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Welcome to SAND Updates

We're launching our public feedback board to hear directly from you.

Here's what you can do:

  • Share ideas: Tell us what features you want to see

  • Vote: Help us prioritize what matters most

  • Stay updated: Follow along as we ship improvements

Your feedback shapes what we build next. We're listening!

3.0

AUDIO TRACKS (in-app purchase)

  • Dedicated audio tracks and audio clips in the grid

  • Import audio with preview; record into clips with per-track input and arming

  • Loop / one-shot playback, beat or immediate start, optional clip BPM; looping clips follow project tempo

  • Audio editor: edit, fades, normalize, reverse, pitch, stretch, split—with automatic or manual preview

  • Render MIDI clips to audio by dropping them on an audio track

AND MORE

  • Drum pads

  • Project Versions—save and restore project snapshots

  • Favorite plugins

  • Hidden tracks and customizable track icons

  • New editing tools in the MIDI editor

  • Project templates, Rename, and Save As… (iOS 18+)

  • Apple Silicon Mac support

  • Bug fixes

2.1

LOOP MARKERS

Set start and end points to loop a portion of a clip.

CROP CLIP

Select and trim a section of a MIDI clip.

LINKED CLIPS

In Song Mode, changes applied to a clip will propagate to all its linked clips.

STEP INPUT RECORDING

Record one step at a time via MIDI or on-screen keyboard.

KEY COMMANDS

Added support for external keyboard shortcuts to speed up editing. Long press the Command key to see the full list on screen.

VOICEOVER SUPPORT

Navigate and edit using iOS accessibility

2.0

AUTOMATION

Create dynamic changes in your tracks by automating parameters like volume, panning, effects, and MIDI.

MASTER TRACK

Apply global effects and automation Edits to master track clips can propagate to section clips, making it really quick to write a chord progressions and a bass lines at once

TIME SIGNATURES

Set any time signature for the project. Every section can have its own time signature.

CLIP EDITOR
  • Scale highlight

  • Triplets

  • Note audition

  • Ghost clip

  • Chord editor

  • Split notes

  • Duplicate notes

  • Brush notes

  • Copy and paste velocities

  • Use last duration and velocity when adding notes

  • Light theme option in the piano roll

TRACKS IMPROVEMENTS

Vu-meters Long press on volume and pan to show controls in fullscreen

AND MORE...

Automatically generate project name Automatic section length Free trial period

1.3.1

This is a small update to fix some annoying bugs. More to come soon!

  • tapping on an effect while playing won't automatically start recording

  • improved stability after changing audio interface

  • fixed a crash when copying a clip with pitch bend data

  • fixed clip length after redo

  • other stability improvements and bug fixes

1.3

SONG MODE 
Arrange your clips in sections

COMPACT LAYOUT OPTION
 Resize tracks to make more room for clips


WIDGET 
Launch recent projects or create new ones directly from your home screen

FILE THUMBNAILS
 Preview contents of your projects in the file browser

1.2

NEW
  • Export clips as audio files

  • Export project as Ableton Live Set

  • Quantised recording

  • Option to start recording when playing a note

IMPROVED
  • compatibility with some AUv3 plugins
FIXED
  • When importing a MIDI file, CC messages are now correctly imported

1.1

NEW
  • Ableton Link

  • MIDI Plugins

  • Import / Export MIDI

  • Global Undo

  • Track MIDI Input and Output

  • Route MIDI from a track to another

  • Record output from MIDI plugins

  • Record MIDI from plugins' interface

  • Virtual midi input and output

  • Full MPE Support

  • Bypass audio effects and midi plugins

  • Mini clip-strip on top of plugins view

  • Fullscreen plugins with transport and clip-strip

  • Copy and paste inside editor

  • Overdub

  • Legato

  • Quick clip edit actions on long press

  • On-screen keyboard: Show root note

  • On-screen keyboard: Velocity (range adjustable in Settings)

  • Allow multiple armed clips

1.0.2

  • improved compatibility with plugins

  • fixed BPM sync for effects

  • improved preferred sample rate and buffer size

  • fixed stuck notes when editing

  • fixed audio when adding or removing effects on certain plugins (for example drum machines)

  • show playhead on recording clips

1.0.1

NEW

• Enabled Bluetooth audio devices • Output audio device selector • Show bpm on the toolbar of the main screen, tapping it will open the tempo and metronome settings • Added option to disable snapping to grid • Buttons for transposing and moving notes

FIXED

• Fixed clips sometimes not opening • Fixed crash opening a project with certain plugins

IMPROVED

• Improved dragging and extending notes • MIDI controller mapping shows a little info for some non-straightforward commands • Moved MIDI commands for parameters to own section