Learn the studio without losing production flow.

Getting started

Open the Studio and allow the browser to create an audio context when you press play or preview a sound. Choose a factory sample or instrument patch, select a track, and begin with the Channel Rack or Piano Roll.

1. Set the project BPM and swing.
2. Choose a factory kit, sample, or synthesizer preset.
3. Program a short pattern and press Space to play or pause.
4. Move to the Playlist to build song sections.
5. Use the Mixer and Automation workspaces before rendering.

Browser and audio permissions

Modern browsers usually require a user gesture before audio can start. Press a preview or transport button once to initialize playback. Keep the tab active during large offline renders and avoid private-browsing modes when you want projects to remain in local storage.

Channel Rack, Piano Roll and Playlist

The Channel Rack is best for fast step patterns. The Piano Roll is best for pitched material, sustained notes, chord voicings and detailed rhythm. The Playlist is where patterns become complete sections and arrangements.

• Use track velocity and mixer gain as separate controls.
• Preview notes before drawing a full melodic phrase.
• Duplicate patterns, then edit the duplicate to create variation.
• Leave arrangement space for intros, vocal sections, breaks and transitions.

Synth Lab

Select a synthesizer track, open Sound Design, and choose a factory patch or initialize a clean instrument. Build the oscillator balance first, then shape envelopes and filters before adding modulation or effects.

• Keep the sub oscillator mono and controlled for bass patches.
• Use FM amounts carefully because small changes can create large tonal differences.
• Assign macro controls to musical changes you want to automate.
• Save custom presets before making destructive randomization changes.

Mixer, effects and automation

Balance volume and pan before processing. Use filters and EQ to create space, compression for controlled dynamics, saturation for harmonics, and time effects through sends when several tracks should share the same space.

The Automation workspace can control channel volume, pan, cutoff, delay send, reverb send and four Synth Lab macros over a 64-step lane.

Projects, local storage and export

Projects save to browser storage and can also be exported as portable project files. Audio assets remain referenced from the bundled factory library. Use Export WAV to render the arrangement with the same synthesis, routing, automation and mastering path used during playback.

Troubleshooting

No audio

Press a preview or play button, confirm the tab is not muted, and check the operating-system output device.

Factory library did not load

Run the app through the Vite development server or a deployed web server. Opening index.html directly from the file system prevents fetch requests from loading the manifest correctly.

npm install fails

Use the included public-registry lockfile and Windows clean-install script. Close active Node processes if Windows reports that files under node_modules are locked.

Render fails

Reduce the project length, close memory-heavy tabs, and try again in a current desktop browser.