MIDISketch 0.9.10.1 Beta
0.9.10.1 makes MIDISketch much better in Logic Pro: the window resizes from its edges and stays on screen when a synth loads, and MIDISketch MIDI FX now comes in the installer. Notes keep fine pitch with Pitch Snap off, and Option/Alt-drag bends any note. 0.9.10.1 is public too: the download page hands out these same files. Same license, same two activations. A sketch saved in 0.9.10.1 may not open in an older build, so work on copies.
0.9.10.1 · 3 OCTPublic from the start, at these links. On 0.9.10.0? Install it over: your license, settings and projects carry over. MIDI FX is inside the main installer now, so there is no separate MIDI FX download. What changed.
Downloads by platform
Windows
Windows 10 or newer, 64-bit.
VST3 · CLAP · AAX · Standalone
v0.9.10.1 · Windows Installer · 32 MB · VST3, CLAP, Standalone · MIDI FX optional
Puts the plugins, the standalone app and MIDISketch Audio Send where your DAW looks.
Standalone appStandalone .zip
MIDI FXIn the installer: choose Custom · what it is
Pro ToolsAAX .zip · how to install
macOS
macOS 10.15 or newer, Intel & Apple Silicon.
AU · VST3 · CLAP · AAX · Standalone
v0.9.10.1 · macOS Installer · 110 MB · Universal (Apple Silicon + Intel) · VST3, AU, CLAP, Standalone, MIDI FX
Puts the plugins, the standalone app and MIDISketch Audio Send where your DAW looks.
Standalone appStandalone .zip
PluginsVST3 + AU + CLAP .zip
MIDI FXIn the installer, ticked for Logic · what it is
Pro ToolsAAX .pkg · how to install
Linux
x86_64.
VST3 · CLAP · Standalone
v0.9.10.1 · Linux Standalone (.tar.gz) · 9.6 MB · x86_64
No installer on Linux. Each archive unpacks where you want it.
PluginsVST3 .tar.gz · CLAP .tar.gz
Please test
Five things, in order. Most of this release is for Logic Pro, so reports from a Mac help most.
- The window in Logic. Resize MIDISketch from the corner, the right or bottom edge, and the grip in the synth panel’s title bar. Load a synth: does the window stay on screen? Does Reset Size fit the synth?
- MIDI FX from the installer. On a Mac, put MIDISketch MIDI FX in a Logic track’s MIDI FX slot (Audio Units › Eliotonic). For Bitwig, tick MIDI FX for other DAWs in the installer (Custom on Windows) and add it from Note FX. Does it play the synth after it?
- Fine pitch. Turn Pitch Snap off and drag a note a little up or down: it should keep the offset and show it on the note (C4 +23¢). Turn Pitch Snap on and drag again: it should land on a whole semitone.
- Bend any note. Option/Alt-drag a plain note. Does it turn into a bend?
- Join. Join two notes and change the settings: the roll previews it live, Apply keeps it and Cancel puts the notes back. Do the settings you saved load next time?
REPORT WHAT YOU FINDYour OS and DAW with versions, the format, your UI scale, then what you did, expected and got. A screenshot or a short recording beats a paragraph. For a crash on Windows, say roughly when.
What’s new in 0.9.10.1
0.9.10.1: everything since 0.9.10.0. Coming from 0.9.9.9 or earlier? 0.9.10.0’s notes are on What’s New.
Highlights
- Much better in Logic Pro: resize from the corner, the right or bottom edge, or the grip in the synth panel's title bar. The window stays on screen when a synth loads, Reset Size fits the synth, and cursors update right away.
- MIDISketch MIDI FX is in the installer: the easiest way to use MIDISketch in Logic with any synth. On Mac "MIDI FX for Logic" is ticked by default (VST3 + CLAP for other DAWs is optional); on Windows it is optional.
- Fine pitch: with Pitch Snap off, notes keep a fine offset, shown on the note (C4 +23¢), and with Scale Lock pitch points move by cents inside the scale. With Pitch Snap on, dragged notes land on whole semitones.
- Bend any note: Option/Alt-drag a note to turn it into a bend.
New
- Join previews live, with Apply / Cancel.
- Save as Chop Rhythm works with several notes selected.
Improved
- Logic MIDI FX: placing a note while playing no longer silences the other notes. If the track isn't playing, the playhead waits and a hint explains why.
