Update 1 - Engine Improvements & Recipe Foundations
Welcome to the first major update for Produc.ing! 🎉
Since our beta launch, we've been hard at work refining the platform based on your invaluable feedback. This update delivers significant engine improvements, exciting new features, and lays the groundwork for our next major tool: Recipes.
🆕 What's New
New Features
🎹 MIDI Upload Support
You can now upload your own MIDI files to guide generation! Head to any instrument tab and look for the new "Upload MIDI" button. The processing happens entirely on your device (we never see your files), and you can use your MIDI to influence the generation process. Don't forget to lock in those new notes you like!
Note: This feature is in beta - please report any issues you encounter.
Engine Improvements
🎵 Starts Engine Overhaul
We've made substantial improvements to the musical generation quality:
- More coherent melody generation
- Better harmonic bassline integration
- Improved chord progression logic
- Enhanced overall musical cohesion between elements
🐛 Bug Fixes & Polish
- Fixed chord progression inconsistencies
- Resolved generation timing issues
- Improved UI responsiveness and navigation
- General stability improvements throughout the platform
Bug Fixes and Improvements
- Starts Engine Enhancements: We've made significant improvements to the Starts engine, resulting in better musical generation quality. Expect more coherent melodies, basslines, and chord progressions that fit together harmonically.
- Bug Fixes: We've addressed several bugs reported by users, including issues with chord progressions and generation inconsistencies. Your feedback has been invaluable in identifying these problems.
- User Interface Tweaks: We've made small but impactful changes to the user interface to improve usability and make it easier to navigate the platform.
🔮 What's Coming Next
Immediate Roadmap
🎼 Starts Progression Generator
Currently in development! We're building an intelligent progression generator to remove the current limitation of manual chord creation. This will let you quickly guide and iterate on progressions until you find the perfect foundation for your track.
📦 Batch Download Options
Soon you'll be able to download multiple variations at once. Found settings and a progression you love? Generate and download a whole pack of variations in one go - perfect for producers who want lots of creative options to work with.
The Big Addition: Recipes
🧪 Recipes - Modular Sound Design System
Coming soon as Produc.ing's next major tool! Recipes is an entirely new approach to sound design education and exploration.
🔬 Deep Dive: Recipes Preview
The Vision
Recipes started as a way to demonstrate specific sound design and mixing techniques - imagine sharing a complete setup with synths, effects, and routing that others could instantly load and learn from. But as we built the foundation, we realized something bigger was possible: a tool for discovering entirely new sound design techniques.
How It Works
Recipes uses a modular, node-based approach:
- Add Components - Oscillators, filters, distortions, effects, outputs
- Connect Everything - Drag cables between components to route audio
- Listen & Learn - Click any connection to monitor the signal at that point
- Experiment - Try different routings and settings to discover new sounds
Example Flow:
Why Modular?
The modular approach might feel complex at first, but it offers incredible flexibility:
- Educational - See exactly how each stage affects your sound
- Experimental - Try unconventional signal routing
- Precise - Fine control over every aspect of your sound design
- Shareable - Save and share complete setups with others
Development Philosophy
Building new effects for Recipes has been incredibly rewarding. We're not just recreating existing tools - we're exploring entirely new processing concepts. This means Recipes will continuously evolve with new possibilities and techniques.
Your feedback will be crucial in shaping how Recipes develops. We want to build something that genuinely helps you grow as a producer and sound designer.
🙏 Thank You
Your support and feedback continue to drive Produc.ing forward. Every bug report, feature request, and piece of feedback helps us build something better.
Keep the feedback coming - whether it's about existing features or ideas for what you'd like to see next. We're building this platform for producers, by producers.
Ready to explore? Jump back into Starts with the improved engine, try the new MIDI upload feature, and stay tuned for Recipes!
Have questions or feedback about this update? Reach out to us using the contact page.