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VERSION 2.0

This update is free for existing users, new users can test it for 14 days for free and then unlock it via one-time in-app purchase.

AUTOMATION

Create dynamic changes in your tracks by automating parameters like volume, panning, effects, and MIDI.

MASTER TRACK

Apply global effects and automation

Edits to master track clips can propagate to section clips, making it really quick to write a chord progressions and a bass lines at once

TIME SIGNATURES

Set any time signature for the project.

Every section can have its own time signature.

CLIP EDITOR

  • Scale highlight
  • Triplets
  • Note audition
  • Ghost clip
  • Chord editor
  • Split notes
  • Duplicate notes
  • Brush notes
  • Copy and paste velocities
  • Use last duration and velocity when adding notes
  • Light theme option in the piano roll

TRACKS IMPROVEMENTS

Vu-meters Long press on volume and pan to show controls in fullscreen

AND MORE…

Automatically generate project name Automatic section length


VERSION 1.3.1

  • tapping on an effect while playing won’t automatically start recording
  • improved stability after changing audio interface
  • fixed a crash when copying a clip with pitch bend data
  • fixed clip length after redo
  • other stability improvements and bug fixes

VERSION 1.3

SONG MODE

Arrange your clips in sections

COMPACT LAYOUT OPTION

Resize tracks to make more room for clips

WIDGET

Launch recent projects or create new ones directly from your home screen

FILE THUMBNAILS

Preview contents of your projects in the file browser


VERSION 1.2

NEW

  • Export clips as audio files
  • Export project as Ableton Live Set
  • Quantised recording
  • Option to start recording when playing a note

IMPROVED

  • compatibility with some AUv3 plugins

FIXED

  • When importing a MIDI file, CC messages are now correctly imported

VERSION 1.1

NEW

  • Ableton Link
  • MIDI Plugins
  • Import / Export MIDI
  • Global Undo
  • Track MIDI Input and Output
  • Route MIDI from a track to another
  • Record output from MIDI plugins
  • Record MIDI from plugins’ interface
  • Virtual midi input and output
  • Full MPE Support
  • Bypass audio effects and midi plugins
  • Mini clip-strip on top of plugins view
  • Fullscreen plugins with transport and clip-strip
  • Copy and paste inside editor
  • Overdub
  • Legato
  • Quick clip edit actions on long press
  • On-screen keyboard: Show root note
  • On-screen keyboard: Velocity (range adjustable in Settings)
  • Allow multiple armed clips

VERSION 1.0.2

  • improved compatibility with plugins
  • fixed BPM sync for effects
  • improved preferred sample rate and buffer size
  • fixed stuck notes when editing
  • fixed audio when adding or removing effects on certain plugins (for example drum machines)
  • show playhead on recording clips

VERSION 1.0.1

NEW

• Enabled Bluetooth audio devices • Output audio device selector • Show bpm on the toolbar of the main screen, tapping it will open the tempo and metronome settings • Added option to disable snapping to grid • Buttons for transposing and moving notes

FIXED

• Fixed clips sometimes not opening • Fixed crash opening a project with certain plugins

IMPROVED

• Improved dragging and extending notes • MIDI controller mapping shows a little info for some non-straightforward commands • Moved MIDI commands for parameters to own section