Instrument catalogue
The instrument picker opens when you add or edit a clip on the timeline. It holds 24 instruments, a search box, and five tabs — All, Instruments, Creators, Effects, and Import.
Grouped here by how you play them, which matters more in practice than what they are.
Played on a surface
Section titled “Played on a surface”You perform these in real time, and how you move is part of the sound.
| Instrument | How it plays |
|---|---|
| 🪈 Woodwind | A breath-controlled ribbon. Hold Space for air, move for pitch and dynamics. Guide |
| 🥁 Drum Kit | Eight pieces on the keyboard, six kits, and sixteen grooves it can hold for you. Guide |
| 🪘 Hand Percussion | Strike zones on a drum head. Eleven kits, including shaken ones. Guide |
| 🪗 Guiro | Drag across ridges for a rasp, tap two pads for accents. Guide |
| Harp | Plucked strings Guide |
| △ Triangle | A single struck metal note Guide |
| 🔔 Glockenspiel | Tuned metal bars Guide |
| 🎶 Kalimba | Plucked thumb-piano tines Guide |
| 🎻 Cello | Bowed strings Guide |
Written on a staff or grid
Section titled “Written on a staff or grid”You place notes, then play them back.
| Instrument | What it offers |
|---|---|
| 🎷 Saxophone | Staff sequencer, B♭2–E5. Styles: Smooth, Jazz, Bebop, Blues Guide |
| 🎵 Clarinet | Staff sequencer, E3–C6. Styles: Classical, Jazz, Klezmer Guide |
| 🎼 Piano Roll | The general-purpose note editor Guide |
| 🥁 Beat Patterns | Drum patterns on a grid Guide |
| 🎸 Mood Chords | Chord progressions by mood Guide |
Generated or assembled
Section titled “Generated or assembled”These build sound from settings rather than from notes you place.
| Instrument | What it does |
|---|---|
| 🎹 Sound Playground | Experiment with synthesis Guide |
| 🌊 Soundscape Builder | Layered ambient beds Guide |
| 🎬 Scene Composer | Assembles a scene from components Guide |
| ✨ SFX Launcher | Fires off prepared sound effects Guide |
| 🎮 SFX Generator | Generates new sound effects Guide |
| 🎙️ Vocal Synth | Synthesised voice Guide |
Recorded and sampled
Section titled “Recorded and sampled”| Instrument | What it does |
|---|---|
| 🎤 Vocal Booth | Records your voice Guide |
| 🎚️ Sampler | Plays and shapes your own samples Guide |
| 🎛️ Audio Launchpad | Triggers clips from a pad grid Guide |
| 📁 Browse Sounds | The sound library Guide |
Reopen and edit a performance
Section titled “Reopen and edit a performance”All 23 instrument editors have Instrument and Performance views in the modal header. Browse Sounds is the separate import/library entry in the picker. Double-click an instrument clip, choose Performance, and edit its saved actions or source-audio region. Switching views preserves an uncommitted take; closing without saving discards the draft.
Edit recorded performances covers per-instrument editing, expression, append/overdub, saving a copy, and relinking audio.
The woodwind family
Section titled “The woodwind family”Three instruments, two approaches. Woodwind is performed on a ribbon and suits expressive solo lines. Saxophone and Clarinet are written on a staff and suit exact melodies.
The Woodwind instrument replaced the earlier flute with a system built around continuous control — pitch, breath, and slurring all come from how the pointer moves rather than from discrete note events.
Woodwind covers all three.
The percussion family
Section titled “The percussion family”Hand Percussion carries eleven kits: Bongos, Congas, Darbuka, Frame drum, Cajon, Cowbell, Woodblock, Claves, Shaker, Cabasa, and Tambourine. The struck kits respond to where on the head you hit; the shaken ones respond to movement.
Guiro is separate because it is played differently again — dragged rather than struck, with the rasp density set by how fast you move.
Hand Percussion covers both.
Related
Section titled “Related”Editor reference covers the surrounding studio. Work with tracks covers getting an instrument onto the timeline.