Compa: Groovebox Companion

This update improves RD303 playability and fixes recording and playback workflows in Arrange: • RD303 responds more smoothly to MIDI keyboards and mapped knobs, with more responsive scopes when hardware is connected. • New LEGATO / RETRIGGER switch above RD303’s keyboard. Choose fresh attacks on every key or overlapping-note slides. Your choice is saved with the instrument and can be MIDI-mapped. • After recording in Arrange, Stop returns to the beginning of the new take so you can audition it immediately. • The bottom Play button plays the arrangement when Arrange is open, including when the app opens directly to that view. • Record during loop playback and finish at the correct loop boundary. • See live waveforms on every track when recording multiple inputs. • Keep guide tracks intact while recording another part, with Undo for audio recording passes. • Keep the song-position display aligned with loop playback. Thanks for the reports and retests. For help, contact [email protected] or post in the COMPA Discord.

COMPA 1.4.2 fixes clicks when one CHOMP keyboard note interrupts another, while preserving Mono/Poly behavior and pitch-accurate sampling and resampling. Also includes the DJ mode and Clips playback fix for affected audio routes, including SP-404MKII output setups. Thanks for using COMPA! If something still gets in your way, contact [email protected] or post in our Discord.

COMPA 1.4 is a major sampling and performance update, free for existing owners. Capture new sounds, turn spoken words into playable phrases, scratch your tracks, and meet RD303: a bonus bassline synth included at no extra cost. SAMPLE OTHER APPS AND THE WEB On iOS/iPadOS 27, capture audio from supported apps or a web player into CHOMP, Clips, Arrange, Takes or Quota DS. Hold a pad for a quick sample, or use tap-to-start/tap-to-stop while you switch to the source. Audition a new pad, then resume sampling without reconnecting. Share links from other apps into COMPA's web-source queue. Optional video capture keeps the picture with your sample. QUOTA DS, BUILT IN Transcribe audio, search the words, highlight a phrase and send it to a CHOMP pad. Audition selections, refine their start/end points and fades, or use Q-Chop for sentence and segment cuts. Transcripts are saved with their sources. The movable, resizable workspace includes reading layouts and independent light/dark transcript backgrounds. Use Apple speech recognition or download a local Whisper model; keep working with an Apple draft while Whisper finishes. DJ DECKS AND PAD SCRATCH Perform with Deck A and Deck B using Files, song clips or CHOMP samples. Scratch the platters, set eight hot cues, find BPM and cue suggestions, loop, adjust pitch and channel levels, and shape the mix with EQ, filters and crossfader curves. Pad Scratch gives a selected sample its own turntable with Cut, Brake, Echo Out and EQ. Record the result to a new pad. Performance controls support MIDI mapping. A BONUS: RAW DOG 303! Meet RD303, Raw Dog 303 - a bassline synthesizer included with COMPA! It comes with a 128-step sequencer, pattern library, pattern generation, modulation, stereo effects, and note/knob automation recording. Play it natively inside COMPA or load the included RD303 AUv3 in another compatible music app. No in-app purchase, subscription or separate unlock. MORE WAYS TO BUILD A SONG Perform linked video samples and export MP4 with audio. Develop parts step by step with Guided FETCH. Use scale-aware MIDI clip editing, route CHOMP Live FX to its master or a bus, and connect these workflows with Quota Stems and Quota Kits. YOUR MIDI RIG, RECALLED Compatible MIDI devices no longer need a built-in profile for ports, channels or sync. Create custom cards, assign audio-interface returns, and save routes, controller mappings and bank settings with your Session. Route MIDI from instrument AUv3s that produce it. Notes, Clock and Start/Stop have separate controls, and the MIDI Matrix is directly accessible again. IMPORTANT FIXES AND POLISH • Fixed an AUv3 host issue that could stop sequencer audio when opening CHOMP or changing the audio setup, requiring a restart. • Fresh CHOMP recordings keep their captured pitch and speed. Resampling preserves tuning across repeated takes and honors Auto Trim without rewriting the source. Auto Match is for imports; Restore Original can recover previously matched takes. • Safer pad clearing, a clearer trash target and expanded pad-edit Undo; improved landscape touch handling and message dismissal. • Keyboard highlights clear after release. • Arrange audio-file imports land in Arrange. Move/copy clips and regions, drag in files, and read names in separate headers. • Improved selected iCloud-file downloads, import progress/errors, file-versus-folder guidance, normalization, export saving, recording placement, scene following, Session recall and compact layouts. Other-app capture requires iOS/iPadOS 27. Capture availability depends on the source and system permissions. Optional models and imported media require device storage. Thank you for using COMPA and helping shape what comes next! We look forward to bringing you more big updates. Questions or issues? Email [email protected] or start a thread in our Discord: https://discord.gg/USrmH6WFjv