Changelog
Sessions is built by one developer, in the open. This is what has shipped and what is being worked on now.
In progress
Next releaseCurrently being built and tested. No dates promised: it ships when it is solid.
Being worked on
- A visual overhaul across the app: monochrome icons, quieter badges, one radius and shadow scale, and the waveform promoted to the hero of the detail panel
- Signed installers, so the first launch is clean
0.8.0
July 2026 Releasing shortlyThe first public build: a full session manager, the studio library, the collaboration tools and the demo pipeline. Downloads open shortly.
Sessions
- Whole-computer scan that finds every project across Ableton Live, FL Studio, Logic Pro, REAPER and Studio One
- BPM read from all five formats; key read from Ableton and Logic
- Ratings, statuses, tags and notes, with a status pipeline you can rename, reorder and recolor yourself
- Search, sort and filter across your whole catalog; manual BPM and key edits always survive a rescan
- Multiple artist collections in one library, with files never moving on disk
- Set vitals read from Ableton sets: true length through the tempo map, bars, time signature, locators and the loop brace, plus a sortable Length column
- An arrangement view that draws a set's clips, colours and MIDI without opening Live
- A Planner board over your own status pipeline, opt in per project
Files and cleanup
- Open, duplicate, rename and delete project files from inside the app; deletes go to the Recycle Bin
- Missing-sample detection across your library, so a broken session is visible before you open it
- Un-tangler that splits a one-folder pile into per-song projects, version-aware and leaving shared samples untouched
- Duplicate-sample finder matched by content, which never suggests deleting a copy your sessions actually use
- Drop-to-organize importer for packs, devices, presets and sets, with one-click undo and a history of everything the app has done
Collaboration
- Compatibility checker: drop an Ableton set and see exactly which plugins it needs and which you are missing, before you open it
- Plugin Passport: export your plugin collection, swap with a collaborator, and see both have / only them / only you
Demos and labels
- A label book you build up yourself: submission routes, genres and research notes per label
- Submission tracking per track: sent, no reply, rejected, accepted, released, with sends going stale after 30 days and reply times tracked automatically
Studio library
- Catalog of samples, racks, presets, Max for Live devices and plugins, with vendor names and a "used in N tracks" count per plugin
- Bounce previews auto-matched from your exports folder, with a waveform and a draggable preview window
Everything else
- Local-first: no account, no cloud, nothing about your music leaving it
- Six Ableton-inspired themes
- Portable backup and restore, plus a "back up my work" run that copies the irreplaceable files and writes a plain-language manifest of what to reinstall
- Pro unlocked by a one-time purchase, never a subscription
Found a bug or want something added? Email
[email protected]. It is read by the
person who wrote the app, and requests genuinely shape what gets built next.