may warn once on the first run; it's safe to continue. Remove Warpzone later from Settings › Apps; that leaves your presets and license in place.

Linux

x86-64. Pick the package for your distro: the .deb and .rpm install system-wide and register the standalone in your app menu; the portable tarball runs on any distro via its install.sh (per-user by default, no root).

Download .deb Download .rpm Download .tar.gz

.deb / .rpm

  • sudo apt install ./warpzone_*.debDebian, Ubuntu, Mint
  • sudo dnf install ./warpzone-*.rpmFedora

Tarball

  • ./install.shinstalls for this user only
  • ./install.sh --systeminstalls for all users, needs sudo
  • ./install.sh --uninstallremoves it again

Where it lands (per-user)

  • Warpzone.vst3~/.vst3
  • Warpzone.clap~/.clap
  • Warpzone~/.local/bin
Logic & GarageBand

Quit the DAW fully and relaunch to trigger a rescan. Closing the project is not enough.

Activate

Your license key arrives by email right after purchase, from [email protected]. Check spam if it hasn't landed within a few minutes.

  1. Open Warpzone in any format and click the DEMO badge in the top bar.
  2. Paste your license key and click Activate.
  3. Done. Activation needs the internet once. After that the license verifies offline, forever.

One license covers up to three machines. Activate each one the same way, with the same key.

No internet on that machine?

The license dialog shows a machine code with a copy button. Send us that code along with your key and we'll return a license bound to that machine, which activates with no connection at all.

Moving machines

Retiring a computer, or hit the three-machine limit? Click the LICENSE badge on the machine you're leaving behind and choose Deactivate this machine. The seat frees up immediately and you can activate elsewhere.

If that machine is gone for good and can't deactivate itself, email support with your order number and we'll release the seat for you.

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