Augmatic GRE Changelog

Version 2.0

November 11, 2026 — platforms: VST3, CLAP and Standalone for Windows and Mac; AU for Mac; AUv3 and Standalone for iPad and iPhone

Plugin Platform & Distribution Changes

• CLAP Support - Additional plugin format for Windows & Mac, alongside Standalone & VST3, AU for Mac and AUv3 for iPad & iPhone.
• Single Desktop Purchase - One purchase includes the Windows and Mac packages, with Standalone, VST3 and CLAP, plus AU on Mac.
• Apple App Store Distribution - Version 2.0 of the macOS Audio Unit (AU) plugin and Standalone App is not distributed through the Apple App Store. The HARMONIC Tab functionality in the macOS version relies on UDP communication, which is incompatible with App Store sandboxing requirements. The App Store will continue to be used for distribution of the iPad/iPhone AUv3 plugin and App, which support the new functionality natively.
• Free Upgrade for Mac users - Users who purchased the Mac version through the Apple App Store before the release of Augmatic GRE 2.0 are eligible for a free upgrade to the full desktop package. See this page for upgrade instructions.

New Features

• Standalone app for Windows
• Standalone MIDI ports - Six GRE 1..6 virtual outputs, a DRUMS output always carries the whole kit on MIDI channel 10, and a GRE Input virtual input. Other apps see them by name. Mac, Windows, iPad & iPhone.
• 70+ new Presets with simpler patterns and demonstration of new RESET HARMONIC features.

New Features on PATTERN Tab

• CHAOS - Two modes: GRE mode from previous versions, and HARDWARE mode, which faithfully reproduces the behavior of the Mutable Instruments Grids Eurorack module. Mode can be changed in SETTINGS.
• STEPS, PULSES, START ON and CLOCK - Values can be quickly selected from a PARAMETER OVERLAY, which replaces scrolling menus.
• MIRROR - Press-and-hold any value in Parameter Overlay for ~1.5 s to copy it to all six channels at once.
• RESET - Restarts odd-length Euclidean patterns after a specified number of bars. See [Factory] Euclidean Reset Presets.
• SWING - Can be changed to 32NT, 32N, 16NT, 16N, 8NT and 8N in SETTINGS.
• CLOCK - Symmetrical divisions and multiplications.

New Features on LINEAR Tab

• "Solo Pre" - Removed. It didn't have much musical use.
• BYPASS - Skips the Linear Drumming matrix entirely.
• LINEAR GRID - More values in SETTINGS.

New Features on VELOCITY Tab

• BYPASS - Replaces "Bender" On/Off.
• VELOCITY BENDER - Animation of playback position.

New Features on KIT Tab

• KIT Tab - Replaces "Note Tab".
• 4 KITS - Independent MIDI mappings which can be switched any time to play different drum sounds.
• COPY KIT - Press-and-hold Kit 1..4 button (~1.5 s) to copy Note, Channel Name, Note Length or Output to another Kit.
• DRUM PADS - For finger-drumming or auditioning, with Min/Max Velocity, Velocity Mode, HARMONIC Tab routing, Note Name display and BEAT MONITOR.
• NOTE - Overlay with Note selection on a keyboard, Octave grid, Channel Name, Audition On/Off and Note Name/Number display option. Note Off silences the drum output.
• LENGTH - Note duration per Channel and KIT. For drum synths and samples which support sustained playback and aren't strictly one-shot. Includes Triplets and Dotted notes.
• AUX OUT - Optional auxiliary per-Channel routing with selectable hardware/software (Standalone) or DAW (AUv3) MIDI PORT, dedicated GRE virtual MIDI PORTS (Standalone), RCV receiver plugin (VST3, CLAP, AU), and MIDI CHANNEL choice per output Port.

New: HARMONIC Tab

• HARMONIC Tab - Transforms drum pulses into melodies, arpeggios, strums and bass lines, using chords received from MIDI Input or DAW. Check out [Factory] Harmonic Presets and Demo DAW projects on Download page to get started.
• SHAPES - 50 harmonic motifs including Chord, Strum with variable time, Classic & Generative Arpeggios and 3-Note Walks.
• ADVANCE - Locks the pitch for selected duration of time.
• HARMONIC DRUMMING - Selects which Notes from MIDI Input are used by SHAPE on each Channel. HARMONIC DRUMMING processes up to 6 Notes and orders them from the lowest Note on the left to the highest on the right.
• HOLD button - Keeps notes active in HARMONIC DRUMMING after release of the keys / end of MIDI Input.
• OCTAVE - Transposes the output by a specified number of octaves and can repeat the pattern across multiple octaves.
• Note LENGTH per Channel, including Triplets and Dotted notes.
• Per-Channel OUTPUT routing with selectable hardware/software (Standalone) or DAW (AUv3) MIDI PORT, dedicated GRE virtual MIDI PORTS (Standalone), RCV receiver plugin (VST3, CLAP, AU), and MIDI CHANNEL selection per output Port.
• HUB & RCV plugins - lightweight companion plugins that enable routing of drum and harmonic notes to different DAW tracks and instruments on Mac and Windows.

