Giada is a free, minimal, hardcore audio tool for DJs and live performers. How does it work? Just pick up your channel, fill it with samples or MIDI events and start the show by using this tiny piece of software as a loop machine, drum machine, sequencer, live sampler or yet as an effect (VST and VSTi) host.
Giada aims to be a compact and portable virtual device for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows for production use and live sets.

* lots of useful tools

Tweak your sounds with the live sampler from external sources, the live quantizer, a built-in wave editor, the action recorder and the action editor.

* vst plugin support

An experimental feature which transforms Giada into a native VST host. Plugin support for Linux, Windows and OS X, of course.

* lightweight and powerful

32 bit floating point audio engine, sample-accurate looping system, multithread support. 100% exotic dependencies free.

* 100% open-source GPL

Giada is constantly under development, free for use and distribution: you can use it without any limitations. Help us to improve it more!

Latest News

June 04, 2013 ― Giada Loop Machine 0.7.0 ― Giada 0.7.0 dark signals is out today! This release celebrates the beginning of MIDI development, with a couple of delicious features:

  • VSTi (instrument) support;
  • new Piano Roll widget — in its infancy, but it rocks!

As always, feel free to submit any thoughts or feedback to our friendly forum, and remember to follow us on Facebook and Twitter. The documentation will be updated very soon.

May 28, 2013 ― Giada on Youtube ― We are jubilant to announce our new Youtube channel GiadaLoopMachine, and we do that by uploading two great tutorial for beginners patiently handcrafted by our robotic friend Nesbit: How to initialize a channel and Basic beat/looper function.

May 07, 2013 ― Giada 0.6.4 released ― Giada 0.6.4 switched at birth is out! This release features lots of fixes, many memory leaks resolved, stability improvements, enhanced project portability and useful internal cleanups.

This version marks the end of the 0.6.x series; by the next episode we'll start to face the MIDI output and full VST Intrument support!

April 23, 2013 ― Giada 0.6.3 released ― Giada 0.6.3 split-brain is out! Main features:

  • New solo button;
  • Portable project system — share works with the world;
  • New 'Single Endless' channel mode — perfect for your drone music project;
  • GUI enhancements and minor fixes.

April 04, 2013 ― Giada 0.6.2 released ― Giada 0.6.2 it can rain all the time is out! Some of the key features:

  • New volume envelope tool;
  • Big enhancements in the action editor — zoom with mouse wheel, GUI redesign and much more;
  • Many, many other improvements and bugs fixed.

March 22, 2013 ― Giada 0.6.1 released ― Giada 0.6.1 spring edition is finally available. This release features support for unlimited number of channels, as well as a deep internal refactoring. Enjoy the warm sun and please report in our Development Forum any bugs you might encounter!

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June 19, 2013 ― Inject ALL NOTES OFF after mh_rewindSequencer

June 19, 2013 ― Send mute MIDI message only if channel is of MIDI type

June 19, 2013 ― Fix zero-height in Piano Roll widget

June 19, 2013 ― Send ALL NOTE OFF midi signal on sequencer stop

June 18, 2013 ― Add new function mh_stopSequencer

June 15, 2013 ― Add jack_set_sync_callback