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

1.0.0, Genius loci

Released on February 24, 2024

Linux

AppImage, 64 bit, 17 MB

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Windows

64 bit, 5.5 MB

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macOS

64 bit, 6.9 MB

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Source code

17 MB

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Changes in version 1.0.0

  • Main Menu redesign with macOS support;
  • Main Window I/O redesign with vertical audio meters;
  • Show beat number in Main Sequencer;
  • Redesigned Column menu with improved usability;
  • New Velocity Editor widget in Sample Channel Action Editor;
  • Recursive buffer rendering implementation;
  • Let Giada pick a default audio device if not specified;
  • Send MIDI data through armed channels to the outside world;
  • [Linux] Remove duplicated .desktop file generation;
  • [Linux] Update metainfo.xml file;
  • Optimize audio preview rendering: enable it only when Sample Editor is open;
  • Improved zoom with mouse wheel in Sample Editor and Action Editor;
  • Fix some Sample Editor operations not working correctly;
  • Fix grid not showing up correctly in Sample Editor;
  • Fix inability to quit record-on-signal mode;
  • Fix Record-on-signal mode not deactivated after recording audio;
  • Refactoring and code cleanup.

MD5 checksums

Linux
af88e73870c3b11dc643f2548f4cedd9
Windows
23de2a67b2fad4d838a6adb58ee1819c
macOS
6c771af52ba3219a2a718398a3571ba5
Source code
87e14ce51a5ceec66c9ed44535863228

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