Syndicate User Guide

12.1GENERAL

FOLDERS lets you choose directories for RENDERED AUDIO and BACKUPS. The database location is managed by Syndicate and has no folder chooser. Previously relocated databases remain in their existing location; pending relocations are cancelled. The rendered-audio folder is the starting destination for Arrange and Edit exports, and the automatic destination for Perform clip renders. Changing it affects future renders; existing files stay where they are. The backup folder is shared with Library Manager and must be separate from both the Application Support folder and the active database folder. Folder selections are applied by SAVE AND CLOSE.

12.2AUDIO

In the VST3 plugin this page is disabled, because the host owns the audio device.

The status below OUTPUT PAIRS shows the callback buffer duration, the driver-reported output latency, and audio underruns when the driver reports them. Buffer duration is only one part of output latency. Standalone playback accounts for the driver-reported output delay when scheduling Link/Syndicate NET audio. Syndicate also accounts for its internal instrument-alignment delay. Device measurements and listening tests may still reveal residual offsets. Failed device, sample-rate, or buffer changes display an error.

12.3DECKS

CUE BEHAVIOUR identifies the performance decks’ existing cue launch mode as SCHEDULE. Audio and MIDI clip hot cues wait for the selected quantize boundary and launch at the cue start. Schedule is currently the only available choice.

12.4MIXER

OUTPUT ROUTING sits at the bottom of the Mixer page. It draws the channel chain in signal order (TRIM, EQ, FILTER, PRE FX, the pre-fader Cue tap, then VOLUME) as two lanes:

• MASTER always takes the whole chain. VST3 host outputs do too.
• EXT OUTPUTS applies when a channel's output is set to a hardware pair (1/2, 3/4 and so on). Click TRIM, EQ, FILTER or VOLUME on this lane to apply or bypass it. An applied stage shows a lit LED and APPLIED; a bypassed one is outlined and reads BYPASS (EQ, FILTER) or FIXED 0 dB (TRIM, VOLUME). PRE FX always applies.

Defaults: EQ and FILTER applied, TRIM and VOLUME fixed at 0 dB, so level is set on the external mixer. On a channel routed to an external output, every bypassed stage is greyed out on the strip and ignores mouse gestures, MIDI/keyboard mappings and OSC messages until it is applied again: EQ bypassed greys LOW / MID / HIGH, FILTER bypassed greys the filter knobs, and a fixed volume or trim is pinned at 0 dB (with only TRIM still applied, the dimmed volume dial still accepts Cmd-drag for trim). Mute and solo still work. The line under the diagram summarises what external outputs receive. Changes apply when Settings are saved; EQ/filter changes crossfade or ramp within one audio block. Settings from earlier versions carry over: the old PROCESS EQ/FILTER FOR DIRECT OUT switch sets both EQ and FILTER.

FILTER / EQ in Mixer settings applies across the mixer, Perform Loop, arrangement editor/player and offline rendering:

• LP/HP RES: bipolar cutoff plus resonance, as before.
• ONE KNOB: FILTER sweeps the cutoff and WIDTH adjusts the gap between the LP and HP cutoffs. Width defaults to 1 when starting or switching into ONE KNOB mode; 1 restores the original full-width response and 0 is narrowest. Resonance starts at 0.3 and increases toward 0.85 near the center of the sweep as Width narrows. Double-click WIDTH to restore full width. Width uses the second filter control (the same saved parameter slot used for resonance in LP/HP RES mode). Leaving ONE KNOB resets that shared control to 0 for resonance; explicitly saved values are restored when loading a project.
• LP/HP: independent LP and HP knobs, with zero resonance. Both knobs are neutral fully left; turn clockwise to increase filtering. Double-click restores each neutral position. Their values are saved separately. Switching into LP/HP mode resets both knobs to bypass.
• LOW / MID (Hz) defaults to 250 Hz and MID / HI (Hz) to 2500 Hz. LOW covers below the first crossover, MID the range between them, and HI above the second. The upper crossover must be higher than the lower. Frequency changes are smoothed during playback.

