GRIDWERK · THE PRODUCER'S RIG · BUILD 2026.04

It's 11pm. You have the idea. You're three folders deep and eleven tabs in. You still can't find the vocal chop you cut last Tuesday.

Run your studio.
Not your folders.

One rig for the whole track. Local on your machine. Built like an instrument.

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WIN 10+ · SQLite · offline-first

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— THE PROBLEM

You know
this folder.

Every serious producer has it. The graveyard of ideas you can't find when you need them. The same loop downloaded three times. The "final" that has eight finals. GRIDWERK does the work this folder needed two years ago.

BEFORE ~/music/projects/2024/
  • untitled-final.als 14 mb · 2024-08-12
  • untitled-final-v2.als 17 mb · 2024-08-13
  • untitled-final-FINAL.als 21 mb · 2024-08-14
  • untitled-final-FINAL-2.als 21 mb · 2024-08-14
  • beat 47 (use this one).als 19 mb · 2024-09-02
  • DRUMS NEW NEW.zip 442 mb · ?
  • vox idea good.wav 12 mb · 2024-?
  • Splice/2024-08/? — · uncatalogued
  • Tracklib/Downloads/? — · uncatalogued
  • plugins-i-own.txt last edited 2023
10 files · 0 tagged · 0 analysed ~3h to find a sample
AFTER ▌gridwerk · search "dark vox d minor 87"
  • vox_chop_dminor_87bpm.wav D MIN · 87 BPM · -16 LUFS
  • vox_idea_dark_morning.wav D MIN · 92 BPM · -14 LUFS
  • vox_layer_warm_d.wav D MIN · 87 BPM · -18 LUFS
  • 2 similar by sound · 1 in active project ▶
4 matches · auto-tagged · auto-analysed ~3 seconds to find it
— THE REALISATION

Most music software is built to sell features. We are building a rig.

A rig keeps every part of the work wired up. Your catalog. Your masters. Your references. Your samples. Your splits. The deliverable for the label.

It should be one window, not eleven tabs. It should run on your machine, not someone else's.

Run your studio.
Not your folders.

— EMIL · BYRDBYTE · BUILDING IN BERLIN

— A NIGHT ON THE RIG

Ninety minutes,
idea to ship.

Not a feature tour. The actual shape of a session when the rig is doing its job.

  1. 23:04

    You open GRIDWERK. The catalog is already there. No “indexing” spinner, no cloud roundtrip.

  2. 23:06

    You search “dark wide vocal D minor.” The library returns the chop you cut last Tuesday — and three you forgot existed.

  3. 23:18

    You drag it into a fresh Live session. GRIDWERK opens the .als, reads every plugin, tags the project.

  4. 23:42

    The arrangement is there. You bounce a rough.

  5. 23:47

    You paste a YouTube link of the record you're chasing. LUFS, dynamics, stereo width, spectrum overlay your bounce.

  6. 23:59

    Mix Coach reads the masking heatmap. “Kick and bass colliding 80–120 Hz. Shelve the bass or sidechain.” Real moves, not a vibe score.

  7. 00:14

    You pull stems on your CPU. Drums, bass, vocals, other. No upload. No per-minute pricing.

  8. 00:31

    The master sits in the chain. Clearance, splits, distribution metadata are already filled in from the catalog.

  9. 00:33

    You ship it.

— THE MIRROR

After fifty sessions,
the catalog
knows what you sound like.

Every track you finish trains a model of you. Sonic DNA across 8 axes. A creative archetype derived from how you actually finish songs. A mirror, not a leaderboard. Computed locally. Never uploaded.

FIG.07 YOUR SOUND
YOUR SOUND
musical identity · derived from 127 songs v.2026.04

A fingerprint of you, by you.

Dark. Wide. Percussive. Warm. Bright. Tight. Tonal. Cold. Updated every session. The hours you actually work. The genre cluster you live in. The records you ship, mapped back to who you are.

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03 SPECS

Built like an instrument.

No background sync. No cloud surprise charges. No "service degraded" page when you sit down to work.

LATENCY 0 ms no roundtrip to a server
STORAGE LOCAL SQLite on your machine
UPLINK NONE works offline, always
OPENS INSTANT desktop app, no browser
FORMATS WAV/FLAC/MP3/AIFF/OGG/M4A in and out
PLATFORM WIN 10+ macOS on the roadmap
06 PRICING

Free to start.