New Features in SETTINGS

• THEMES - Personalize GRE with a wide range of interface colors, making it easier to tell multiple GRE instances apart.
• Spheres animation on XY MAP!
• PARAMETER OVERLAY - OVERLAY CLOSE option closes the overlay as soon as you pick a value.
• DUAL PANEL - Expand the interface to display two tabs and MASTER SLIDERS simultaneously, for quick access to frequently used parameters.
• MIDI IN - Selects the source whose held notes go to the HARMONIC Tab; its PORT and CHANNEL rows appear in the Standalone app.
• SWING GRID - see above.
• CHAOS MODE - see above.
• UDP TEST - Checks if ports required for User Datagram Protocol (UDP) over localhost are available. Desktop plugin only.
• New version notification - Requires internet connection. No personal information is collected; see Privacy Policy for details. Desktop plugin only.

Improvements and Bug Fixes

• Hanging notes - Notes no longer hang after a stop, a start or a preset change with SHIFT or HUMANIZE active, on repeated hits with a long DRUM LENGTH, or when the demo time runs out.
• Changed CHANNEL NAMES - Are saved in the project and comes back when you reopen it.
• BEAT MONITOR - Higher accuracy.
• iOS Files App Access - If you selected a wrong folder, open SETTINGS and tap FIX IOS STORAGE PATH.
• Automation & parameter list - Values are saved as readable labels in PRESETS and KITS.
• GUI size - The desktop window enlarges up to ~3840 px wide.
• Real-time safety - Removed allocations and locking from audio-thread processing. Standalone MIDI delivery now runs off the audio thread. No behavioral, timing, or note-output changes.
• Repeated notes - With SHIFT or HUMANIZE active, a repeated drum note always stops before it starts again.
• Licence (VST3) - The plug-in no longer deletes your licence when it cannot reach the licence server.
• PRESETS (Windows) - Presets and settings are now saved in Documents\Augmatic Audio\Augmatic GRE, not at the root of the C: drive, what could happen accidentaly. The first start copies your files over.
• Priority muting - A lower-priority drum is now muted for the whole LINEAR GRID time after each higher-priority hit, also when SHIFT, SWING, HUMANIZE or CLOCK moves it.
• LINEAR DRUMMING - Priorities stay in effect after a buffer size, sample rate or audio device change.
• Count-in - After a count-in or pre-roll, the first hit of bar 1 plays exactly on bar 1, and a fast CLOCK no longer plays the first steps twice.
• Audio settings (Standalone) - A pattern plays through a buffer size, sample rate or audio interface change without a stutter, and the notes that sound at that moment end cleanly.
• Shared drum note (Standalone) - When two rows play the same NOTE, each hit restarts the note, instead of one note that rings past its length.
• VELOCITY RANDOM - Knob takes effect as soon as you move it, not only after you move LEVEL.
• LEVEL - LEVEL at 0, or scaled to 0 by MASTER LEVEL, mutes the channel instead of playing at velocity 1.
• PROB POST BEAT MONITOR - No longer goes dark while MUTE POST is on.
• Transport (Standalone) - A play press always starts the pattern on the downbeat, and a stop press always releases every note. The spacebar works as transport start/stop as soon as the app opens.
• MIDI IN (Standalone) - PORT remembers your controller by name, not by its place in the device list, and CHANNEL applies at once.
• PRESET modified mark - Loading a KIT MAPPING no longer marks the preset as modified (*).
• File names - SAVE AS, NEW FOLDER and RENAME refuse the characters your system does not allow in a file name.
• RENAME - A rename onto an existing name changes nothing, a favourite star stays on its own file, and SAVE after a rename writes the renamed file.
• SAVE AS - No longer adds a "Based on:" line to the description.
• TUTORIAL - No longer loads on launch or after an update, and closing the preset browser no longer jumps to its tab.

Version 1.2.2

April 24th, 2026 — platforms: VST3 for Windows and Mac

Improvements

• Removed offline license grace period — the plugin never re-prompts you for your key once activated.

