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# Output

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> Desktop plugin suite for music producers and sound designers, offering session-aware sample discovery, synthesis tools, and mix-ready.
> 
> Verdict: Rated \*\*\*\* by 0 users. Top-rated for **Overall Quality**.

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## Overview

### Key benefits of Output

\* Reduces time spent searching for compatible sounds by analyzing active session audio for harmony, rhythm, and complexity, then surfacing royalty-free samples matched to the session's key and tempo.
\* Eliminates additional licensing costs by providing a royalty-free sample library cleared for commercial use under a single subscription, with no per-use or per-track fees.
\* Produces unique sample variations via the Re-imagine feature, which uses generative AI trained on ethically sourced, musician-made content to generate one-of-a-kind samples from the Output collection, reducing the likelihood of producers using identical sounds.
\* Keeps producers in their DAW workflow through drag-and-drop sample integration and cross-plugin sample sending between Co-Producer and Arcade, removing the need to switch between applications.
\* Provides access to 80,000+ playable samples in Arcade, organized into themed Lines with auto key and tempo locking, loop chopping, kit building, and real-time retuning, supporting a wide range of production styles and genres.
\* Expands sound design capabilities through Portal's granular synthesis engine with XY control, tempo-synced grain delay, and scale-based pitch modulation, alongside Thermal's multi-stage distortion and Movement's rhythmic FX processing.
\* Simplifies budget planning for studios and independent producers by bundling Arcade, Co-Producer, Portal, Thermal, and Movement with all expansion packs under the Output One subscription at a single price.
\* Protects producer data by ensuring that Co-Producer does not use analyzed user audio to train or update AI models.
\* Supports professional production environments across Mac and PC in VST3, AU, and AAX formats, with compatibility across major DAWs used in music production, audio post-production, sound design, and film and TV scoring.

## About the vendor

- **Company**: Output
- **Location**: Los Angeles, US
- **Founded**: 2013

## Commercial Context

- **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10
- **Available Countries**: Namibia

## Support Options

- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- Chat

## Category

- [Generative AI Software](https://www.getapp.za.com/directory/3874/generative-ai/software)

## Links

- [View on GetApp](https://www.getapp.za.com/software/2244904/output)

## This page is available in the following languages

| Locale | URL |
| en | <https://www.getapp.com/all-software/a/output/> |
| en-AE | <https://www.getapp.ae/software/2244904/output> |
| en-AU | <https://www.getapp.com.au/software/2244904/output> |
| en-CA | <https://www.getapp.ca/software/2244904/output> |
| en-GB | <https://www.getapp.co.uk/software/2244904/output> |
| en-IE | <https://www.getapp.ie/software/2244904/output> |
| en-NZ | <https://www.getapp.co.nz/software/2244904/output> |
| en-SG | <https://www.getapp.sg/software/2244904/output> |
| en-ZA | <https://www.getapp.za.com/software/2244904/output> |

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