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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

1.4.1, Korrigan / bugfix 1

Released on May 10, 2026

Linux

Flatpak

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Windows

x86-64

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macOS

arm64

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Source code

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Changes in version 1.4.1 Korrigan / bugfix 1

This is a bugfix release that makes Giada feel smoother and more flexible, with better scene and channel workflow, customizable keyboard and MIDI control for switching scenes and a round of fixes for playback, editing, file browsing, and plug-in stability.

  • Enable scene switching via keyboard or MIDI, with support for custom bindings;
  • Display inactive scenes (i.e. with no audio or actions);
  • Add ability to rename a channel in all scenes;
  • Add ability to undo a scene change when transport is running;
  • Remove obsolete 'export sample...' function;
  • Improve support for audio plug-ins with complex buses layout;
  • Revert scene status to IDLE when transport stops;
  • File Browser: fix bug that would allow to incorrectly browse into project folders;
  • Fix bug that would prevent to successfully clear keyboard bindings;
  • Fix crash when opening plug-in browser with no plug-ins detected;
  • Fix wrong Wave object deletion when freeing a sample channel;
  • Fix inability to play samples once removed from a scene;
  • Fix inability to delete all channel actions from all scenes;
  • Fix Channel 'copy to scene' function, copying too many actions;
  • Sample Editor: fix pitch changes not working in scenes greater than 1;
  • Sample Editor: prevent tools to get stuck in 'deactivated' state when switching between scenes;
  • Update JUCE to version 8.0.12;
  • Update FLTK to version 1.4.5.

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