Version 1.2.1

April 6th, 2026 — platform: VST3 for Mac

Bug Fixes

• Corrected inaccurate information in the installation guide regarding DAW compatibility. It does not affect existing installations, so there is no need to update if you already have Augmatic GRE installed.

Version 1.2

March 30th, 2026 — platforms: AUv3 and Standalone for iPhone, iPad, Mac; VST3 for Mac and Windows

New Features

• VST3 plugin format — now available for macOS and Windows alongside AUv3.
• BUILT-IN TUTORIAL — interactive, hands-on walkthrough of all drumming features. Opens automatically on first launch; start anytime from Settings → BUILT-IN TUTORIAL or by loading any preset from [Factory] Tutorial Presets in the Preset Browser.
• BEAT MONITOR — animated dots next to knobs that flash in the instrument's color when a beat is generated or passes through the parameter, or gray when blocked. PATTERN tab visualizes beats generated by Topographic/Euclidean engines and how BLEND is mixing or blocking them, LINEAR tab visualizes priority and probability pass/block, VELOCITY tab visualizes blocked notes through velocity=0.
• PATTERN Tab — START ON beat monitor dot flashes once per Euclidean cycle on the START ON step only, showing the beginning of the Euclidean loop.
• MASTER SLIDERS — toggleable panel replacing the XY MAP with six master sliders: Density, Blend, Pre Probability, Post Probability, Level, and Chaos. Each slider has a Hard/Soft mode toggle. Hard mode overrides all per-channel values to the master value. Soft mode interpolates each channel independently from its current value. One Master Slider can be displayed under the XY Map, configurable in SETTINGS. 🙏
• MASTER SLIDERS — knobs controlled by Master Sliders now show Limit Ticks — two small marks on the knob arc indicating the effective range defined by the master slider. In Soft mode, ticks show where the master constrains the knob. In Hard mode, ticks spread to min/max showing the full range is available. BLEND knobs show two moving ticks (floor and ceiling) reflecting the bipolar constraint. Limit Ticks can be hidden in SETTINGS.
• New PRESET and MIDI MAPPING Browser with 3-column folder browser and info panel, replacing the old dropdown menus. Supports inline Save As / New Folder / Rename editors, folder deletion, and Keep Open toggle for preset auditioning without closing. Includes new Author and Description metadata fields. 🙏
• SETTINGS — hold an LED and scroll the NOTE to audition each note as you scroll through (iPad/iPhone only).
• LINEAR Tab — paint mode in priority matrix — tap and drag across cells to assign priorities in one gesture, with double-tap to select an entire column. 🙏
• VELOCITY Tab — new 1N (whole note) knob added to the VELOCITY BENDER, providing a slow one-bar velocity sweep cycle.

Improvements

• New SETTINGS window with three panels — Instruments (rename), Controls (toggles and dropdowns), and Options (Linear Grid). Accessible via gear icon button.
• New NOTE Tab — MIDI note assignment, MIDI Mapping browser, NOTE LENGTH, MIDI CHANNEL, and standalone controls (MIDI OUT, BPM) consolidated into one tab.
• NOTE Tab — MIDI CHANNEL (1–16) is now accessible in AUv3 and VST3 plugin mode — no longer locked to Channel 10. Default remains 10 (GM Drums).
• VELOCITY Tab — RANDOM knob now crossfades between fixed LEVEL velocity and fully random (0–127), so RANDOM at 100% always produces the full velocity range regardless of LEVEL setting.
• VELOCITY Tab — RANDOM/RESET button replaced with compact square icons (dice for randomize, line for reset).
• Standalone — Play/Stop button moved from the chaos slider area to the tab bar, above the LED column.
• Standalone — minimum window size now matches the GUI minimum, preventing layout overflow when resizing too small.
• Scrollable lists now commit on release: dragging previews the value visually but the parameter only changes when you lift your finger, preventing jarring mid-playback changes. Affects STEPS, PULSES, START ON, CLOCK, NOTE, NOTE LENGTH, LINEAR GRID, BPM, and MIDI CHANNEL. 🙏
• MIDI MAPPINGS — mapping file presetVersion bumped from 1.0 to 2.0 to support new metadata fields.

