Log

What landed.

What gets built gets published. No decoration, with the date on it.

Latest entry: 7 September 2026

In flight

Credits · 12/16

Pick the model, see what it costs and pay only for what you spend.

Voice · 11/11

Hum it, say it or beat it with your mouth, and it writes it down.

The yardstick · 10/13

Putting a number on “this is well produced” before touching anything else.

Arrangements that move · 9/16

Nothing sounds the same for 64 bars: entries, exits and gestures.

The ear · 8/12

It listens to what it just made, says what is wrong and fixes it.

The instruments · 8/8

The sound bank it plays with: real instruments you can find by words.

Learning from projects · 6/7

Reading finished projects to learn how records are actually made.

The DAW page · 6/7

Telling it in the open: what it is, what it costs and how to get it.

Windows · 6/7

What is left before the program runs on Windows too.

The synth · 5/8

A synth you can describe in words, and it answers.

Telling it · 5/5

Showing the work: a public log, the newsletter and videos.

The craft · 4/6

What it knows without asking: levels, chains, density and form by style.

The reference · 4/8

“Like this track”: it pulls tempo, key, chords and sections out of your audio.

The local brain · 3/13

The free lane produces without leaving your machine.

Our own models · 3/5

Drums, bass and mixing learned where it is worth learning.

7 September 2026

1 change

Your samples · 1

It reads your folder, measures every sound and leaves it ready in key and in tempo.

2 September 2026

5 changes

Chords, further · 5

The harmony map, melody over the progression and modulations.

30 August 2026

22 changes

Projects and files · 6

Open, save, import, export and find what is missing without leaving the program.

Speed · 4

A big project opens fast and does not eat your machine.

The producer inside · 4

What it understands when you talk to it, and what it can do to the project.

Automation · 2

Draw the movement of any parameter and record it live.

Preferences · 2

Audio, MIDI, shortcuts and everything you set up your own way.

Routing · 1

Where the sound of each track comes in and goes out.

The tests · 1

An automatic walk through the whole program on every change.

The mixer · 1

Levels, sends, fine meters and a detail view per track.

Effects and instruments · 1

Every track's chain: our own effects, third party plugins and saved chains.

29 August 2026

3 changes

Chords · 2

Harmony as an object you grab with your hand: styles, substitutions and straight to MIDI.

The producer inside · 1

What it understands when you talk to it, and what it can do to the project.

28 August 2026

17 changes

Chords · 17

Harmony as an object you grab with your hand: styles, substitutions and straight to MIDI.

27 August 2026

18 changes

The mixer · 5

Levels, sends, fine meters and a detail view per track.

The tests · 3

An automatic walk through the whole program on every change.

Routing · 2

Where the sound of each track comes in and goes out.

Effects and instruments · 2

Every track's chain: our own effects, third party plugins and saved chains.

Speed · 2

A big project opens fast and does not eat your machine.

Projects and files · 1

Open, save, import, export and find what is missing without leaving the program.

The producer inside · 1

What it understands when you talk to it, and what it can do to the project.

Tuning · 1

The vocal tuner, inside the program and on every clip.

Recording · 1

Record audio and MIDI with count-in, monitoring and take over take.

24 August 2026

21 changes

Tuning · 8

The vocal tuner, inside the program and on every clip.

Speed · 5

A big project opens fast and does not eat your machine.

The stress bench · 4

Measuring how much the program takes before anyone notices.

Routing · 2

Where the sound of each track comes in and goes out.

The producer inside · 2

What it understands when you talk to it, and what it can do to the project.

22 August 2026

10 changes

Effects and instruments · 5

Every track's chain: our own effects, third party plugins and saved chains.

Automation · 5

Draw the movement of any parameter and record it live.

21 August 2026

66 changes

The MIDI editor · 16

Notes, velocity, scales, quantize and the transform tools.

The arrangement · 13

Cut, move, duplicate and stretch clips on the timeline, with lanes, markers and zoom.

Warping · 12

Lock audio to the tempo without the plastic sound: markers, modes and the transient detector.

Recording · 8

Record audio and MIDI with count-in, monitoring and take over take.

Effects and instruments · 5

Every track's chain: our own effects, third party plugins and saved chains.

Automation · 5

Draw the movement of any parameter and record it live.

The mixer · 2

Levels, sends, fine meters and a detail view per track.

Projects and files · 2

Open, save, import, export and find what is missing without leaving the program.

Preferences · 2

Audio, MIDI, shortcuts and everything you set up your own way.

Clip view · 1

Open a clip and work inside it: waveform, envelopes and tuning.

20 August 2026

21 changes

The arrangement · 3

Cut, move, duplicate and stretch clips on the timeline, with lanes, markers and zoom.

Clip view · 2

Open a clip and work inside it: waveform, envelopes and tuning.

Warping · 2

Lock audio to the tempo without the plastic sound: markers, modes and the transient detector.

The MIDI editor · 2

Notes, velocity, scales, quantize and the transform tools.

Recording · 2

Record audio and MIDI with count-in, monitoring and take over take.

Effects and instruments · 2

Every track's chain: our own effects, third party plugins and saved chains.

Automation · 2

Draw the movement of any parameter and record it live.

The mixer · 2

Levels, sends, fine meters and a detail view per track.

Projects and files · 2

Open, save, import, export and find what is missing without leaving the program.

Preferences · 2

Audio, MIDI, shortcuts and everything you set up your own way.

19 August 2026

30 changes

Effects and instruments · 5

Every track's chain: our own effects, third party plugins and saved chains.

Your samples · 5

It reads your folder, measures every sound and leaves it ready in key and in tempo.

Warping · 3

Lock audio to the tempo without the plastic sound: markers, modes and the transient detector.

Clip view · 3

Open a clip and work inside it: waveform, envelopes and tuning.

Recording · 2

Record audio and MIDI with count-in, monitoring and take over take.

The mixer · 2

Levels, sends, fine meters and a detail view per track.

Projects and files · 2

Open, save, import, export and find what is missing without leaving the program.

The MIDI editor · 2

Notes, velocity, scales, quantize and the transform tools.

Preferences · 2

Audio, MIDI, shortcuts and everything you set up your own way.

The producer inside · 2

What it understands when you talk to it, and what it can do to the project.

The arrangement · 1

Cut, move, duplicate and stretch clips on the timeline, with lanes, markers and zoom.

Automation · 1

Draw the movement of any parameter and record it live.

18 August 2026

38 changes

The arrangement · 6

Cut, move, duplicate and stretch clips on the timeline, with lanes, markers and zoom.

Clip view · 4

Open a clip and work inside it: waveform, envelopes and tuning.

The MIDI editor · 4

Notes, velocity, scales, quantize and the transform tools.

Recording · 4

Record audio and MIDI with count-in, monitoring and take over take.

The mixer · 4

Levels, sends, fine meters and a detail view per track.

Projects and files · 4

Open, save, import, export and find what is missing without leaving the program.

Warping · 3

Lock audio to the tempo without the plastic sound: markers, modes and the transient detector.

Effects and instruments · 3

Every track's chain: our own effects, third party plugins and saved chains.

Automation · 3

Draw the movement of any parameter and record it live.

Preferences · 3

Audio, MIDI, shortcuts and everything you set up your own way.

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