Waves Audio
Waves ILLUGEN
Text-to-audio sample app from Waves that returns three WAV variations per prompt.
Our editorial assessment, based on the public sources listed below. Last reviewed .
- Task rank
- #26
- Tier
- B
- Score
- 63.8
Strengths
- Generates drums, synths, SFX and textures from a text description
- Three creativity levels let you dial how experimental the output gets
- Plain WAV output drops straight into any DAW
- Credits roll over for up to 12 months
Considerations
- Subscription only — no free generation tier
- Focused on samples and one-shots rather than full songs
- Standalone app rather than an in-DAW plugin workflow
Price
Paid subscription with rolling credits
Shown for reference — price is not part of the score.
Score breakdown
- Performance
- 66.0
- 55% of score
- Reputation
- 58.0
- 35% of score
- Recency
- 72.0
- 10% of score
The overall score combines these sub-scores using the weights shown. How we score →
Verification status
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