What it does, and why it matters9:06A piano idea becomes a produced strings motor and four bars tapped on a desk a percussion bed, both dragged into the DAW; why a produced starting point keeps you composing instead of crafting; and a D–G–A–D progression turned into a layered string score.
Questions, answered
Where is the sound actually coming from? Is this AI?7:48Yes, it's AI, but not prompt-to-music: a model trained on music composed and rendered in-house from our own licensed recordings. How it was trained, and why it follows your ideas.Strings and percussion today. What's next?1:50Today: string chord progressions, motors, ostinatos and percussion beds. Next: more string elements (melodies first), then brass, woodwinds and more percussion, and the list keeps growing.Audio, MIDI or both8:50The most-asked question: do I also get MIDI? Yes (in beta): each take can also come as MIDI, a transcription with stems or definition layers for your own libraries, plus a rule-based independent MIDI take.Phrase by phrase, or whole pieces?1:33Phrase by phrase, on purpose: it produces the elements, and you keep the structure and every creative decision in your DAW.Will I hit a wall two months in?3:24There's no collection to use up: it produces your ideas. Plus how to use it for inspiration when you're stuck, with just a key, a tempo and a mood.How much control do I actually get?6:05Not sample-library control, by design. You control the source (notes, chords, rhythm, key), the modifiers and strengths, which of the four takes you keep, and the audio afterwards.
Composing with it
Composing a sad cue10:38Marc composes a sad cue from one chord-progression take, cut and reused for the intro, the transition and the theme, with reverb, sul tasto strings and piano on top.Composing an adventure hero cue9:01Marc composes an adventure hero cue from one piano sketch: a strings motor, a percussion bed from the same sketch, an ostinato on top, then sample-library strings.
Training
Basic intro: how to use it14:02The three parts of the plugin (instrument, your idea, the takes), why your DAW's tempo matters, and a chord progression and a strings motor from a piano sketch, dragged into the DAW.Strength: what it follows, and how much14:05The most important control: how strongly the key, the chords and the rhythm steer each take (more passing tones or more chord tones), shown with a strings ostinato and a motor.
First impressions
First impressions: Marc's first time using CA v1.0.04:07The first working build, recorded as it happened: a piano sketch becomes a strings motor, a percussion bed, an ostinato and a chord progression.