Macrowave
Turn Your Mac into a private radio station
348 followers
Turn Your Mac into a private radio station
348 followers
Macrowave lets you instantly turn any Mac audio into a private, real-time stream. Share a link, broadcast peer-to-peer with no tracking, and listen on iPhone, Mac, or web. Enjoy minimal delay and perfect sync for music, co-working, or shared experiences.
Macrowave
Hey Product Hunt,
in June @necmttn and I wished there was a simple way to turn our Mac into a radio station so we could share whatever we were listening to with our friends while co-working.
The result is Macrowave, a native macOS and iOS app that makes it simple to host your own radio station. You can use it to broadcast audio to your friends, followers, or colleagues. We put a lot of love and effort into the skeuomorphic design and make every interaction feel unique and fun.
You only need 3 steps to get started:
Download & launch Macrowave
Select from which app you want to broadcast audio
Share the link with your friends or followers (they don’t need our app)
It's completely private and uses peer-to-peer technology for minimal latency between the broadcaster and listeners. Being P2P gives Macrowave the advantage of being real-time with almost zero latency compared to other streaming services like YouTube or Twitch, where you usually have between 10 and 30 seconds of delay. This was important to us because we wanted to experience beat drops at the same time while working in busy co-working spaces.
Since we released the app, we have seen people host their own radio stations and live podcasts. What will your station sound like?
We hope you will have a lot of fun with it. ❤️
xoxo
Lucas
@necmttn @lucaslove this is so cool, I love it. Is there a way to broadcast to the world? E.g. can someone ‘discover’ your station?
@necmttn @lucaslove Congratulations on launching Macrowave - turning every Mac into a personal radio station is such a clever and delightful concept! 🎉
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@necmttn @lucaslove So cool to see it go from the early prototype with us all listening to now finally launch – solid work guys!
Macrowave
Thank you for always supporting us Matt. ❤️🫂
DiffSense
Really cool! I remember reading somewhere that all iPhones has an internal radio antenna that can be used for listening to radio. But the feature is turned off. Not related to this as its internetradio, but kinda cool.
Product Hunt
@sentry_co Oh wow, is this still true? There has to be a way to utilize that.
DiffSense
@gabe With some caveats 😅, here is what I found out about iPhones and FM radio chips via pplx pro: https://gist.github.com/eonist/90d9acfc1d5f0c4cf7cb18f5f0d2b26e
Macrowave
@sentry_co Hey André! That's a super interesting fact – thanks for sharing it. We love the classic radio concept and wanted to bring that private, shared listening vibe to the internet. Really appreciate you checking us out and sharing that cool bit of trivia!
Macrowave
@sentry_co Hey André! That's a super interesting fact – thanks for sharing it. We love the classic radio concept and wanted to bring that private, shared listening vibe to the internet. Really appreciate you checking us out and sharing that cool bit of trivia!
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You did an elegant graphic designs guys. It totally feels like Apple product :)
Macrowave
thank you @busmark_w_nika. We tried to build something that feels unique and fun. <3
@busmark_w_nika @lucaslove legendary ios 5 design
StartKit.AI
Beautifully designed and executed. Love this product! Congrats on the launch guys <3
Macrowave
Thank you@dinkydani21 <3
YouMind
It's rare to see a product with this kind of positioning, really innovative. The face that it doesn't require uploading to platform makes it super convenient. I'll definitely try it out with my friends, listening to an album together, that experence sounds truly amazing! @Macrowave
Macrowave
Thank you @nicoleastor <3
Hope you and your friends will have a lot of fun with it.
Product Hunt
I love this so much. I'm thinking about using it at an upcoming Hackathon. I used to be a Radio DJ and one of my favorite things was putting together the playlist for my set and then sharing it with friends and buddies. Nothing online, nothing digital, just handshakes and private. This kinda brings that back with modern convenience!
I could even see a way to have like a PA system where you run your own announcements through the playlist. I'm trying to avoid subscriptions but if there were a lifetime option I'd probs buy in a heartbeat!
Congrats on the launch @lucaslove and @necmttn, Macrowave is so slick and fun.
Macrowave
Thank you so much for hunting Macrowave @gabe <3
A nice playlist plus a PA system sounds like an excellent use case. I hope you will have a lot of fun with it. If you ever get around to it, please let me know.
Thank you for your feedback regarding the lifetime option. We will look into it! ✌️
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Love the design