Christopher Amato

Next 2025.05 is now available! What's New Introducing the Sidebar Experience a streamlined workflow with the Sidebar, a central hub that provides quick access to contextual information and editing tools for your audio and MIDI clips, project information, and more. The Sidebar provides two tabs: Inspect and Browse To inspect, click on any audio or MIDI clip, track header, lyric or arranger section View project information by clicking the project title in the main toolbar Shortcut to show/hide the Sidebar: \ Note that the Arranger and Lyrics inspectors are now displayed in the Inspect tab Browse provides direct access to BandLab Sounds, with over 170,000 production ready royalty free samples Enhanced editing The Sidebar's inspector provides instant access to clip properties for easy discovery and editing. Audio clips View and Edit clip information New options to view and replace files MIDI clips Adjust velocity and quantize View Project information Lyrics Inspector Same editor, new ergonomic display! Note that the Lyrics Prompter is still displayed in the bottom panel of the main view Arranger Inspector Unchanged, except now it displays in the Inspect tab in the right-hand Sidebar Track properties Adjust track name, color, icon and routing options Ample room for sends Loop Browser enhancements Loop Browser can now be accessed in the Inspector by selecting the Browse tab Added the ability to filter Loops and Shots by key Fixes Fixed an issue causing an incorrect font to be displayed in the Track Inspector Ensured Arranger Inspector sections are consistently visible Resolved an issue where moving multiple clips via drag selection would incorrectly delete them Fixed a bug causing MIDI notes to appear grayed out after moving the clip's start point Addressed issue where trimming and then looping a MIDI clip could sometimes result in the loss of initial data Corrected an issue where splitting MIDI clips would draw the MIDI content incorrectly Corrected issue of wrong color appearing for some 'play' buttons XSampler Prevented the waveform from drawing on top of time markers in XSampler Fixed a bug where the playhead would appear to sink when audio playback was stopped in XSampler Resolved inconsistent zooming behavior of samples in XSampler when a sample was added while zoomed

Next 2025.02 is now available! What's New Audio clip editor (early access) We're excited to debut the Audio clip as an early access feature, representing the beginning of exciting audio editing capabilities to come. This release introduces slip editing for audio clips and loops, that is precise adjustment of audio start and end points within the clip. To show the Audio clip view, select a clip, then select View > Show Audio Clip, or double-click an audio clip header. Trim content in place while preserving the original clip boundaries and duration in the track view. You can swap a clip's content by dropping audio into the Audio Clip view, without disturbing the placement of the clip in the track view. The clip’s original duration will remain intact, and loop repetitions will be added/removed as needed according to the source length. This workflow allows you to audition different loops quickly in context without affecting the original clip position and length. By default, the Audio Clip view shows the clip's full waveform. Drag vertically to zoom and horizontally to scroll. Trim the start or end of a one-shot sample by dragging the left or right edge of the waveform. The trimmed area is dimmed, and will not be audible during playback. If a clip is Loop enabled, the Audio Clip view shows the loop region as a blue bar above the waveform. Specify which section of the clip to loop by dragging in the Audio Clip view time ruler, or drag the blue loop start and loop end handles. To move the loop region, hold down the CTRL (Windows) / CMD (Mac) key and drag the blue loop range to the desired location. Swap a clip’s audio content by dragging samples from the Loop Browser into the Audio Clip view. The clip’s original duration will remain intact, and loop repetitions will be added/removed as needed according to the source length. This workflow allows you to audition different loops quickly in context without affecting the original clip position and length. Note: this is phase one of the audio editor. Additional functionality will be added in upcoming releases. Loop Browser enhancements Improved performance when navigating the browser. View Pack - the ability to load the pack associated with a sample: When previewing a loop or one-shot, click the thumbnail image at the bottom of the Loop Browser to navigate to the file’s parent pack. The Loop Browser now appears by default on first launch and new projects Access to the BandLab Sounds library is now available with limited access when not signed in. Fixes Clip original tempo changes due to stretching do not undo Hang when unrolling MIDI clips over each other Unrolled loops are always the length of a single iteration on project load Audio thumbnail for follow tempo stretched clips sometimes drawn incorrectly XSampler shows region editing handles etc. when sample is missing Follow tempo unrolled loops have an incorrect audio offset in iterations after the first Only enable main input/output buses for plugins on init Project with pad controller instances that equal the number of engine threads hangs in streaming Metronome delayed when delay compensated plugins are present Export loop selection does not export past last clip Invalid error when exporting time selection Pad Controller: hang when adding instrument to pad Track template "Keys - Ambient Piano" does not work Level meters default to mono when a stereo clip is added Project art selection is broken Audio clip drawing extremely sluggish when zooming Loop Browser not open on clean install Loop Browser: previewing mono audio outputs left only Stem separation: convert files to MP3 prior to upload Rescanning fails to enable found plugins Plugin delay compensation fails to work correctly during record Audio exported through plugins is late in time Scroll defaults to Pan Unable to horizontally scroll on trackpad in XSampler

We're pleased to announce Early Access of 2025.02! This release includes our new Audio Editor View as well as several improvements and bug fixes. Please note that this release does require membership to authorize. Installers Mac Windows Please keep responses specific to problems or comments on this release. Unrelated bugs or feature requests should be posted in other threads or the feature request channel. Thanks for your participation! What's New Audio Clip View (Phase 1): The first phase of our new audio clip view aimed to speed up and expand your workflow in Next! Waveform Preview: Double click on an audio clip in the timeline to enable Audio Clip View. This allows you to individually edit audio clips in your project. Double click on your track to re-enable Track Inspector Loop: Create loop points in your audio clips to loop specified sections of the clip. Change loop start and end by dragging markers or by using the pencil tool in the clip timeline. Trim: Adjust start and end points to trim within the view. Loop Browser Enhancements Ability to navigate to pack by clicking on pack image when previewing loops or shots. Improved performance when navigating browser. Loop Browser will now open by default. Bug Fixes XSampler now shows region editing handles etc. when sample is missing Exporting Audio Shifts in Time Transport looping MIDI clips causes missed note at beginning of loop Project Art Selection Does Not Update As Expected Stem Separation: Convert files to MP3 prior to upload Follow tempo unrolled loops have an incorrect audio offset in iterations after the first Audio thumbnail for follow tempo stretched clips sometimes drawn incorrectly Hang When Unrolling MIDI Clips over each other Cannot Drag Audio Clip Into XSampler