The updated Cytomic cutoff ranges are 100 Hz–16 kHz for LP and 50 Hz–8 kHz for HP (scaled down at sample rates below 44.1 kHz). Filter labels light up when their controls are away from neutral. Click a lit label to reset its control; in the arrangement editor this also disables automation for that control so the reset holds.

The DEFAULTS button below the EQ split fields restores 250 Hz and 2500 Hz; save when you close Settings to apply. Filter changes use Cytomic’s coefficient interpolation across each audio processing block. Separate LP/HP controls use the same Filter1 / Filter2 MIDI targets and OSC addresses as the other filter modes. In LP/HP mode, Filter1 controls low-pass and Filter2 controls high-pass, each normalized 0–1 (section 14.9).

FADER CURVE: LINEAR (dB), CONSTANT POWER, DIPPED, FAST CUT. Click a channel’s FILTER / EQ title to switch its knob view.

12.5MIDI

• INPUTS: turn on the controllers you want to map (section 13). Only enabled inputs can be learned or used.
• OUTPUTS: enable the devices that clips and attached MIDI can play to. Mappings never send to them.
• DEVICES: REFRESH rescans, and the line beside it shows how many inputs and outputs were found.
• DECK ROUTING: the default MIDI OUT device and CH for each of Decks 1–4.

12.6OSC

OSC INPUT ENABLED, the LISTEN PORT (default 9090), STATUS, and the five SENDERS for the OSC lanes in tracks, clips and arrangements. See section 14.1.

12.7OSC FEEDBACK

The DEST IP and PORT for state feedback (default 9096), RESEND STATE, and the SUBSCRIPTIONS that choose which header, deck and mixer values are sent. See section 14.10.

12.8DATABASE

• LIBRARY → DATABASE FILE: reveals the database.
• IMPORT → REKORDBOX: XML import (section 2.4).
• LEXICON → LIBRARY / CUES & GRIDS: imports from the running Lexicon and chooses whether Lexicon or Syndicate keeps cues and grids for tracks already in the library (section 2.4).
• RESET → CLEAR DATABASE / FULL RESET: maintenance (section 3.6).
• USB → INITIALIZE: on macOS, erases an external physical disk as exFAT and creates a USB library. See section 5.5 before using it.
• Library checks and repairs have moved to the Library Manager.

12.9VST

• ENABLE VST / VSTi SUPPORT is the global switch at the top, on by default. It applies and saves immediately, briefly restarting audio. Turning it off saves patches, unloads all hosted instruments and their helper processes, prevents plugin loading and scanning, and bypasses all VST-related audio and MIDI alignment delays, including the fixed instrument buffer used when no instrument is loaded. Turning it back on restores the suspended instruments from their saved patches. If a patch cannot be saved, the switch stays on and reports the error. While support is off, only the switch is shown; the scanner and plugin information return when support is enabled.
• Device output-latency compensation, Link timing correction, user MIDI timing offsets, and mixer EQ/filter remain active. Cancel a running scan before switching support off.
• VST3 LOCATIONS shows the folders that are scanned: folders listed in the VST3_PATH environment variable, your user VST3 folder (~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3 on macOS, %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Common\VST3 on Windows), the system VST3 folder, and any folders you add. FOLDERS lists them and has Add Folder…; click one of your own folders in that menu to remove it.
• SCAN VST3 scans new and changed plugin files, up to four at a time, each in a separate helper process. Unchanged files reuse their saved results, so rescans are quick. CANCEL SCAN stops at once and keeps the previous results.
• A plugin that takes longer than 10 seconds is often waiting for a licence or activation window. Finish that window, or press SKIP to move on. A plugin is skipped automatically after 90 seconds.
• ISSUES lists plugins that could not be scanned with the reason (crashed, timed out, skipped, wrong processor type, no plugins found). Click one to retry it, or choose Retry All Skipped, Rescan Everything or Show Scan Log. Skipped plugins are not retried on later scans until the file changes or you retry them.
• Right-click a plugin in either list to choose Use as Instrument, Use as Effect or Automatic, for plugins that describe themselves incorrectly.
• The INSTRUMENTS and FX lists have checkmarks. Unchecked plugins are hidden from choices and new instances, while existing playback carries on. Checkmarks persist across rescans.

