{"id":149769,"date":"2025-08-02T08:21:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T13:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/?p=149769"},"modified":"2025-08-05T19:39:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T00:39:57","slug":"open-planet-software-intros-sessions-3-0-sessions-for-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2025\/08\/02\/open-planet-software-intros-sessions-3-0-sessions-for-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Planet Software Intros Sessions 3.0, Sessions For iPad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sessions-ipad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-149774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sessions-ipad-728x528.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sessions-ipad-728x528.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sessions-ipad-320x232.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sessions-ipad-768x557.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sessions-ipad-414x300.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sessions-ipad.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Open Planet Software<\/strong> has introduced <strong>Sessions 3.0<\/strong>, a major update to its performance-oriented plugin host, and <strong>Sessions for iPad<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Sessions is designed to give players everything need for live performance, including MIDI layers and splits, flexible audio mixing, seamless sound switching, MIDI control, Ableton Link and so much more.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Sessions for iPad delivers the same feature set and ease-of-use as Sessions for Mac, but in a version that&#8217;s optimized for iPad.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>MIXER\n<ul>\n<li>Unlimited Audio Input Channels for live audio sources<\/li>\n<li>Unlimited Instrument Channels for hosting instrument plug-ins<\/li>\n<li>Unlimited Auxiliary Channels<\/li>\n<li>1 Master Output Channel per Scene<\/li>\n<li>Unlimited effect plug-ins on each Channel<\/li>\n<li>8 sends per Channel, switchable pre \/ post fader<\/li>\n<li>Auxiliary Channels can be routed to independent external outputs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>MIDI<\/li>\n<li>Layers and splits using MIDI device, channel, note and velocity<\/li>\n<li>Note transposition on each Instrument Channel<\/li>\n<li>MIDI CC control for switching Scenes and controlling Macros, Start\/Stop and more<\/li>\n<li>PLUG-INS AND WIDGETS\n<ul>\n<li>Plug-ins are represented in the Mixer by Widgets<\/li>\n<li>Widgets can be customized with knobs, sliders and switches to control up to 12 plug-in parameters<\/li>\n<li>Over 30 beautiful Widget themes, many inspired by the classic hardware of yesteryear<\/li>\n<li>Flexible Mixer \/ Plug-in split screen options: auto-sized, fixed 50\/50 or full width<\/li>\n<li>A plug-in\u2019s own UI can be displayed in the main app window or in separate floating windows*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>SCENES\n<ul>\n<li>12 Scenes, each with its own independent Mixer<\/li>\n<li>Seamless switching between Scenes<\/li>\n<li>Customizable with colors and icons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>MACROS\n<ul>\n<li>16 Macro Controls and 1 Big Knob per Scene<\/li>\n<li>Macros auto-map to the first 16 Widget parameters by default<\/li>\n<li>Macros can be configured to control multiple parameters, each with its own scale and range<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>PATCHES AND PROJECTS\n<ul>\n<li>Save individual Channels and Scenes to the Patch Library<\/li>\n<li>Save the content of all 12 Scenes, Macros and the Beat Clock as a Project file<\/li>\n<li>Move Patches and Projects between Mac and iPad (third party plug-in availably may vary between platforms)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>RECORDING\n<ul>\n<li>Always-On Recorder continuously records the last 5, 10 or 15 minutes<\/li>\n<li>Loop playback of recorded or selectable region<\/li>\n<li>Export recorded or selectable region as M4A or WAV<\/li>\n<li>Manual direct-to-file recorder for recordings of unlimited duration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>BEAT CLOCK\n<ul>\n<li>Start \/ Stop, Tempo and Time Signature controls<\/li>\n<li>Internal, Ableton Link and external MIDI clock sources<\/li>\n<li>Metronome with selectable tick sound<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>PLUG-IN LIBRARY\n<ul>\n<li>Separate tabs for Instruments and Effects<\/li>\n<li>Independent Search and Favorites filter in each tab<\/li>\n<li>Organize Plug-ins alphabetically or grouped by manufacturer<\/li>\n<li>Hide unwanted plug-ins using the Plug-In Manager<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>OTHER FEATURES\n<ul>\n<li>Simple, drag and drop operation throughout<\/li>\n<li>Keyboard shortcuts for common functions*<\/li>\n<li>Light and Dark modes &#8211; follow the system or manual selection<\/li>\n<li>Safe Start mode to help troubleshoot problematic plug-ins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pricing and Availability:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sessions 3.0<\/strong> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.openplanetsoftware.com\/sessions\">available<\/a> now for $19.99 USD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Open Planet Software has introduced Sessions 3.0, a major update to its performance-oriented plugin host, and Sessions for iPad.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/content\/2025\/08\/02\/open-planet-software-intros-sessions-3-0-sessions-for-ipad\/\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open Planet Software Intros Sessions 3.0, Sessions For iPad<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":149773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[13958,1,14],"tags":[14165,35837,4596],"class_list":["post-149769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple-ipad","category-music-news","category-recording","tag-ipad-music-software","tag-plugin-host","tag-plugins"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/sessions-ipad-preview.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149769"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":149775,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149769\/revisions\/149775"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.synthtopia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}