Changelog

Release notes

What shipped in each public version of Ainola.

Version 1.1.0

3 September 2026

Waves installs only a shell, WaveShell, into the standard plugin folders, so your actual Waves plugins never showed up anywhere. Ainola now finds them in the Waves folder inside /Applications and lists them as a new Waves format, with vendor, version and size like any other plugin.
You can enable or disable individual Waves plugins and put them in your own modes.
Sibelius mode is unchanged. It switches off the WaveShell, which already removes every Waves plugin from Sibelius in one move.

Install or remove a plugin while Ainola is open and the list refreshes on its own, so there is no need to hit Rescan.
Staged changes you have not applied yet are never lost to a refresh.

When a change does not need admin rights, Ainola just makes it. You are only asked for a password when the folder actually requires it.

First release, 31 May 2026

Enable or disable AU, VST, VST3, CLAP and AAX in one click. Plugins are never uninstalled and every change is reversible.
Scans all standard macOS plug-in locations, plus any custom folders you add.

Sibelius mode turns off effect plugins while keeping your playback engine, so Sibelius launches fast. Enable all restores your whole library.
Create your own modes from the current state or from a tag, shown on the dashboard.

Tags, applied one at a time or in bulk, with search and sorting by name, vendor, format or status.
Duplicate detection and a disk usage dashboard: total storage, a breakdown by format, and your largest plugins.
Per-plugin details: vendor, version, architecture, size and location.

A modern, native macOS design with a section-aware background and animated scanning.
Ten languages, with an in-app language switcher.
A 14-day trial, with one-time Starter, Pro and Teams licenses.

Questions about a release? Visit support or write to [email protected].