13.1Before you start

1. Connect the controller and open Settings → MIDI (section 12.5). Under INPUTS, turn the controller on. Use REFRESH if it isn't listed. The change applies when you close Settings and choose to save.
2. Only enabled inputs can be learned or used. Syndicate rereads the list about once a second, so a controller you enable while the Mapping page is open turns from red to green without a restart.
3. Mappings never send anything back to the controller. There is no LED or motor-fader feedback over MIDI. If a surface needs to show Syndicate's state, use OSC feedback (section 14.10).

13.2Quick learn (MAP)

Quick learn assigns a control without leaving Perform.

1. Press the learn key at the right end of the header (the MIDI plug icon). It turns blue. It's available in Perform, Perform Loop and Arrange; in Arrange, only header, Browser and insert-window controls can be learned.
2. Every mappable control gets a blue tint and a pointing-hand cursor. Mapped inputs don't fire while learn is on.
3. Click a control. A dialog titled MIDI / KEYBOARD LEARN – waits for input.
4. Move a knob or fader, press a pad or note, or press a key. The dialog closes as soon as Syndicate hears it.
5. Click the next control, or press the learn key again to finish.

Quick learn adds an input. It never removes the control's existing inputs, and it lets an input you already use drive this control too. The only thing it refuses is the exact pairing that already exists ("That input already controls …"). Press Escape or CANCEL to stop without learning.

A few controls can only be learned this way, such as a mixer channel's FX key and the BYPASS ALL key in the insert window.

Outside learn mode, a mapped key on screen is drawn pressed while its input is held (or flashes briefly for a single press), so you can see what your controller is doing.

13.3The Mapping page

Choose MAPPING from the Mode menu to manage every assignment. The header stays at the top, and the page fills the rest of the window. While it's open Syndicate only listens: inputs are shown and logged, but no control fires.

The page has three columns.

PROFILE and APPLICATION CONTROLS (left)

ASSIGNMENTS (middle)

Every assignment in every area, in the order you made them. Each row shows the control, then the input: device, channel and message (for example CH 1 · NOTE 11), KEYBOARD Q, or NOT LEARNED.

An amber ×N badge means this input drives N controls. CLEAR ALL MAPPINGS removes every assignment straight away, without asking, so save your profile first.

LEARN & CONFIGURE (right)

13.4Making a mapping

1. Choose an AREA and, if it has one, the deck, channel or lane.
2. Select the control in the list. Use FILTER or SEARCH to find it.
3. Press ADD ASSIGNMENT, then LEARN.
4. Move the hardware control or press the key.
5. Adjust INVERT, MINIMUM / MAXIMUM or TOGGLE ON EACH PRESS if you need to, and check the RESPONSE chart.
6. Save the profile.
7. Switch back to Perform or Edit to play with it.

To move to a different controller, select each assignment and press LEARN on the new device. A mapping belongs to one device and one MIDI channel.

13.5Control types

Every control has a fixed type, which decides how inputs drive it. The type isn't something you choose; the options in BEHAVIOUR adapt to it.

For every type except Value and Selection, any MIDI value above 0 counts as pressed and 0 as released, whether it comes from a note, a CC or the pitch wheel.

Step and Bend are what you need for jog-style or encoder buttons. For example, map the controller's "beat back" pad to BEAT SKIP with INVERT on, and its "beat forward" pad to the same control without it. The control then shows 2 INPUTS.

13.6Areas and controls

FILTER1 and FILTER2 follow whatever the channel's filter is set to (section 7.1), so a mapping keeps working when you change filter type. The sampler's controls include every lane (SAMPLER LANE 1–8 / …) as well as the selected lane.

13.7Profiles

Your assignments are saved automatically with the app and come back at the next launch, together with the profile name and whether it has unsaved changes. To keep a set for a particular controller or gig, save it as an .sdcmap profile.

A profile can hold up to 512 assignments and 1 MB. If a file can't be read, you see an error and the assignments you had stay loaded.