Pro when you ship.

Local-first. Cancel anytime. Library and DAW integrations stay intact when you downgrade. Prices shown in USD, excluding any local taxes that may apply at checkout.

OTHERWISE
  • Cloud mastering$25/mo
  • Stem separation$15/mo
  • Audio search$8/mo*
  • Beat inventory$7/mo
  • Distribution + tracker$7/mo
≈ $62/mo · five tools · five logins GRIDWERK PRO · $15/mo annual · one app · local-first

* Audio-search tools are typically a one-time perpetual purchase (~$99) amortized over 12 months. The stack above doesn't include reference/loudness tools, sample clearance, mix coach, or .als plugin parsing — those have no direct equivalent on the market.

FREE
$0 forever
├ LIBRARY
  • │ + Songs, samples, MIDI, stems
  • │ + Project tracker
  • │ + Master tasks
  • │ + Organiser
├ WORKFLOW
  • │ + DAW Hub
  • │ + VST Manager
  • │ + Ableton .als parser
├ IDENTITY
  • │ + Artist profile
  • │ + Label / roster
  • │ + Your Sound profile
  • │ + Discover
└ EXTRAS
  • + Chord & scale reference
  • + Lyrics, notebook, calendar
  • + Split sheets
  • + Basic analytics
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PRO ★ MOST PRODUCERS
$19 / MO
├ PRODUCTION
  • │ + Stem separation
  • │ + Mastering
  • │ + Mix coach
  • │ + Mix analyzer
  • │ + Reference analysis
  • │ + Audio cleanup
  • │ + Tempo & key sync
├ BUSINESS
  • │ + Sample clearance
  • │ + Beat inventory
  • │ + Distribution prep
  • │ + Pack builder
  • │ + Batch export
└ INSIGHTS
  • + Revenue dashboard
  • + Reports
  • + Priority support
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$19 BILLED MONTHLY · $228/YR

STUDIO
Soon
├ EVERYTHING IN PRO
  • │ + Plus team-only features
├ COMING SOON
  • │ + Multi-seat licensing
  • │ + Studio-team workflows
  • │ + Onboarding & priority support
└ WAITLIST
  • + Tell us how your label or team would use it
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MULTI-SEAT TIER IN DEVELOPMENT

07 QUESTIONS

Asked & answered.

What does it actually do? +
Catalogs your songs, samples, MIDI, and stems. Runs mastering, mix coach, stem separation, reference analysis. Tracks sample clearance, beat inventory, splits. Preps distribution. The rig that sits next to your DAW.
Which DAWs does it support? +
Built primarily for Ableton Live and Native Instruments Maschine. Launcher support for FL Studio and Logic Pro. Parses Ableton .als files for plugin extraction. Auto-detects Tracklib and Splice downloads.
What audio formats? +
WAV, MP3, FLAC, OGG, AIFF, M4A — in and out. Mastering deliverables export to multiple formats in one pass.
How does mastering compare to LANDR or Ozone? +
Configurable chain editor. Stage-by-stage progress visibility — no black box. Multi-format deliverables in one bounce. Routes through Mix Coach for reference comparison before finalising.
What does Mix Coach show me? +
A masking heatmap — where stems collide across the spectrum. A/B waveform comparison and LUFS / dynamics / stereo width vs your references. Specific moves, not loudness scores.
Where does my data live? +
On your machine. Local SQLite. Stems and analysis run locally. Nothing uploaded.
Free vs Pro? +
Free covers library, project tracker, DAW Hub, VST manager, .als parser, chord reference, lyrics, calendar, basic analytics. Pro unlocks the production suite (stems, mastering, mix coach, references, cleanup) and the business tools (clearance, beat inventory, distribution, splits, batch export, revenue, reports).
Can I cancel? +
Yes — anytime. Free features stay. Library and DAW integrations stay intact.
09 EARLY ACCESS

Stop juggling tools.
Ship more music.

GRIDWERK is in private build. Drop your email — you'll get the install link the day it ships, plus a founding-member rate locked in.

Windows first. macOS after. No spam — one launch ping, one founder offer.