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Giada
Your hardcore loop machine.

Giada - Your Hardcore Loopmachine

Giada is an open source, minimalistic and hardcore music production tool. Designed for DJs, live performers and electronic musicians.

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Features.

1. Giada is a loop machine.

Build your performance in real time by layering audio tracks or MIDI events, driven by the main sequencer.

2. Giada is a sample player.

Load samples from your crates and play them with a computer keyboard or a MIDI controller.

3. Giada is a song editor.

Write songs from scratch or edit existing live recordings with the powerful Action Editor, for a fine-tuned control.

4. Giada is a live recorder.

Record sounds from the real world and MIDI events coming from external devices or other apps.

5. Giada is an FX processor.

Process samples or audio/MIDI input signals with VST instruments from your plug-ins collection.

6. Giada is a MIDI controller.

Control other software or synchronize physical MIDI devices by using Giada as a MIDI master sequencer.

Lightweight and powerful.

Designed for live performances.

Powerful multi-threaded audio engine.

Super sleek interface, no exotic stuff.

VST3, LV2 and MIDI I/O support.

Tons of tools and modes to craft your songs.

100% open-source GPL.

For Linux, Windows, macOS and FreeBSD.

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Latest version

1.2.1, Ifrit / bugfix 1

Released on June 28, 2025

Linux

Flatpak

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Windows

x86-64

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macOS

x86-64

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Source code

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Changes in version 1.2.1 Ifrit / bugfix 1

  • Beautify UI layout in Audio Configuration Window;
  • Disable sample rate and buffer size menus when using JACK in Audio Configuration Window;
  • Reset project name when closing a project;
  • File browser refactoring with improved usability;
  • Fix double click on scrollbar arrows in File Browser loads a non-existing project;
  • Fix wrong default height for all sub-windows;
  • Fix Loop mode not working in Sample Editor;
  • Fix missing first MIDI action recorded with "record-on-signal" mode;
  • Set minimum C++ version to C++23;
  • Update minimum CMake requirements to 3.29;
  • Update JUCE to 8.0.8;
  • Update FLTK to 1.4.3;
  • Switch to Flatpak for Linux releases;
  • Refactoring and code gardening.

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