Profiles from older versions still open:

• OSC assignments are skipped, because OSC now uses the fixed API.
• Assignments made with the former DDJ-FLX4 preset load as ordinary MIDI assignments.
• Retired mixer filter targets (cutoff, resonance, low pass and high pass as separate controls) are skipped. Map FILTER1 and FILTER2 instead.

13.8Keyboard mappings

• Learn a key the same way as a MIDI control. Shift, Control, Option and Command combinations count as separate keys, so Q and Shift+Q can do different things.
• Mapped keys work in Perform and Perform Loop, while the main window is in front.
• They don't fire while you're typing in a text field, while a dialog is open, or while quick learn is on.
• A mapped key takes priority over the app's own shortcut for that key in Perform.
• Autorepeat is ignored. If the window loses focus while you hold a key, the control is released, and you need to press the key again.
• Escape can't be mapped. It always cancels learning.

13.9What's supported

If MIDI arrives faster than Syndicate can handle it, every held control is released and the status line reports that messages were dropped. Your mappings stay on.

14.1Setting up

Open Settings → OSC.

Changes apply when you close Settings and choose to save them. Send your messages over UDP to the listen port on the Syndicate computer's IP address. Where to send state back is set separately, in Settings → OSC FEEDBACK (section 14.10).

14.2The OSC API window

The OSC API window lists every address Syndicate accepts, explains each one, and shows the messages arriving, which makes it the quickest way to set up and test a surface. Open it from the Mapping page: Mode → MAPPING, then OSC API in the PROFILE column.

14.3Message rules

• Addresses start with the address root, /Syndicate/ by default.
• A custom address root replaces /Syndicate/ for incoming controls and outgoing API feedback. Update controller addresses and feedback subscriptions when you change it; do not rely on an older product root as an implicit alias. Outgoing authored envelope/message addresses are set separately in their lanes.
• Matching ignores case, so /syndicate/deck/1/playpause works. Wildcards (*, ?, […]) aren't supported; send each address in full. Addresses must be shorter than 128 bytes.
• Most messages carry one argument, an int32 or a float32. A message with no argument, a single string, or a non-finite number is ignored, and so is a message with extra arguments for a one-argument address.
• Three addresses take several arguments: Deck/{n}/HotCue, Deck/{n}/SetCueLoop and Deck/{n}/Sampler/LaneSet.
• Bundles are accepted. Their messages are applied in order as soon as the bundle arrives; time tags are ignored.
• A route does nothing if its control isn't available. For example, a track-deck route is ignored while that deck holds a sampler, and Header/BPM is ignored while the header doesn't own the clock.

The kind of each address is shown in the OSC API window and in the tables below.

Examples:

/Syndicate/Header/BPM              float 126.0
/Syndicate/Header/Quantize         int 4            (1/4)
/Syndicate/Deck/1/PlayPause        int 1
/Syndicate/Deck/2/BeatSkip         int -8           (back 8 beats)
/Syndicate/Deck/1/HotCue           int 3, int 1 … int 3, int 0   (hold cue 3)
/Syndicate/Deck/1/PhaseBend        int 1 … int 0
/Syndicate/Mixer/CH3/Volume        float 0.75

14.4Header

Addresses: /Syndicate/Header/…

14.5Browser

Addresses: /Syndicate/Browser/…

Longer aliases also work: Navigation/Up … Navigation/Back, LoadDeck1 … LoadDeck4, and Load/Deck1 … Load/Deck4.

14.6Track and arrangement decks

Addresses: /Syndicate/Deck/{1-4}/…

Transport and clock

Loops and skipping

Pitch, phase and waveform

AutomationDeck OSC routes

For Deck N (1–4), send integer 1 to /Syndicate/Deck/N/Automation/Restart, /Syndicate/Deck/N/Automation/Previous or /Syndicate/Deck/N/Automation/Next. Restart launches from the beginning at the deck quantize boundary; Previous and Next step through shapes while preserving running phase. See section 6.12. These controls also appear in the MIDI/keyboard target catalogue under Deck N / AutomationDeck. OSC uses fixed API addresses; it is not learned into a mapping profile.

