Release Notes

What's new in each version of Craterio. To update, download the latest installer from the Craterio homepage and run it — your pads, saved sites and license carry over.

1.2.1 — October 2026

New

• Stem separation is free to try: split your pad into vocals, bass, drums and other and switch the stems on and off on the free version. Exporting isolated stems comes with a license
• Copy and paste in the built-in browser (⌘C, ⌘V, ⌘X, ⌘A, ⌘Z)

Fixed

• Signing in to sites in the built-in browser now stays signed in after switching to APPS or reopening the plugin
• Typing in the built-in browser: no more lost characters, and Backspace deletes one letter at a time
• Typing an address without “https://” works

1.2 — October 2026

New

• Pro Tools: Craterio now comes as an AAX plugin too. Insert it on an audio or instrument track; pads play from MIDI, and everything else works as in your other DAWs

The installer adds the AAX plugin alongside the AU, VST3 and standalone app; your license works in all of them.

1.1 — October 2026

New

• Stem separation: press Stems on a pad to split its take into vocals, bass, drums and other. Each stem gets its own colour on the waveform and its own on/off switch, live while the pad plays; Alt-click a switch to solo that stem
• Dragging a pad into your session exports just the stems you left on, named after them
• Stems are saved with your project and come back when you reopen it
• Separation runs entirely on your Mac — nothing is uploaded
• The version number is now shown in Settings

Improved

• Sites you log in to in the browser now stay logged in between sessions
• Two Craterio instances in one project can show two different pages
• Craterio uses far less disk space over time
• The window can be scaled down to 75%, and Settings closes with Esc or its close button
• Moving the vari-speed wheel on a synced pad switches SYNC off, so what you export is what you hear

Fixed

• The browser could occasionally open in a separate window outside the plugin

Stem separation comes with a license. The installer is larger than before (about 250 MB) because the separation model is included.

1.0 — September 2026

New

• Tempo detection: every pad shows its BPM, with beat and bar lines on the waveform
• SYNC: pads follow your DAW's tempo, live as it changes — and the sampler shows the DAW's current tempo
• SNAP: trim markers snap to the beat grid
• Dragging a synced pad into your session exports it already at the project tempo, lined up on the bars
• Switching from APPS to WEB now pauses the music app you were capturing, instead of leaving it playing
• Recordings are named after the song or web page you captured, in ~/Music/Craterio Recordings

Improved

• Pads play at their correct speed and pitch whatever your session's sample rate
• Lower CPU with the plugin window open, and steadier playback when triggering pads from MIDI
• The APPS list no longer offers the DAW Craterio is running in

Fixed

• A looping pad now follows its trim markers as you move them
• Reopening the plugin window keeps the app you're capturing on screen
• Deactivating a license on a Mac now stays deactivated

SYNC and SNAP come with a license; tempo detection and the beat grid are free.

0.9 — September 2026

The first public release.

• A web browser inside your DAW, as an AU or VST3 plugin or a standalone app — whatever plays on the page comes out on the plugin's track
• APPS: capture audio from other apps running on your Mac
• A 16-pad sampler: record what you hear, or drop in audio files; trim, loop, clip gain and lofi modes
• Drag a pad's waveform straight into your session as a WAV
• MIDI Learn per pad, with velocity, and pitch-bend vari-speed
• Saved sites, and a signed, notarized macOS installer
• Free forever with one pad; a license unlocks all 16 pads, unlimited saved sites, MIDI Learn and vari-speed