What’s new

0.36.0

• Clap Studio can now send samples to more than one kind of hardware. Each device it knows has its own Send to… entry, sidebar rows and send sheet with its own limits, and a device that does not read cue points never offers joined files. The ALM Squid Salmple works exactly as before. If you have another sampler that reads from a USB stick or SD card, you can describe it in a small file in Settings > Advanced > Devices, with no new version of the app needed.

• Species identification is back, powered by BirdNET: field recordings are listened to with BirdNET+ V3.0, which knows 11,560 species (birds, but also insects, frogs, mammals and a few others), and the BirdNET Geomodel rules out species that do not live where a recording was made. Both are included in the app. Each species shows an icon for its kind, and a menu narrows the list to one kind. The results are the model's guesses, each with how sure it was. Recordings are listened to again once after updating.

• The species section in a recording's properties now also shows after the app is opened, not only while it is indexing.

• Clap Studio now has a free edition and a licence. The free edition holds up to 100 files in the library, samples and field recordings together, with every feature included. If your library is already bigger, it stays exactly as it is: every file keeps showing and playing, and nothing is deleted, hidden or changed. Only adding files past 100 needs a licence: EUR 19.99 excl. VAT (VAT is added at checkout, depending on your country), once, for up to 5 Macs and every future update. Buy one on the website, then choose Clap Studio > Enter Licence… or open the link in the purchase email. After activating once, the app never needs the internet for it. The status bar and Settings > Licence show how many of the 100 are used.

• Updates, downloads, questions and problem reports now live on the new Clap Studio releases page on GitHub. Help > Ask a Question… and Report a Problem… open it. Older versions cannot find new updates: download this version from the website once, and the app keeps itself up to date from then on.

0.35.0

• A field recording's properties show where it was made as a pin on a small map under Recorded at, with the coordinates below. Click the map to open the place in Maps; click the coordinates to choose another place.
• Edit > Undo (Command-Z) and Redo now work in the drum machine and the melody too, in the same list as library changes: a step turned on by mistake, a note dragged to the wrong place, a removed track, a sound swap, a groove or a MIDI file can all be taken back. A whole drag or slider move is one step. Clear Steps, Remove All Tracks, Clear Notes and opening a MIDI file no longer ask first, since Undo brings everything back.
• Field recordings can have background noise taken out with DeepFilterNet3: choose Reduce Noise from the context menu or the Sample menu, or use the Noise reduction section of the inspector. The file is never changed; an Amount slider mixes the cleaned sound with the original, and previews, the drum machine, joins, Copy To and Squid exports use it. The network is made for speech, so birds, water and wind can be reduced too.
• Save the sounds you found to a collection: Save Sounds to Collection in the drum machine drawer (or File > Save Drum and Melody Sounds to Collection) keeps every sound loaded in the drum machine and the melody in a collection, a sub-collection or a new one. The folder button in the melody drawer saves the melody's sounds only. It is one undo step.
• In the melody, pick several notes (Shift-click, Shift-drag a box, or Option-Command-A for the whole track) and move them together: drag one, or press Up and Down (Shift for an octave). The Plays at box is gone; melodies you saved sound the same as before.
• Fixed melody notes at low pitches not sounding, and a noticeable delay when clicking low keys on the piano roll.
• Fixed the volume slider in the status bar not changing the drum machine or the melody. It now sets their overall level, and your setting is remembered between launches.
• The search box hint is shorter, so it is no longer cut off.

0.34.0

• Sending to a Squid with Same channel in following banks now replaces a channel that already holds a sample, and warns you which banks are replaced. Replaced samples are deleted, not moved to the Trash.
• A long list of warnings in the Send to Squid sheet scrolls under a Warnings title with a count, so the sheet keeps its shape.
• Sounds joined with the ALM Squid Salmple preset now have 0.1 seconds of silence between them instead of 0.25. Presets you saved keep their values.
• Fold, reorder and hide the sidebar sections (Filters, Collections, Categories, Moods, Tags, USB Drives and Folders). Right-click a section title or use the new Sidebar tab in Settings. Your choices are remembered.

0.33.0

• Group collections into sub-collections, one level deep. Right-click a collection and choose New Sub-collection. Picking a parent lists its own sounds and its children's. Deleting a parent asks first; files are never deleted, and undo brings everything back.
• Right-click a collection while a Squid drive is connected and choose Send to Squid Salmple. Sub-collections become banks of a new set; a plain collection becomes a Pool folder. Nothing is written if it will not fit.
• Choose the channel for each sound in the Send to Squid sheet, or send them to one channel across following banks.
• Join sounds as you send them to a Squid, using its limits for length and silence. Cue markers survive the copy.
• Name joined files in the Join sheet. Files are numbered Joined 01, Joined 02 and so on.
• The free-channel count on Squid banks is easier to read in dark mode.

0.32.0

• Newly joined files remember their source sounds. Once indexed, find them under Joined and expand a row to see and audition its sources in order. Older joined files cannot be linked automatically.
• Right-click an added folder and choose Rescan to check it for changes.
• Move through and preview sounds more smoothly with the arrow keys.
• Library filters and Add Folder no longer overlap other controls, and built-in effect sliders no longer show an extra line.

0.31.0

• Shape sounds with built-in amplifier, low-pass, high-pass, erosion and room effects. Combine them with VST3 plug-ins for auditions and bounces.
• Room reverb keeps its tail when decay changes during playback. Bounces keep the original samples untouched.

0.30.0

• Join selected sounds into WAV files with named cues, adjustable silence and length limits, saved presets, and an ALM Squid Salmple preset. Long sounds continue across files without losing audio; originals stay untouched.
• Audition Library and Map sounds through the Effects drawer. Playback starts sooner, and changes in a plug-in's editor can be heard while playing.
• Effect bounces remove unused silence while keeping quiet tails.
• Long melodies have more room in the piano roll while keeping sideways scrolling and playback follow.