14.7MIDI clip decks

Addresses: /Syndicate/Deck/{1-4}/Clip/…

14.8Sampler decks

Addresses: /Syndicate/Deck/{1-4}/Sampler/…

14.9Mixer and Arrange editor

Mixer — /Syndicate/Mixer/CH{1-4}/…

MIDI mappings and OSC feedback use the same Filter1/Filter2 pair across filter types, including Loop Perform. Subscribe to the enabled flags to update controller availability when the filter type changes. The former parameter-specific filter mapping targets and OSC addresses are no longer supported; use Filter1 and Filter2.

The former native FX routes (/Syndicate/Mixer/CH{n}/Reverb/… and so on) are still accepted but do nothing; use FX and FX/Macro/{1-8} for VST3 inserts.

Arrange editor — /Syndicate/Arrangement/…

These control the arrangement open in Arrange mode, not an arrangement deck.

14.10Feedback: what Syndicate sends back

Syndicate can send its state to a control surface, lighting desk or visuals app, so faders, buttons and displays stay in step with what's happening.

1. Open Settings → OSC FEEDBACK and enter the DEST IP (an IPv4 address) and PORT (default 9096).
2. Under SUBSCRIPTIONS, tick the values you want. Each item covers all four decks or mixer channels; a folder shows how many items inside it are ticked. TOGGLE ALL / TOGGLE NONE select everything or nothing, and CLEAR is the same as TOGGLE NONE.
3. Ticking and unticking takes effect immediately. The destination applies when you close Settings and save.

There's no update rate to set. A value is sent as soon as it changes, and only when it changes. Time is the exception: it's sent at most once a second. Beat messages (Header/Clock and both Transport messages) are sent on every beat, in order, and cue events are sent the moment they happen, so you can drive lighting or visuals from them.

Press RESEND STATE, or send /Syndicate/Feedback/Resend with any non-zero value, to receive every subscribed value again, which is useful when a surface reconnects. Changing the settings or the address root also resends everything. A value that doesn't apply (for example a sampler value while the deck holds a track, or anything for an empty deck) isn't sent, and is sent again once it applies.

Feedback addresses use the current address root. {n} is deck or channel 1–4.

Header and palette

Every deck (Deck/{n}/…)

Cues (Deck/{n}/…)

Track decks (Deck/{n}/…)

MIDI clip, arrangement and sampler decks

Mixer (Mixer/CH{n}/…)

Integers are sent as i, decimals as f and text as s. Messages with several values are sent as one message with several arguments.

14.11Outgoing OSC from tracks, clips and arrangements

OSC lanes you author in Edit (section 8.5) and Arrange (section 10) are sent to the five SENDERS in Settings → OSC, separately from feedback. Each lane chooses which senders it goes to. Envelope lanes send a float (or an integer, if the lane is set to send integers) scaled between the lane's minimum and maximum, and only when the value changes; message lanes send their text. These messages go out in Perform, and while you play in the Edit and Arrange editors.

15.1Keyboard shortcuts

15.2Mouse modifiers

On Windows and Linux, Command gestures use Ctrl.

16.1Plugin troubleshooting

Do not rescan or replace plugins during a set merely to investigate a warning. Keep a rendered audio alternative when a critical sound depends on a particular instrument or licence.

16.2Recover from missing devices or silent routing

1. Find the silent stage. Check whether the deck is loaded and playing, whether it produces audio at all, and whether its mixer meter moves. AutomationDeck sends OSC and has no audio signal.
2. Follow the destination. Check channel output (MASTER, a hardware pair, or NONE), mute/solo, fader and any insert bypass/error state. Direct hardware outputs do not pass through Master level.
3. Check the device. Reconnect the intended interface and select it in standalone Audio settings. Enable the required stereo pairs and recheck Master/Cue assignments; a replacement interface may expose different pairs. In VST3, check the DAW's plugin buses and hardware routing instead.
4. Check the control path. Reconnect MIDI ports, select the mapping profile, and confirm OSC destination addresses/ports. A disconnected controller is separate from a missing audio file.
5. Check media. Reconnect offline drives before using Library Manager relink tools. For network-library content, confirm the sharing host is reachable or use a prepared local copy.
6. Resume deliberately. Start at a known cue and check clock ownership, sync and quantize. A State can restore content and channel settings, but does not select a replacement audio interface or reconnect external equipment.

