What SmartGroove does

A DAW that combines real-time looping with an AI assistant that has its hands on the engine. Below is what's shipping in Beta.

Live looping engine

Record, overdub, undo/redo layers, and quantize to musical boundaries. First loop sets master length; everything else syncs.

Unlimited tracks (memory-bound)
Both destructive and non-destructive overdub modes
Per-track loop length (Free / 1 / 2 / 4 / 8 bars)
Audio layer undo (Ctrl+Z restores after delete)
Per-track input + output routing

The SmartGroove looper view with four loaded tracks (Drums, Bass, Vox Hook, Piano), multi-layer overdub stacks, master meters lit, and the transport rolling.

AI co-producer

Chat with an assistant that has direct hooks into the engine. Writes MIDI parts, generates audio, mutates your arrangement.

Natural-language MIDI generation (melodies, chords, drums)
AI-driven audio generation (per-stem credits)
Arrangement edits: move clips, trim, mute, consolidate, bake stretch
Closed-loop verifier: every tool call re-reads engine state

A closeup of the SmartGroove AI assistant chat panel: a user request to write a 4-bar F minor Rhodes progression, with the assistant’s reply confirming 28 notes were added to the Piano track.

Arrangement view

Session clips + linear arrangement. Drag clips between lanes, trim by ear, edit MIDI in the piano roll without leaving the arrangement.

Audio + MIDI tracks side by side
Cross-lane drag for both audio and MIDI clips
Edit MIDI clips in arrangement via the piano roll
Offline + realtime mixdown to WAV and MP3

The arrangement timeline showing four tracks with audio waveforms, chopped clips, MIDI clip previews on the Piano lane, and the piano roll editor open below.

Plugin hosting

VST3 + CLAP, sandboxed in a separate process. A crashing plugin can never take down your session.

Out-of-process per-instance worker isolation
Bypass / remove / reorder inserts without a glitch
Master-bus inserts and per-track insert chains
Plugin editor windows pumped on the main thread

The Plugin Browser modal listing twelve discovered plugins by vendor and format (VST3 + CLAP), open over the DAW session.

Generative AI

Prompt the assistant for new audio or MIDI — the result lands in your session as an editable track. Streams in while you keep working.

Audio generation: Rhodes, drums, sub-bass, vocals, foley textures
MIDI generation: chords, basslines, melodies, drum patterns
Chord-aware — respects your detected key and progression
Per-stem credit cost; cancellable mid-generation from the track
New clips drop straight into the timeline, ready to edit

A closeup of the SmartGroove session mid-generation: an "AI Bass" track shows a shimmer overlay reading "Generating sub-bass · 4 bars", while the surrounding Vox Hook + Piano tracks keep playing and the chat panel shows the originating audio-generation prompt.