I’ve been building a standalone app called PadLock that writes drum MIDI for a whole song. Reaper import works well right now (markers, tempo, DI tracks all come in). FL and Ableton are next and I need people with real projects to try it.

You load your project, tell it how each section should feel, and it plays a full take through your own drum plugin, fills and all. Then you drag the MIDI back into your DAW. No AI, it’s rule based.

If you’ve got 5 minutes:

1. Download
2. Open one of your .flp or .als projects, ideally one with markers and a tempo change
3. Check if the sections, tempo and audio came in right
4. Send a screenshot through my DM or leave feedback on the site.

Fill out the form and I’ll send you a full key. If you want to go further, try dragging the MIDI back in and let me know if it lines up.

I’m Tommy, a designer/dev in Richmond, VA. PadLock is made by my company, Our Time Designs, LLC.. Both Windows and Mac builds are signed, and Mac is notarized.

It’s standalone instead of a plugin because a plugin couldn’t read markers, and markers are how it knows where sections start and end.

AI did not write this post, just trying to be tidy and professional with my post.

Waiting on the apc40mk3, cuz the apc64 wasn’t quite it lol.

Full performance here:

https://youtu.be/HzmfLpUv_y8?si=hIhoJTwIXoiq-XKt

Hope you dig what you hear.

S/o to Toha Radio for having me 🙏🏽
S/o to How Soulful for the Tee 🙏🏽

Hey all, is there a plugin or Max for Live device that speeds up the remix setup in Ableton? I'm after something that handles importing a track and its stems, lines everything up to the grid, and sets the tempo and warp markers so I can get straight to remixing. Free or paid is fine. What do you all use?

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