For an urgent performance recovery, use your prepared local media/render or spare device, then investigate the underlying fault after the set.

Reporting a problem

Include:

• your OS and version
• the Syndicate version (shown in the About window, opened from the SYNDICATE logo in the header)
• the exact error text
• the steps that reproduce it
• a Library Manager report (EXPORT REPORT), if the problem involves the library

Join the Syndicate Discord

The Syndicate Discord is worth joining. Ask questions, share what you're building, compare setups and connect with other Syndicate users. It's also a good place to check whether someone else has already run into the same problem, and to post a report.

Version 0.2.0-RC2

OCT 22, 2026

• Add AutomationDeck for clock-synced OSC clip playback, with shape/grid display, loop and slip-loop controls, early/late, editable OSC address, A–E send targets and a quantized restart icon. Make restart and previous/next shape navigation MIDI/OSC mappable; preserve playback and beat phase when replacing shapes.
• Add OSC clips and .oscClip sidecars, separate MIDI Clips and OSC Clips folders, Basic Shapes and Creative Shapes presets, and a Custom Shapes folder. Show clip types and envelope previews in the browser; default new custom clips to four bars and built-in shapes to one bar.
• Arrange OSC clips in track OSC editors, Arrange OSC lanes and parameter-automation lanes with ghost previews, quantized drops, moving, splitting, looping and Command-drag stretching. Keep manual automation connected at region boundaries and preserve embedded OSC messages.
• Add independent Bezier handles and compact curved shape presets. Fix repeated-ramp loop boundaries, keep automation inside its canvas, show live values and a vertical output meter, add palette lane colors, and sanitize OSC addresses. Locked clips and tracks prevent editing.
• Make track MIDI editing clip-based, with ghost/snapped drops, move/split/loop commands, cue-color regions and Command-Up/Down transposition. Preserve embedded clip data independently of library deletion and remove the old Import MIDI controls.
• Add a saved VSTi/MIDI audition destination for track MIDI editing, including patch/editor state, separate track and preview volume controls, and latency alignment. Keep preview plugin editors free of mapping controls.
• Default MIDI/OSC editor waveforms to 50% opacity and Colorize off, with matching overview dimming. Prevent browser resizing from squeezing editors below their minimum height.
• Cache browser lists and previews until their data changes; restore each browser mode's selection and scroll position. Avoid repeated clip-sidecar scans during mode switches and single-clip lookups.
• Add artwork replacement by image drop or right-click file selection in track Edit, plus a grey Syndicate placeholder in the editor, track list and artwork previews.
• Refresh default browser columns and widths, fix color/lock column widths, and hide internal track/data IDs and clip IDs. Default master volume to 50%, use the highlight for master/filter/EQ/trim rings, keep the metronome's black rim, and disable mixer CUE buttons when cue output is unavailable.
• Add persistent Engine Mode: a compact 400 × 200 logo window that keeps playback and MIDI/OSC control active while reducing UI drawing and animation.
• Label quantized cue launches as Schedule, add a master-clipping warning, and correct the installer artwork presentation. Keep hosted VST3 network controls independent of the standalone network session.

Version 0.2.0-RC1

OCT 21, 2026

• Save MIDI clip edits automatically when leaving the editor or quitting; replace the Save button with PREV/NEXT clip navigation and comma/period shortcuts.
• Start playback when recalling a cue in stopped audio and MIDI editors; include the first VSTi note when cue and note timestamps differ by less than one audio sample.
• Add full-width Rendered Audio and Backups folder options below the General settings cue palette. Use the render folder for export dialogs and automatic Perform clip renders; keep database relocation unavailable and cancel queued moves.
• Match Library Manager text fields to track-editor metadata fields and use the highlight colour for RELINK ALL FOUND.
• Make the USB-erasing button red and label it INITIALIZE without an ellipsis.
• Preserve previously relocated libraries and their VST patches, FX presets and render files; support backups and restores from their active location while keeping activation untouched.
• Support release-candidate version labels with increasing build numbers and correct RC/final update ordering.

