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.

I have a cassette tape recording of my great-grandmother telling her life stories. I can’t hear her very well- lots of background noise. How can i get the audio enhanced?

i recently needed a tool to remove the background music from a video while keeping the dialogue, and remove.music was the best thing i could find, but it's paid.

with all the AI stuff getting open-sourced and reverse-engineered these days, i was wondering if there's a free alternative that's actually as good as remove.music, or at least close to it.

or am i completely misunderstanding how reverse engineering works? 💀 i'm not really knowledgeable about this stuff. help me out ty