Chords in. Now what?
You've got the loop in the Channel Rack. Eight bars, on repeat, for twenty minutes. The next part isn't coming.
That's the spot LOCKDIN is built for. Load it on a track, give it the loop, pick the part you're missing and lock in. The take lands on LOCKDIN's piano roll as MIDI, in your key and in the same pocket. Like it? Drag it into FL. Don't? Run it back.
It doesn't make the beat for you. It hands you ideas in MIDI. You still pick the sound, the take and the arrangement.
How it works in FL Studio
- Load LOCKDIN as a VST3 plugin in FL Studio.
- Give it your loop. Drop a
.midonto the Session, or export your pattern as MIDI and drop it in. No loop yet? Start straight from the key and scale. - Pick the part: Chords, Bass, Topline or Countermelody.
- Set the feel with four knobs: Creativity (tight to loose), Density, Swing, Gate.
- Lock in. The take shows up on the piano roll. You can preview it at your project tempo.
- Run it back until one hits. Every take stays in Takes, so nothing gets lost.
- Lock it into the Session. LOCKDIN moves to the next missing part and writes it on top of what you kept.
- Drag into DAW. Pull the clip out of LOCKDIN into your FL project. It's a real
.midfile: notes only, so FL's tempo and your sounds lead. From there, open it in the Piano Roll and edit like any other pattern.
We're still testing the cleanest way to send a live FL pattern into LOCKDIN (Capture). Testers get a step-by-step guide.
Why MIDI, not audio
- Your synths, your notes. Put the MIDI on Sytrus, Serum, Vital, a Kontakt piano, whatever you run. LOCKDIN never picks the sound.
- Every note editable. Move it, re-voice it, add ghost notes, quantize it, slide it. It's your Piano Roll.
- Nothing baked in. No watermark in a bounce. What you make with it is yours to finish.
Four parts that talk to each other
Most tools give you one line. LOCKDIN builds a Session: chords first, then a bass that moves with them and leaves room for your 808s and drums, then a topline, then a countermelody that answers it. Each part is written around what's already locked.
Made for whatever you make
Every kind of beatmaker, any style, any key. The model is LOCKDIN's own, trained on MIDI that musicians picked by hand, on grid. You pick the feel with the controls.
Mac first
- Mac (Apple silicon): the beta runs through our cloud. At launch the Mac version is planned to run offline, on your machine.
- Windows details coming soon.
- Pricing is announced at launch.
Straight answers
Questions.
Does LOCKDIN work in FL Studio?
Yes, as a VST3 plugin. You drag the MIDI it writes into your FL project and edit it in the Piano Roll. In the beta, FL Studio is supported on Mac.
Does it make 808s or drums?
No. It writes melodic MIDI: chords, bass lines, toplines and countermelodies. Your drums and 808s stay yours.
Can I use the MIDI in my beats?
In the beta, yes: the MIDI you generate can go in your own releases, commercial ones included. Full licence terms for the release version come at launch.
Is it free?
The closed beta is free for selected testers. LOCKDIN is a paid product at launch; pricing will be announced then.
Testers wanted
AI is the tool. You're the artist.
LOCKDIN uses AI to sketch MIDI ideas. That's where it stops. It doesn't make the track and it doesn't sign the record. You do. The beta is free and confidential until launch.
Also on LOCKDIN
- AI countermelody generator: a second melody that answers the first
- How LOCKDIN works
- LOCKDIN home