Studio Core

The Studio is where everything happens — transport, timeline, session clip launcher, mixer, and exports. Four primary views, switchable with 1 2 3 4.

The transport bar lives at the top of the studio. Play/stop, record, BPM, time signature, metronome, loop, count-in, and the time display all live here.

Click the BPM number to type a value, or drag vertically to scrub. Time signature is a dropdown — 4/4 by default, with 3/4, 6/8, 7/8, 5/4 ready to go. Tempo automation lives in the master automation lane (see Timeline).

Count-in (1, 2, or 4 bars) primes the metronome before record arms. Loop drags two handles on the timeline ruler to set the loop region — toggle with L.

The Timeline view is your linear arrangement: tracks stacked vertically, time running left-to-right. Drag the playhead in the ruler to scrub. Drag clips to move, hold the edge to trim, double-click to open the clip editor.

Right-click an audio clip → Slice at markers to split on transients, or hover the clip and drag the scissor handle for a manual cut. Warp uses the project BPM as the target; toggle Warp in the clip inspector to lock the clip to the grid as you change tempo.

Click the triangle on a track header to expose its automation lane. Pick a parameter (volume, pan, send, any plugin knob), then click on the lane to add breakpoints. HoldAlt while dragging for fine control.

Session view (press 2) is the non-linear jam grid. Each track has a column of clip slots; trigger them in any order. Horizontal rows are scenes — fire a scene and every slot in that row launches together.

Each clip has a follow action — what happens when it ends. Pick none, same, next, previous, or random. Build entire arrangements that loop and morph without ever touching the timeline.

The mixer (press 3) is a classic vertical channel strip per track: gain, pan, sends, insert slots, fader, meter. Sends are pre-fader by default; click the small post badge to flip.

Create a bus from the + Bus button at the right end of the mixer. Route any track to it via the bottom-of-strip output dropdown. Common pattern: a Drums bus, a FX bus with reverb, a Master bus with mastering chain.

Hit R on a track to arm it for input. For sequenced material, recording is the act of bouncing a session clip or a timeline region down to audio.

File → Export opens the render dialog. Choose format (MP3 on Free, MP3 + WAV on Pro/Studio), bit depth, sample rate, and a loop region. The render runs offline (faster than realtime, no audio dropouts) and downloads when done.

On Pro/Studio, tick Export stems to get one file per track (or per bus). Useful for mastering hand-offs and remix packs.

Every action — moving a clip, tweaking a knob, deleting a track — goes through the history stack. ⌘/Ctrl+Z undoes,⌘/Ctrl+⇧Z (or Y) redoes. A toast tells you exactly what was undone so you don't lose your place.

The history is per-session — closing the tab clears the undo stack but your project state stays saved.