Bug Fixes

• PRESETS — preset names now persist correctly when saving and reopening a DAW project.
• PRESETS — switching presets or loading a DAW project no longer leaves hanging MIDI notes.
• Stopping transport no longer leaves hanging MIDI notes. 🙏
• PATTERN Tab — Euclidean engine no longer skips the first beat after transport stop/start.
• AUv3 — macOS AUv3 plugin window is now resizable with aspect ratio lock, matching standalone behavior. 🙏

Version 1.1

March 5th, 2026 — platforms: AUv3 and Standalone for iPhone, iPad, Mac

Improvements

• PRESETS and MIDI MAPPINGS — No longer store redundant names inside XML files — filenames are the single source of truth.
• PRESETS and MIDI MAPPINGS — Menu dropdowns now scroll the entire list including subfolders, so all items are reachable even when there are many subfolder categories.
• PATTERN Tab — 10x higher-resolution of SWING, SHIFT, and HUMANIZE parameters with reduced knob sensitivity for precise control. 🙏
• PATTERN Tab — Added kinetic scrolling to STEPS, PULSES, START ON, and NOTE lists for smoother, more precise, and faster navigation.
• PATTERN Tab - BLEND header now shows arrows pointing toward the Grids and Euclidean knobs, indicating which set of controls becomes more influential as you move the BLEND position.
• VELOCITY Tab — LEVEL knob now goes down to 0, allowing the channel to be fully muted (equivalent of MIDI message 0x9n "Note On velocity=0"). Previously the minimum value was 1.
• VELOCITY Tab — Moved velocity LEVEL and RANDOM processing after LINEAR DRUMMING in the signal chain to match GUI tab order; no change in behaviour.
• SETTINGS Tab — A single MIDI Note selector (e.g., "36-C1", "42-F#1") replacing NOTE and OCTAVE columns — shows both MIDI number and note name for quicker selection and easier MIDI monitoring.
• SETTINGS Tab — Added 30+ MIDI MAPPINGS for apps and hardware instruments. 🙏
• SETTINGS Tab — MIDI MAPPINGS menu now shows an asterisk "*" indicator when any MIDI note assignment is changed.
• SETTINGS Tab — Tapping a different folder while a submenu is open now switches to it in one tap instead of two. 🙏
• LED header text doesn't change when switching between tabs and only changes when you tap it.
• Standalone Mode — The app now opens in landscape on iPhone for a better workflow.

Bug Fixes

• PRESETS and SETTINGS Tab — Fixed user Preset and MIDI Mapping saving on macOS; also replaced native file dialog with in-app Save As dialog on all platforms.
• SETTINGS Tab — Selecting a MIDI OUT device in the Settings tab now correctly picks the chosen device. 🙏

Version 1.0

February 23rd, 2026 — platforms: AUv3 and Standalone for iPhone, iPad, Standalone for Mac

New

• AUv3 MIDI Processor — works in Logic Pro, GarageBand, AUM, Cubasis, BeatMaker 3, Drambo, Loopy Pro, Audiobus, and more.
• 6 independent instrument channels: BD, SN, HH + 3 accent channels BD', SN', HH'.
• Algorithmic rhythm generator based on Mutable Instruments Grids Eurorack module with per-channel density and chaos controls.
• Euclidean rhythm generator (Bjorklund algorithm) with per-channel steps, pulses, and start offset.
• Per-channel Blend control to mix between Grids and Euclidean engines.
• XY pad for real-time navigation of the Grids pattern topology, with optional colored visual feedback on note triggers.
• Per-channel clock ratios from /8 to ×8 for polyrhythmic patterns.
• Per-channel swing (Roger Linn algorithm, −99 to +99).
• Per-channel timing shift to push notes ahead of or behind the beat.
• Per-channel humanize for subtle micro-timing variation.
• Linear Drumming — 6-level priority system preventing simultaneous instrument hits.
• Configurable Linear Drumming grid resolution (64n / 32n / 16n / 8n / 4n).
• Pre- and post-Linear Drumming probability, mute, and solo per channel.
• Per-channel base velocity and random velocity variation.
• Velocity Bender — shape dynamic accents across a bar at four freely adjustable beat divisions (2n, 4n, 4nt, 8n).
• Real-time Velocity Bender waveform display.
• Random Velocity Bender generator.
• Per-channel Velocity Bender on/off.
• Random preset generator based on existing presets.
• Configurable MIDI note out length (4n / 8n / 16n / 32n / 64n).
• MIDI mapping system — note assignments persist independently of preset changes.
• Clickable LED pads for manual note triggering.
• DAW integration — full parameter automation for all controls.
• Preset and MIDI mapping files accessible via the iOS Files app.
• Customizable instrument names.
• Resizable app and plugin window.
• Standalone app: internal clock with BPM control (40–240).
• Standalone app: virtual and physical MIDI output and channel selection.
• 150+ factory presets, including Euclidean patterns inspired by world rhythms.
• Universal Purchase for iPad, iPhone, and Mac.