AudioPluginHost
GTR Solo is a Waves guitar amp and effects application for shaping electric guitar tones with modeled amps, cabinets, and stomp-style effects.
What is AudioPluginHost?
GTR Solo is a guitar amp and effects app for macOS that helps musicians play and record electric guitar through modeled amplifiers, speaker cabinets, and pedal-style effects. It is designed for guitarists, home studio users, and producers who want to build tones without a hardware amp setup. The app includes a selection of amp models, cabinet simulations, and stomp effects that can be combined for practice, songwriting, and recording workflows. Users can connect a guitar through an audio interface and monitor or process their sound directly on a Mac. GTR Solo is published by Waves Inc as part of its music and audio software lineup, and it fits best in guitar practice, tracking, and tone-shaping setups.
Key features
- Use modeled guitar amps to create clean, driven, and high-gain tones.
- Shape sound with virtual speaker cabinets for different guitar character and response.
- Add stomp-style effects such as distortion, modulation, delay, and related tone tools.
- Connect a guitar through an audio interface for direct playing and monitoring on a Mac.
- Build tones for practice, songwriting, and recording without a physical amp rig.
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
This is legitimate music software for guitar processing and tone shaping. It may need access to audio devices, plugin folders, and standard app support files so it can process live input and save settings, which is normal for this type of app. Removing it can disable saved presets or guitar-processing workflows that depend on it, so keep it if you still use Waves guitar tools.
Recommendation: Keep GTR Solo if you use it for guitar practice, recording, or tone design on your Mac. If you no longer use Waves guitar effects, you can remove it and related support files to free space, but expect any saved presets or standalone guitar-processing setup tied to it to stop working.
Common paths
/Applications/Waves/GTR Solo.app
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/Waves Audio
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.WavesAudio.GTRSolo.plist
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