New App, Sessions, A Plugin Host For Live Performance
Open Planet Software has introduced Sessions, a new Audio Unit plugin host designed for musicians that want to perform live with virtual instrument plugins.
Sessions is designed to be a straightforward tool for playing the instruments in your plugin collection. It can be used for simple plugin chains, or complex live band setups, with pre / post-fader sends, auxiliary channels and multiple outputs.
“As much as I love using DAWs to create and produce music, they’re quite complex and not necessarily the best apps for playing live,” notes developer Gordon Murrison. “I wanted something more straightforward, where I could use my plugin collection away from the DAW. The simpler environment, combined with the Always-on recorder, have given my practice sessions a productivity boost and new ideas for sound design flow much quicker.”
Features:
- Plugins
- Support for Audio Unit v2 and v3 plugins
- Independent instrument and effect plugin libraries with search and favourites filter
- Mixer
- Support for multi-channel audio interfaces and multiple MIDI keyboards and controllers
- Unlimited number of Instrument, Audio and Auxiliary Channels
- Instrument channel MIDI filters to support the creation of layers and splits
- 8 sends per channel (switchable pre / post fader)
- Plugin Widgets
- Simple drag-and-drop interface
- Over thirty beautiful widget themes, many inspired by the classic hardware of yesteryear
- Control up to 12 parameters per plugin
- Scenes
- 12 Scenes, each with its own independent Mixer
- Seamless switching between scenes
- Macro Controls
- 16 Macros and 1 Big Knob per Scene
- Each Macro can control multiple parameters, each with its own scale and range
- Always-on recorder
- Continuously record the last 5, 10 or 15 minutes of what you’ve been playing
- Looping payback of recorded region
- Export recorded region as M4A or WAV
- Beat Clock
- Start / Stop, tempo and time signature control
- Internal, Ableton Link and external MIDI clock sync sources
- Metronome with selectable tick sound
- Misc
- Record to file for unlimited recording duration
- MIDI controller support for switching scenes, controlling macros and more
- Light and dark modes
- Native support for Intel and Apple Silicon Macs running macOS 13 and later
Sessions is available now for $29.99.