- Arrow keys nudge by the grid on screen (Shift = a beat, Cmd/Ctrl = finer); Alt + Up/Down moves selected points 10 cents.
- LFO nudge: Shift-click for 1/64 of a cycle, Cmd/Ctrl-click for 1/4.
- Option + right-click "hear this moment" follows pitch LFOs.
- The bend-limit hint names the key it bends from.
- The header keeps the version, waveform and Space toggle at narrow widths, and the waveform is sharper.
- New users: tips show where to switch between the synth and the piano roll and what the MPE pill does; Quick Start opens once per session and the mixer starts closed.
Fixed
- Link: saving while editing another instance's notes no longer overwrites this instance's own notes. The button now reads "♪ EDIT".
- Join: saved settings load correctly, the Seed button rerolls, and long transitions no longer zig-zag on short notes.
- The SoundFont list's scrollbar scrolls instead of selecting a preset.
- The view button always reads "Piano Roll" on the synth page.
- Stray dark lines on some piano keys.
Known issues
- The ? help overlay is out of date in places: it lists Alt+1 to Alt+4 lane keys that no longer exist, has the wheel the wrong way round (the wheel pans vertically, Shift+wheel horizontally), and calls F Off/Play/Cam when it only switches between Off and Playhead.
- Tune N notes and Tune Points name Ctrl+T, but Ctrl/Cmd+T opens Free Transform by default. T runs Quick Tune.
- The Playlist’s pattern list shows about six patterns and does not scroll.
- Right-Click Follow in Camera Settings has no effect.
- Standalone on a Mac: Ctrl+click on the BPM box doesn’t open its menu. Use a two-finger click.
- With Metronome set to MIDI and the built-in Synth or Sampler, each click can cut a held key preview or voice-monitor note (they share a voice).
- Cutting a note whose LFO is in perpendicular mode on a sloped pitch line keeps the LFO, but the two halves won’t match the original exactly.
- Video: marker edits are not undoable yet, and the FIT button jumps the clip back to its anchor while playing.
- Multi-channel output is still experimental.
Older versions: the release record below has the notes for every published version.
MIDI FX
MIDISketch as a MIDI effect: it sits in front of a track’s instrument and plays it. It only sends MIDI, so the parts that need audio are hidden. From 0.9.10.1 it comes with the main installer, so there is nothing separate to download.
- Logic: the AU, in a track’s MIDI FX slot under Audio Units › Eliotonic. The macOS installer ticks MIDISketch MIDI FX for Logic (Audio Unit) for you.
- Bitwig: the CLAP, under Note FX. It keeps MPE and drives Bitwig synths like Polymer per note. On a Mac, tick MIDISketch MIDI FX for other DAWs (VST3 + CLAP) in the installer; on Windows, choose Custom installation and tick MIDISketch MIDI FX.
- Ableton Live cannot use VST MIDI effects, so use the main plugin there.
macOSInstaller .pkg
WindowsInstaller .exe
MIDISketch Audio Send
An optional audio effect that sends a track into MIDISketch: it is how a vocal or a guitar reaches the pitch tracker. The Windows and macOS installers include it; on Linux, or to install by hand, take it here. Older builds called it MIDISketch FX.
Pro Tools
The AAX is 0.9.10.1 too, signed for Windows and macOS. It is a separate download from the main installer. It works in regular Pro Tools. Both downloads include MIDISketch and MIDISketch Audio Send. Built against Pro Tools 2026.4: on an older version, say which in your report.
- Install. On Windows, unzip, then copy both .aaxplugin folders into
C:\. On a Mac, open the .pkg, which puts both inProgram Files\ Common Files\ Avid\ Audio\ Plug-Ins /. Then restart Pro Tools.Library/ Application Support/ Avid/ Audio/ Plug-Ins - Load it on an Instrument track, draw a note with a bend and play it. Does the bend sound?
- Route the MIDI out. On a second Instrument track with a synth, set the MIDI input to MIDISketch. Does the bend reach the synth, and do two notes bend on their own? We cannot test that part here.
- Try Audio Send. Does it load on an audio track, and does MIDISketch hear that track?
- Save, close Pro Tools and reopen. The session should come back with the sketch in it.
Release record
Every published version, pulled live from the record the plugin uses. The same list has its own page: release notes.
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