Version 0.1.911

OCT 21, 2026

• Include VST instrument tracks in the standalone app’s Arrange stereo and multitrack renders, with saved patches, macro automation and compensated plugin latency; settle startup latency before rendering.
• Add RENDER CLIP / RENDER CLIPS in standalone Edit for single or batch MIDI-to-audio export, with WAV or AIFF, clip-based filenames, optional cue sidecars and library import.
• Add the Perform clip player's R button for background VSTi rendering using the saved patch and current controls, inline progress, automatic cue/library import and a crossfade to the rendered track without stopping other decks. Keep the MIDI deck when its source or sound settings change during rendering.
• Organize imported renders under Renders → Arrangements and Renders → Clips, preserving tracks from the earlier Renders playlist.
• Open Arrange lane menus at the mouse pointer; add duplication into a chosen track and Clear Lane to reset its audio, automation, instrument and routing, with undo support.
• Match progress bars to the highlight colour and keep the arrangement render button labelled RENDER after completion.

Version 0.1.910

OCT 21, 2026 · MACOS · BETA

• Refresh the application icon and header, splash and About logos with the supplied Syndicate branding; make the header logo more compact.

• Default the interface highlight to COLOR 1. Match Play, deck Eject and the active USB switch/text to the highlight colour while keeping the USB drive eject icon grey.

• Simplify the mode selector to centred text in a fixed-width sunken tray, with centred choices opening together below it.

• Add the per-arrangement LIMIT toggle beside Render: stereo-linked limiting at.

• Replace lane expand/collapse signs with triangles, keep the FILTER heading unchanged across filter types, show clip titles in minimized lanes and simplify automation labels.

• Separate stacked notes in the clip player's main preview. Make pitch down/reset/up, SWING and LENGTH learnable; remove MIDI clip half/double-speed controls and multipliers.

• Save and recall sampler decks in performance States, including unsaved samples, patterns, lane parameters and deck controls; restore them stopped without overwriting library presets.

• Use the arrangement editor's save icon on sampler decks.

Version 0.1.909

OCT 20, 2026

• Enable browser library editing in Edit, Perform and Perform Loop without a separate setting; remove ALLOW EDITING IN PERFORM MODE from Settings.
• Use TOXIC as the factory cue-colour palette and the fallback palette in Settings.
• Refresh installer artwork with the Syndicate capsule logo, Stage/Paper colours, Signal Green accents and JetBrains Mono labels.

Version 0.1.908

OCT 19, 2026

• Move multiple selected playlists and folders together in display order, into folders or back to the root. Keep moved rows selected, preserve folder contents, and reject invalid moves without partially changing the library.
• Crossfade between direct playback and Elastique when toggling pitch lock, keeping each renderer at its own read position to reduce clicks and avoid jumping to the read-ahead position. Preserve the running pitch pipeline when toggles cancel within one audio block.

Version 0.1.907

OCT 19, 2026

• Add a macOS eject control beside the USB library source. Return browsing and sharing to LOCAL before ejecting, retry while readers close, and report drives that remain busy.
• Show NETWORK: USB or NETWORK: LOCAL LIBRARY for shared libraries, and follow a selected host automatically when it switches library sources.
• Show progressive 3-band detail as local, USB and network audio pages arrive, keeping the preview in areas still loading and replacing partial detail with the complete waveform when ready.
• Queue up to three network audio-page requests to overlap decoding and transfer, and speed up full waveform generation while preserving its peak and band output.
• Remove the build-906 AutoPilot migration and older database, settings, sidecar, mapping, sampler, EQ, automation and VST3-preset compatibility paths. Use current formats and corrected MP3 timing; unsupported older data requires a fresh library. Full Reset affects only Syndicate data and preserves activation and device identity. Existing licensing compatibility is retained.
• Accept only the current Syndicate NET ownership packet format and remove the implicit /AutoPilot/ OSC alias.
• Update application, plugin and installer branding to UNTITLED AUDIO SOFTWARE, with refreshed installer artwork and UNTITLED AUDIO SOFTWARE LTD. company and legal attribution.

