Guitar virtuoso Yvette Young — the fingerstyle savant behind math rock luminaries Covet — is officially adding “plugin architect” to a résumé that already reads like a small library. Mixwave, the boutique plugin outfit that has previously bottled up the tones of Sleep Token and Spiritbox, announced today that it has partnered with Young for an exclusive signature plugin. And yes, it’s a first: no female guitarist has ever launched her own plugin. About time.

Founded in 2021, Mixwave has quietly built a reputation for painstaking, artist-driven re-creations of real hardware — the kind of deep-dive collaborations where the plugin isn’t “inspired by” a rig so much as it is the rig, captured in code. That philosophy makes Young a natural fit. Her tone is instantly recognizable: shimmering, dynamic, and mathematically precise without ever sounding sterile. It’s a sound built on years of tweaking, touring, and tracking, and now it’s a mouse click away.

The Yvette Young plugin is a complete rig, loaded with nine of her favorite effects pedals along with the amp and cab she’s leaned on in the studio and on stage for years. In other words, Mixwave didn’t just hand her a “signature overdrive” and call it a day. This is the whole signal chain — the good stuff that makes those two-handed tapping passages bloom and those clean arpeggios sparkle.

For fans who’ve followed Young’s trajectory — from her classical foundation in piano and violin, to a BFA from UCLA, to becoming one of the defining guitar voices of her generation — this feels less like a merch drop and more like a milestone. It’s also a rare glimpse behind the curtain: the exact tools that shape a signature sound, made available to bedroom producers, touring pros, and curious tinkerers alike.

Young walks through the plugin herself in a new video, breaking down how each element of the rig comes together. Watch her demo here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwoTL_ESoU0

Whether you’re a Covet devotee, a plugin nerd, or a guitarist looking for fresh inspiration, this is one worth plugging into.