status: closed alpha · v5.6.1-alpha│ waitlist: 47│ approving 20–50 testers│ macOS first · Windows next
Use cases

Same engine. Four very different desks.

Producers Streamers Developers Gamers
● Music producers & performers

Your pads already know your DAW.

Transport on pads, velocity-sensitive shortcuts, encoder-driven mixing, LED colors that follow your mode. Four mapping profiles for four song sections — switched from the hardware, mid-set.

NotePad 13 · vel > 100→⌘R record armMaschine · ch1
CCEncoder 1→master volume · curve: logMaschine · ch1
ChordPads 1+2→switch profile: mixdown · LEDs amberMaschine · ch1
▶ Maschine Mikro controlling Logic Pro hero video slot · ~2min · screen capture + overhead controller shot
▶ APC Mini replaces a $250 Stream Deck hero video slot · ~3–4min · OBS scenes, sound effects, fader volume
● Streamers

The $250 box you don't need to buy.

An APC Mini costs $79 and has 64 buttons with LED feedback plus 9 faders. Scene switching, mute toggles, soundboard, smooth volume rides — things a Stream Deck does, plus velocity and faders it doesn't have.

NotePad 1→OBS: scene "Gameplay" · LED greenAPC Mini · ch1
Long-pressPad 8 · 2000ms→end stream — guarded, no fat-fingerAPC Mini · ch1
CCFader 9→mic gain · 0–127 → −60–0dBAPC Mini · ch1
● Developers

A git macro pad with a safety catch.

Shell commands on pads. Long-press guards on anything destructive. Time-conditional deploys — the deploy pad refuses to fire on Friday afternoons. The engine is MIT-licensed Rust; read the source, ship a plugin.

NotePad 1→sh: git pull --rebase && cargo testLaunchpad · ch1
Long-pressPad 16 · 3000ms→sh: ./deploy.sh prod · cond: weekday < friLaunchpad · ch1
NotePad 9→⌘⇧P command paletteLaunchpad · ch1
$ brew install conductor
free · MIT · read-only MCP included
▶ Git macro pad with a Launchpad Mini hero video slot · ~3min · long-press safety, conditional deploys
▶ Your gamepad is a $30 macro pad hero video slot · ~3min · Xbox/PS mapping, HID triggers, accessibility
● Gamers & accessibility

100M gamepads. All of them programmable.

Buttons, sticks, and triggers become system input — app switching, macros, push-to-talk, accessibility setups for people who find keyboards hard. Same trigger engine as MIDI: chords, long-press, conditions.

ButtonA button→launch: VS CodeXbox pad · HID
ChordLB + RB→⌘Tab app switcherXbox pad · HID
AxisRight trigger · > 0.5→hold: push-to-talkXbox pad · HID

Got hardware on your desk right now?

That's the only requirement for alpha. Tell us what you'd map first.

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