0.29.0

• Publish app updates only when the version increases, avoiding repeat releases for ordinary changes to the repository.
• See a spinner and task description while an app update downloads and installs.
• Read release notes in the update dialog and a changelog with each version’s changes.
• Open a VST3 effect’s own editor, keeping presets and hidden settings for preview and bounce. Effects without a Mac editor keep parameter sliders.
• Plug-in crashes and hangs are contained in a separate process, with loading time limits and cancellation that closes the helper.
• The empty Effects panel is centered, and preview controls stay still while samples play.

0.28.0

• Build a chain of VST3 effects and preview or bounce copies of selected samples. Bypass, reorder, remove effects, and adjust their parameters.
• Keep trims and sound edits when bouncing, include effect tails, and protect original samples from being overwritten.
• Load effects that query inactive audio buses correctly.

0.27.0

• Native macOS glass controls and toolbar styling follow the system appearance.
• In-app updates can reopen without an extra quarantine warning after verification.

0.26.0

• More app actions are available in native macOS menus.
• Native controls, clearer labels, and better sheet and cue editing interactions.
• The drum machine header keeps playback, pattern, and sound controls together.

0.25.0

• More compact drum rows leave room for the pattern.
• Drum pattern length can be typed directly.
• Website screenshots refresh correctly after updates.

0.24.0

• Download and install app updates directly, then restart when ready.
• Check for updates on launch, even if a recent check already ran.
• Drum pattern bars scroll, and the active bar stays visible.
• Sound variation controls are easier to find and use.

0.23.0

• A website introduces the app with light and dark screenshots, playback previews, and examples of working with Squid Salmple banks and Pool folders.
• Check for new releases automatically or from the app menu.
• Storage, search, analysis, and map selection are checked with 100,000 samples.
• Drum patterns support multiple bars and MIDI imports with several tracks.
• Keep regular samples out of field-recording segmentation, with undo support.
• Remove a sound from the melody by closing its tab.

0.22.0

• Longer MIDI melodies retain all notes and their original tempo.
• Scroll through long melodies in the piano roll.
• Click piano keys to audition pitches, drop a sound onto a melody track, and click an existing note to remove it.

0.21.0

• Play tuned sample melodies in a piano roll, alongside the drum machine.
• Import MIDI files, add sounds to melody tracks, and remember the melody.
• Duplicate review groups exact copies rather than merely similar sounds.

0.20.0

• Browse Squid Pool folders and choose the destination folder when sending sounds.
• Create Pool folders and move unwanted Pool files to the Trash.

0.19.0

• Inspect multiple samples together and change their tempo, category, tags, or sound edits in one undo step.
• Extend a table selection upwards with Shift.
• The empty kit builder uses the available space.

0.18.0

• Native toolbar controls adapt more reliably to the window layout.

0.17.0

• Keep toolbar controls visible in narrow windows and when the inspector closes.
• Search stays beside the inspector; view tabs stay beside the sidebar.

0.16.0

• Reverse, adjust gain, or filter sounds without changing original files.
• Read and save file metadata.
• Explore recording locations on the Places map.
• Find similar sounds using the microphone or adjust a search with words.
• Swap and shuffle drum sounds.
• Drum steps and toolbar controls stay aligned.

0.15.0

• Normalize samples on a Squid drive.
• Preview a sound while selecting multiple samples, and see selection counts.
• Switching to Library or Map leaves the Squid drive view.

0.14.0

• Match sample levels when sending them to Squid Salmple.

0.13.0

• Squid operations keep the current view open.

0.12.0

• Browse Squid banks directly in the sidebar.

0.11.0

• Remember the last Squid destination.

0.10.0

• Keep categories inside exported WAV files.
• The Squid set header stays visible while browsing.
• Recording locations have a clearer section; empty bird results stay hidden.

0.9.0

• Faster library filtering with large sample collections.

0.8.0

• Field recording analysis respects a category you set yourself.

0.7.0

• Detect Squid Salmple module drives and manage banks and sets.
• See how many free slots a bank has.
• Drum and Squid operations explain when a sample is missing.

0.6.0

• Drum parts work with every kind of sound.

0.5.0

• Create custom moods for browsing sounds.
• Drag within the waveform and use Command-F to search.
• Clearer inspector and toolbar placement.

0.4.0

• Choose library columns and set categories on several samples together.
• A dark Dock icon follows the system appearance.
• Pick recording locations on a map and listen again for birds after changing them.
• More percussion categories, including rimshot and cowbell.
• Bird identification models are included in the app download.

0.3.0

• Identify bird species in field recordings and show their timestamps.
• Use the recording location to rule out birds that do not live there.

0.2.0

• Analyze long field recordings in segments, name the sounds they contain, and search for the matching moment.
• More consistent sound analysis across short and long samples.
• Export training data for a custom sound classifier.

Initial builds

• Index sample folders in place and keep analysis in a persistent library.
• Browse sounds in a table or a sound map with clusters, lasso selection, filters, and adjustable similarity aspects.
• Find sounds with text, an example sound, sound properties, or moods.
• Preview samples, match playback levels, and fit sounds to a project tempo and key.
• Read, audition, edit, and save cue points; trim and export copies.
• Tag sounds, build collections, review duplicates, and undo library edits.
• Build suggested kits and drum patterns with swing, grooves, and saved sounds.
• Browse Squid Salmple USB sticks and send samples to banks or the Pool.
• Watch sample folders for changes and keep analysis between launches.