Latest news from our laboratories.

Giada 0.16.4 “Baba Yaga” is ready September 26, 2020 ― Say hello to Giada 0.16.4 codename Baba Yaga, the last version in the 0.16 branch. This new release features many improvements and annoying bugs fixed. To name a few: Support for mono inputs ― you can finally record from your mono inputs, no need for mandatory stereo channels anymore!

― you can finally record from your mono inputs, no need for mandatory stereo channels anymore! improved overdub mode for Sample Channels, featuring Overdub protection mode to avoid dangerous overwrites. We have also fixed several errors regarding sample rate conversion and improved the UI interaction. As always the full changelog is available in the download area. A big "Thank You" to all supporters, developers and hackers who helped us with the release of Giada 0.16.4. Get ready for the 0.17 branch!

Giada 0.16.3 codename “Talisman” released June 21, 2020 ― A new version of Giada Loop Machine is ready for your desktop! This release features an important refactoring of the internal channel architecture. Such improvement will make easier for us to extend Giada with new channel-related features in view of the upcoming 1.0 release. And also: Big CPU usage optimization when playing with lots of sample/MIDI channels;

a better, sample-precise quantizer;

simplified logic when halting channels containing pre-recorded actions;

many bugs fixed, specially the number of BPM not changing when using Jack on Linux. The full changelog is available in the download area. Have fun and stay safe!

The Forest – Giada live showcase June 14, 2020 ― Enjoy a new demo of the upcoming Giada v.0.16.3! Featuring MIDI mapping, multiple sample channels, VST plug-ins and full-screen UI. Kindly performed by the TBLR Orchestra.

Giada 0.16.2 Realm of Magic released March 01, 2020 ― Giada 0.16.2 is ready for your studio! Many things are changing under the hood: a new library for reading JSON projects and configuration files, a new version of RtAudio that fixes some annoying errors on Linux, significant code clean-ups and optimizations. And what about new features, instead? Giada 0.16.2 provides the ability to vertically resize channels, as well as many minor user-interface improvements that will make for a better user experience. We also deprecated the old patch format: from now on Giada will always store and load projects, while single-file patches are still supported in read-only mode for backward compatibility. Enjoy Giada 0.16.2 “Realm of Magic” by grabbing it in the download area, along with the full changelog.