#sessions pro

Many Audio FX plug-ins, like guitar amp simulators, have a MIDI learn feature, letting you use MIDI controllers or pedals to adjust important parameters. These plug-ins are now fully supported in Sessions Pro 9.2.

Sessions Pro is available on the App Store as a Universal Purchase that includes both the Mac and iPad apps for $19.99. No ads, no in-app-purchases, no subscriptions - just a one-off purchase at a fair price. Version 9.2 is a free update for existing users.

Hot on the heels of Sessions Pro 9.0, we've released version 9.1 which adds support for MIDI generating Instrument plug-ins. Just like MIDI FX plug-ins, you can use the MIDI output of compatible Instrument plug-ins as input to other Instrument and MIDI FX plug-ins. It's MIDI madness!

Sessions Pro is available on the App Store as a Universal Purchase that includes both the Mac and iPad apps for $19.99. No ads, no in-app-purchases, no subscriptions - just a one-off purchase at a fair price. Version 9.1 is a free update for existing users.

Since launching Sessions 1.0 for Mac in 2024, we’ve been listening to feedback and adding the features that musicians need most. We’ve added an iPad app, a new multi-threaded audio engine, the Session Mix performer’s view, audio file playback, project files as well many smaller but important details like plug-in latency compensation, side chains and countless workflow improvements. Version 9.0 represents the biggest leap yet with the additional of MIDI FX plugin support and flexible MIDI routing, opening new possibilities for DAW-less creators to make music with arpeggiators, sequencers and other MIDI generator Audio Units.

To reflect the increased functionality since the original release, we’ve decided to give Sessions a new, upgraded name too - Sessions Pro!

Sessions Pro is available on the App Store as a Universal Purchase that includes both the Mac and iPad apps for $19.99. No ads, no in-app-purchases, no subscriptions - just a one-off purchase at a fair price. Sessions Pro is a free update for existing users of the original Sessions app.

You’ll soon be able to use MIDI plug-ins in Sessions!

We’re looking for more beta testers to help test this and although it’s not 100% complete (and there may be bugs) we feel development is far enough along to give you an early peek at this exciting new feature.

If you’re interested, follow the link below and sign up to the TestFlight!

https://www.openplanetsoftware.com/sessions/testflight.html

Sessions 8.0 adds Backing Tracks - one of the top requested features.

You can now use pre-recorded backing tracks, stems and loops in your live performances.

With Backing Tracks you can play an individual audio file or a set of stem files, each with its own volume control. Tracks can be independently set to play once or loop indefinitely and can be routed into the Scene Mixer for further processing.

We’ve also refreshed the Toolbar in Sessions 8.0. The central display now shows the current position in either bars & beats or elapsed time. Toolbar buttons include Play / Stop, Rewind, Metronome Mute / Unmute and a new Panic button that mutes the output and kills any hanging MIDI notes.

Sessions is available on the App Store as a Universal Purchase that includes both the Mac and iPad apps for $19.99. No ads, no in-app-purchases, no subscriptions - just a one-off purchase at a fair price. The update is free of charge for existing users.

We are delighted to announce that Sessions 5.0 is now available!

The update introduces two new features - Session Mix and Pinned Scenes - that work together to unlock a whole new way to perform live with Sessions.

Session Mix is a new view that provides a bird’s eye view of your entire session. Your 12 Scenes are arranged in a grid with colourful, easy-to-see and easy-to-reach buttons. Designed to be simple and intuitive to use while playing live, Session Mix lets you control all 12 Scene output levels and seamlessly switch Scenes without any other distractions.

Session Mix also includes Pinned Scenes that enables you to activate and deactivate additional Scenes alongside the currently selected Scene. This opens the door to new possibilities such as always-on Scenes and delivers the flexibility to treat Scenes as layers that can be seamlessly blended in and out during a live performance.

We’ve also added new external MIDI mappings so you can pin / unpin Scenes and adjust individual Scene output levels from your MIDI controller.

Sessions is available on the App Store as a Universal Purchase that includes both the Mac and iPad apps for $19.99. No ads, no in-app-purchases, no subscriptions - just a one-off purchase at a fair price. The update is free of charge for existing users.

We're excited to announce that Sessions 4.0 is now available on the Mac and iPad App Stores.

The headline feature is a new multi-threaded audio engine that harnesses the power of modern Apple chips for real-time audio.

By intelligently subdividing the audio processing workload so it runs in parallel on multiple CPU cores, Sessions 4.0 unlocks new levels of performance so you can add even more Channel Strips and Plug-ins to your projects!

Sessions is available on the App Store as a Universal Purchase that includes both the Mac and iPad apps for $19.99. No ads, no in-app-purchases, no subscriptions - just a one-off purchase at a fair price. The update is free of charge for existing users.

Since the launch of Sessions for Mac last year, one of the most popular requests has been to develop an iPad version of the app. The wait is over! 

Today, we’re delighted to announce Sessions 3.0 and the introduction of Sessions for iPad.

Sessions for iPad delivers the same innovative feature set and ease-of-use as Sessions for Mac in a gorgeous interface optimised for iPad.

As well as the introduction of Sessions for iPad, there are many other enhancements in Sessions 3.0. Both apps share a common project file format and Widgets have been updated with a new header that includes dedicated buttons for common actions.

Sessions 3.0 is available on the App Store as a Universal Purchase that includes both the Mac and iPad apps for $19.99.  No ads, no in-app-purchases, no subscriptions - just a one-off purchase at a fair price. The update, including Sessions for iPad, is free of charge for existing users of Sessions for Mac.