Version 0.1.906

OCT 19, 2026

• Add SEND TO USB for playlists, with a self-contained Syndicate drive library, copied audio and analysis, a verified read-only catalogue, USB source selection and library sharing over Syndicate NET. Add confirmed exFAT drive initialization from Settings. Load tracks directly from the drive without importing them into the local library.
• Load USB browser waveform thumbnails, cue colours and artwork from the drive's APD analysis before a deck is loaded; monitor drive removal and return to an available library source.
• Complete the Syndicate rename across application and plugin binaries, bundle IDs, installer names and support-folder paths. Keep the existing website licensing product and service compatibility.
• For Public Beta build 906 only, validate an existing AutoPilot license read-only so users can reach Settings; Full Reset migrates only the AutoPilot activation and required device identity into Syndicate. Verify the license before resetting, preserve those files, then remove the old AutoPilot support folder after a successful reset. Library, database, sidecar and settings data are not migrated; conflicts or invalid licenses cancel the migration.
• Add Command-M and General > SHOW CLOCK STATUS for the header clock panel, and prevent duplicate Settings panels.
• Replace arrangement filter-type dropdowns with Command-click cycling on each track's FILTER title, with the selected type shown in the title.
• Restrict deck and performance-state loading to Perform modes, including drag/drop, mapped and remote loads.

Version 0.1.905

OCT 19, 2026 · MACOS · WINDOWS · BETA

• Add Lexicon Local API library import for local tracks, metadata, cues, loops, beatgrids, playlists and Custom Tags, with a choice of cue/grid ownership for existing tracks.

• Redesign the Tag Editor with searchable tag tiles, an inspector, usage counts, selection tagging, keyboard shortcuts, group management and tag merging. Add grouped Tag Shelf chips with ALL/ANY matching, exclusions, counts and an active-filter summary.

• Add M3U/M3U8 playlist import with ordered absolute, relative and file-URL entries, library matching and missing-file placeholders; add extended M3U playlist export with metadata and missing-file reporting.

• Make the Browser read-only outside Edit by default, with an ALLOW EDITING IN PERFORM MODE setting. Keep import, export, browsing, preview, deck loading and States available; retain arrangement management in Arrange.

• Ask before quitting while decks play or the arrangement or clip editor has unsaved changes, even when warnings are suppressed. Offer YES to save, NO to discard, and CANCEL when leaving an unsaved arrangement.

• Align sampler step lights and sample progress with audible playback, accounting for plugin and device output latency, and move late quantized starts and speed changes to a reachable grid boundary.

• Reduce OSC stalls for unreachable targets by sending outside the configuration lock, trimming addresses, backing off failed targets and discarding queued output on shutdown or reconfiguration. Retain timed-out worker ownership to prevent socket reuse and destruction races.

• Add a dedicated mode dropdown beside the header logo.

Version 0.1.904

OCT 17, 2026 · MACOS · WINDOWS · BETA

• Open Settings inside the main window over a dimmed backdrop, scaled up to 15% larger for readability. Keep SAVE AND CLOSE and CANCEL, prompt to save from the corner close key or Escape, and move the fader-curve preview below its choice.

• Confirm before ejecting or replacing a playing deck, leaving Perform while a deck plays, or leaving Arrange with unsaved changes. Offer SAVE AND EXIT for arrangements; General > SUPPRESS WARNING DIALOGS skips these confirmations.

• Open track import options and progress inside the main window over a dimmed backdrop.

• Add a Mixer OUTPUT ROUTING diagram with separate TRIM, EQ, FILTER and VOLUME controls for hardware outputs. Bypassed trim and volume use unity gain; bypassed EQ and filter use neutral controls. Dim bypassed channel controls and ignore their gestures and mappings, preserve the previous EQ/filter preference, and keep full processing for Master and VST3 host outputs.

• Automatically fit the arrangement render range from timeline start to the last clip when the clip extent or clip/track count changes. Preserve saved ranges on load and manual edits until those content changes, with undo/redo restoring the range.