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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

1.1.1, Hamadryad / bugfix 1

Released on February 7, 2025

Linux

AppImage, 64 bit, 19.5 MB

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Windows

64 bit, 6.3 MB

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macOS

64 bit, 8.1 MB

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Source code

20.4 MB

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Changes in version 1.1.1

  • Render Group Channels audio data to master output only if audible (#709)
  • Fix MIDI out information not being refreshed properly on MIDI channels (#717)
  • Fix MIDI actions not being added on the rightmost edge in the Action Editor (#716)
  • Fix FX buttons not being properly lit (#712)
  • Fix ChannelShared objects not being deleted on Channel deletion (#695)
  • Fix wrong play mode for sample channels in one-shot retrig mode
  • Fix missing last sample when moving or resetting 'end' point in Sample Editor
  • Fix last audio sample not being played in sample channels
  • Fix inability to clear Channels' key bindings (#708)
  • Fix Main Window size not being stored correctly (#713)
  • Update FLTK dependency to 1.4.0-1
  • Add basic CMakePresets.json file
  • Many other minor bugs and typos fixed
  • Lots of refactoring and code cleanups

MD5 checksums

Linux
9452a7f88812588b4aaec9d9ed73edd0
Windows
f6112d106a5c2136657a52b163fd45b7
macOS
fa394f2a1130ee0b9e2a591c1d762eb9
Source code
4a1d470a5322a64971a15e5060316f84

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