Lock in
Start from your loop, or from the key.
Drop a .mid, or hit Capture and press play in your DAW. No loop yet? Lock in straight from the key. Pick the part, set the feel, and the take lands on the piano roll as MIDI.
AI MIDI COMPANION
Lock in the next idea. You stay the author.
Chords, bass, topline and countermelody, laid down as MIDI around your loop or straight from the key. Keep the takes that hit and drag them into your DAW.
MIDI plugin for Ableton Live, Logic Pro and FL Studio · VST3 / AU
Try it
Tight or loose. Your call.
Each part is written to sit with the others, in the same key and the same pocket. Lock in one at a time and build the idea up.
Balanced. Familiar moves, a few turns.
Drag the orb or the slider.
The part
Bass
A line that moves with the chords and leaves room for your drums.
How it works
From loop to track.
Run it back
Not there yet? Run it back.
A fresh take of the same part, in the same key and the same pocket. Every one stays in Takes, so nothing that hit gets lost.
Lock it
Build the Session, part by part.
Like the take? Lock it. It joins the Session, the part gets a padlock and the next one is up, written on top of what you kept.
Drag into DAW
MIDI out, straight onto a track.
Pull the clip onto a track in Ableton, Logic or FL. Notes only, so your tempo and your sounds lead. From there it's a clip like any other.
Tight ↔ Loose
One knob sets how far a take strays.
Tight stays close to the key and your loop. Loose takes more chances. Turn it and the glass moves with you.
The feel
Four knobs. Your hands on every take.
There's no BPM knob. LOCKDIN follows your DAW's tempo, and these four shape how each take plays.
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Creativity
Tight ↔ Loose
Tight stays close to the key and your loop. Loose takes more chances.
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Density
Sparse ↔ Dense
How many notes land in each bar, from a held pad to a busy line.
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Swing
Straight ↔ Triplet
Pushes the off-beat 16ths, from 50% straight to a 75% triplet feel.
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Gate
Short ↔ Legato
How long each note rings, from 50% short and choppy to 150% legato. 100% plays the take as written.
Where we stand
AI is the tool. You're the artist.
LOCKDIN uses AI to sketch MIDI ideas in your key: chords, bass, toplines, countermelodies. That's where it stops. It doesn't make the track, it doesn't pick the sound, and it doesn't sign the record. You do.
MIDI, not audio. On purpose.
Every note stays editable. Move it, re-voice it, quantize it. It's a clip like any other in your session.
No watermarks
Nothing gets baked into a bounce. What you make with it is yours.
Room for your sound design
Your synths, your samples, your mix. LOCKDIN never picks the sound.
Two ways to run it
Your machine, or the cloud.
Offline
Runs on your computer.
LOCKDIN is built to run offline, on your own Mac. No connection, no waiting on a server, and your ideas never leave your machine. Make a beat on a plane if you want.
Monthly
Or run it in the cloud.
Lighter machine, on Windows, or want to see how it works in your sessions first? The monthly plan runs the same engine in the cloud, on Mac and Windows. Same plugin, same takes, you just need a connection.
Specs
What it runs on.
- Formats
- VST3 · AUPlus a standalone app
- Mac
- Apple siliconRuns offline, on your machine, or monthly in the cloud
- Windows
- VST3Monthly plan, runs in the cloud
- DAWs
- Ableton Live · Logic Pro · FL StudioDrag the MIDI onto any track
Exact system requirements at launch.
Testers wanted
Be first in the session.
We're picking a small group of producers to test LOCKDIN before launch. Tell us what you make and where we can hear it.
Apply to testTakes two minutesStraight answers
Questions.
Does it make audio?
No, and that's on purpose. You get MIDI, so you choose the sounds, keep control of the mix, and there's no watermark baked into a bounce.
Which DAWs does it work with?
Ableton Live, Logic Pro and FL Studio, as a VST3 or AU plugin. You drag the MIDI onto a track like any other clip.
Does it need internet?
The Mac version runs offline, on your machine. Make a beat on a plane if you want. If your computer is on the lighter side, you're on Windows, or you want to try it in your sessions first, the monthly plan runs in the cloud and needs a connection.
Is it going to replace me?
No. The AI is a tool in your session, not the artist. You pick the takes, edit the notes and make the calls. You stay the author.
Is it AI?
Yes. An AI music model trained on MIDI hand-picked by musicians. It proposes takes, and you choose, edit and own every note. On Mac it runs on your machine.
When can I get it?
Soon. Testers go first: apply here.