01Reference
Camelot wheel, full scale set, note to hertz, mix playbooks and genre scale guides.
Free
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Producer Tools Desktop for Mac
The cheat sheet that lives in your menu bar.
Camelot keys, delay times and note frequencies, one keystroke from your DAW. Press ⌘1, find the number, get back to the track. Free, with no account and no trial clock.
Try it here
Two things the menu bar answers every session.
These work in your browser right now. In the app they sit one keystroke away while your DAW stays open.
What mixes with my key?
Click a segment. Outer ring is major (B), inner ring is minor (A).
9B
G major
Mixes well with
Energy moves
How long is a dotted eighth?
Set your tempo, or tap it. Click any value to copy it into a delay or reverb.
BPM
| Note | Straight ms | Dotted ms | Triplet ms |
|---|
The app adds note to hertz for every octave, reverb pre-delay and decay, samples at 48k, and your pinned folders, all in the same panel.
Interactive Reference · always free
The full theory desk, inside the app.
When the menu bar panel is not enough, open Reference in the sidebar. Pick a key and the wheel lights up its harmonic neighbours, its diagonal matches and its energy boost, with all 24 keys laid out underneath.
- Camelot, in modern or classical naming
- Scales and modes with their chords by degree
- Genre playbooks and mix guides
- Frequency and timing calculators
It is not part of Pro and it does not expire.
Stays out of the way until you want it.
⌘1 opens Quick Reference from anywhere, even with the menu bar icon hidden. Float it on top and it hovers above your DAW while you set delay times. Light, dark or follow the system.
Ableton Drum Rack · MPC Drum Program
Folder in. Rack on a track.
Stop dragging samples onto pads one at a time. Drop a folder and export a drum rack for Ableton or a drum program for MPC, with the samples packed alongside. Three of each are free.
Your sample folder
Kick-23TH Kik G.wav
Kick-21TH Kik G.wav
Snare-TH Snare 01.wav
Snare-Magic Snr1.wav
Hat-TH Hat 03.wav
Shaker-TH Shak 18.wav
Bass-TH Bass Gb.wav
and 9 more
Pads fill themselves
Ready to load
For Ableton Live
Drum Kit.adg
Samples
For Akai MPC
MyDrumProgram.xpm
MyDrumProgram_[ProgramData]
What's in Producer Tools
Eight modules, one job each.
Colour coded the same way as the app sidebar.
01
02Studio Library
Pin sample folders, manuals and web links next to your tools. Pins survive relaunch.
Free: 2 groups, 12 pins
03Ableton Drum Rack
Drop samples on a 4 by 32 pad grid and export an .adg with a portable samples folder.
3 free
04MPC Drum Program
Load pads in banks A to H, preview each one, and export an .xpm program with its WAVs.
3 free
05Chain Maker
One WAV of many samples, ready to auto-slice on MPC, Digitakt, Octatrack or Maschine.
Pro
06Audio Chopper
Chop tempo-warped audio into numbered bar-length chunks, sorted by size.
Pro
07Micro Audio Chopper
Cut a short chunk into bar fractions or transient slices: hits, micro-loops and one-shots.
Pro
08Video Slicer
Slice a music video into per-section clips at exact bar boundaries, for Reels and Shorts.
ProFree and Pro
Most of it is free. Here is exactly what.
So nothing is a surprise on your fourth drum rack.
FreeNo account, no card, no trial clock
- Quick Reference in the menu bar: harmonics, timing, frequencies, studio
- Interactive Reference and the classic chart posters
- 3 Ableton Drum Rack exports and 3 MPC Drum Program exports, for life
- Studio Library with 2 groups and 12 pins
Pro$2.99 a month or $29.99 a year. 7 day free trial for new subscribers.
- Unlimited drum racks and MPC programs
- Chain Maker, Audio Chopper, Micro Audio Chopper and Video Slicer
- Studio Library with 50 groups and 500 pins
Now go make something.
Install it free, press ⌘1, and keep the theory next to the track instead of in another browser tab.