# Gridshift

> Documentation for Gridshift, the keyboard-driven DAW for macOS.

## Docs

- [Product Updates](https://docs.gridshift.studio/changelog.md): Release notes and updates.
- [Core Concepts](https://docs.gridshift.studio/concepts.md): Understand the Gridshift interface layout, track types, and beat-based positioning.
- [App Audio Capture](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/app-audio-capture.md): Record the audio output of any running app on your Mac — no cables, no routing. The captured audio lands on a new track, ready to edit.
- [Audio to MIDI](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/audio-to-midi.md): Extract MIDI notes from audio recordings using AI pitch detection.
- [Automation](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/automation.md): Automate mixer controls and plugin parameters over time with editable curves, tension handles, and per-point precision.
- [Bounce & Export](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/bounce.md): Export your project or selection to audio files in WAV, AIFF, AAC, or FLAC.
- [Command Palette](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/command-palette.md): Access over 200 commands via fuzzy search with customizable keyboard shortcuts. The fastest way to control every aspect of Gridshift.
- [Default Project](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/default-project.md): Save your preferred track setup as a template for new projects.
- [Focus Mode](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/focus-mode.md): Focus Mode lets you edit a clip in detail directly inside the timeline. Instead of opening a separate editor window, the clip expands inline — you stay in context and keep your arrangement visible.
- [Groove & Swing](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/groove.md): Apply swing and groove patterns to shift the grid, snap behavior, and playback timing — globally or per track.
- [iCloud Integration](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/icloud.md): Gridshift uses iCloud to sync your projects, presets, and settings across your Macs.
- [Inspector](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/inspector.md): The inspector panel on the right shows all settings for the selected track — name, color, source, mix controls, and grid settings.
- [iOS Companion](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/ios-companion.md): Browse Gridshift projects from iPhone or iPad, preview saved version bounces, and manage tasks from the companion app.
- [MCP Server](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/mcp-server.md): Control Gridshift from AI assistants like Claude via the Model Context Protocol.
- [Metronome](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/metronome.md): Five metronome modes, selectable click styles, adjustable volume, and a configurable count-in.
- [MIDI Bindings](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/midi-bindings.md): Bind any MIDI controller to Gridshift commands and plugin parameters. Transport buttons run commands, encoders drive the last-touched parameter.
- [MIDI Capture](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/midi-capture.md): Retroactively recall MIDI notes you played but forgot to record. Gridshift continuously buffers incoming MIDI.
- [MIDI Input](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/midi-input.md): Connect hardware MIDI controllers and play instruments with your computer keyboard. Automatic device detection and per-track routing.
- [Mix Controls](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/mix.md): Volume, panning, mid/side processing, clipper/limiter, and mono-below — every track has a full mixing toolkit built into the Inspector.
- [Monitor Profiles](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/monitor-profiles.md): Output selector that bundles audio device, channel pair, gain, and a room-correction plugin. Switch between Studio Monitors, Headphones, and other outputs in one click.
- [Plugin Categories](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/plugin-categories.md): Organize your Audio Unit instruments and effects into custom categories that sync across your Macs.
- [Plugin Strip](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/plugin-strip.md): A horizontal strip of plugin cards at the bottom of the window — see and control your entire effects chain at a glance.
- [Effect Presets](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/presets.md): Save and recall plugin effect chains with iCloud sync across devices.
- [Project Overview](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/project-overview.md): A visual dashboard of all your iCloud projects, grouped by workflow status.
- [Quantize](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/quantize.md): Snap clips and MIDI notes to the nearest grid position. Swing-aware, with automatic overlap trimming.
- [Recording](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/recording.md): Record audio, MIDI, slice triggers, and automation — live, step-by-step, or retroactively via MIDI capture.
- [Reverse Reverb](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/reverse-reverb.md): Generate cinematic reverse reverb tails for transitions, risers, and atmospheric builds.
- [Sample Library](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/sample-library.md): Index your sample folders, search by name or vibe, and swap samples on a track in real time — all from the keyboard.
- [Sidebar](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/sidebar.md): Five tabs for navigating tracks, browsing samples, organizing instruments and effects, and managing project settings.
- [Sidechain](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/sidechain.md): Three sidechain modes — Audio, MIDI, and Trigger Impulse — with sample-accurate timing and configurable lookahead.
- [Stem Separation](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/stem-separation.md): Split audio into individual stems using AI — separate vocals, drums, bass, and instruments. All processing runs locally on your Mac.
- [Time Stretching](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/time-stretching.md): Change the speed and pitch of audio independently. Four modes — Slice for drums, Complex for tonal material, Repitch for quick varispeed, and Off to disable.
- [Timeline](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/timeline.md): The central workspace for arranging, editing, and mixing in Gridshift.
- [Track Grouping](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/track-grouping.md): Group tracks into sub-mix buses with shared effects, routing, and collapsible organization in the sidebar.
- [Project Versioning](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/versioning.md): Save and restore complete project snapshots with audio previews. Compare versions by listening before loading.
- [Zero Latency Monitoring](https://docs.gridshift.studio/features/zero-latency-monitoring.md): Bypass plugin delay compensation for live instrument monitoring — hear your input immediately, even with heavy plugin chains.
- [Welcome to Gridshift](https://docs.gridshift.studio/introduction.md): Gridshift is a keyboard-driven digital audio workstation for macOS, built with Swift and Metal for modern Macs. All functions are accessible via keyboard.
- [Focus Mode Shortcuts](https://docs.gridshift.studio/shortcuts/focus-mode.md): Edit MIDI notes in the Piano Roll and play audio slices in Focus Mode.
- [Global Shortcuts](https://docs.gridshift.studio/shortcuts/global.md): Transport, file operations, and app-wide navigation shortcuts.
- [Musical Typing](https://docs.gridshift.studio/shortcuts/musical-typing.md): Play instruments and trigger slices from your computer keyboard.
- [Keyboard Shortcuts](https://docs.gridshift.studio/shortcuts/overview.md): Reference for all keyboard shortcuts.
- [Timeline Shortcuts](https://docs.gridshift.studio/shortcuts/timeline.md): Navigate, select, edit, and arrange clips on the timeline.

## OpenAPI Specs

- [openapi](https://docs.gridshift.studio/api-reference/openapi.json)