What’s new

Fresh from the studio.

What’s landed in Notes to Play, and what’s coming next.

Beta 1AOctober 2026

The private beta

  • Mix & Master, a second studio: a strip per instrument, drums as a group, a parametric EQ on every channel, pan and reverb, and a master with reverb and a one-tap Finish
  • Export your mix as WAV or MP3
  • Start screen: every song has Play Studio and Mix & Master, and Play all plays your songs one after another
  • Beat lights in the header count every beat, even with the click off (the click now starts off)
  • The profile menu drops down from the profile button
  • The demo song has drums all the way through
  • Phones: the whole studio fits the screen, wide panels scroll inside themselves
  • Install button on the Start screen with the right steps for every device
  • Get set up: microphone, keep songs on this device, a folder for exports, update notices
  • Send feedback from inside the app (works offline)
  • Quick buttons on every song: export, share, duplicate, delete
  • Every part has its own beat; add crash, toms, ride and more; volume per drum
  • String pad on guitar and bass; strum with a finger; multi-touch keys with Glide
  • Chord by chord: each chord’s own arpeggio or your own notes, for Keys, Guitar and Bass
  • Loop part, Loop song or No loop; the playing chord lights up on the circle
  • The “Plays on” wheel: any channel on keys, guitar or bass, part by part
  • Concert mode and a minutes-and-seconds timeline
  • Song view with Chords & lyrics, Sheet music and Instrumentation
  • Progressions library; Change key and rewrite my chords
  • Recording takes with count-in, IN/OUT handles and snap
  • MIDI keyboards, pads and remotes with Learn
  • Rhyme finder with a full-page lyric editor
Next

Coming soon

  • Learn & Practice: a third room for learning piano, guitar and drums, with Watch, Follow and Play-along modes
  • Cloud sync with your own Dropbox, then Google Drive and OneDrive
  • MIDI export
  • Sound packs