transit: record, edit and mix music

Downloads

transit is free. It is also early software (alpha): it changes every week, and some things are rough or missing. Back up anything you care about, and tell us what breaks on the Discord or in the testing thread.

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Windows: pick the installer. If you would rather not install anything, the zip runs from any folder.
Mac: pick the DMG (for Macs with an Apple chip). Open it and drag transit to Applications.
Linux: the AppImage runs on almost any system. The .deb is for Ubuntu and Debian, the .rpm is for Fedora, and the tar.gz works everywhere else.

The downloads are not signed yet, so Windows and macOS may warn you the first time. The README shows how to open it anyway.

First start: open Audio Devices, pick your audio interface, and set the buffer size. transit measures its own latency and shows you the number.

Why transit

Record and pick your best take

Record a part again and again. Every take stacks up in its own lane, so you choose the one that plays. Bounce in Place turns a track into audio when you are done.

Use the plug-ins you own

Plays CLAP and VST3 plug-ins. Each one loads on its own, so a slow or stuck plug-in cannot freeze the window.

Instruments and effects included

Comes with synths such as the Macro Oscillator, Resonator and Modal Voice, a sampler, plus compressor, EQ, reverb and more.

Low delay, and it shows the number

On Windows, transit talks to your audio interface directly for low delay, and the Audio Devices window shows how much you really have.

Also in the box

A mixer with buses, sends and sidechains.
Automation for volume, pan and plug-in knobs.
A piano roll with scale and quantize tools.
MIDI controllers that learn: move a knob, and it maps to what you picked.
Plays hardware synths and records them.
Export to WAV, AIFF and FLAC.
Runs on Linux too.

How we decide

For the curious: how changes get into transit.

Measure first

We change a setting only after measuring it on real hardware, and we publish the numbers.

Mistakes become checks

When a bug slips through, we write what happened and add a check so it cannot happen again.

Decisions are written down

Every design change gets a short written decision with its evidence, and every change is reviewed by someone trying to break it.

Known problems are public

What we know is broken is in the known issues list.

Screenshots

The transit arrange view — Arrange: your tracks and clips laid out along a timeline.

The transit mixer — Mixer: a volume fader, pan and level meter for every track.

The transit piano roll — Piano roll: draw and edit notes on a grid.

The MIDI Mappings window — MIDI Mappings: the list of knobs and buttons on your controller and what each one does.

The Audio Devices window — Audio Devices: pick your interface and buffer size, and see how much delay you really have.

Join

Discord chat with the people building and testing it
Testing thread tell us what works and what does not on your setup
Report a problem tell us what you did, what happened, and which build you are running (the version is in Help > About)
Help wanted good places to start contributing