May 21st, 2026
Rando 2.1.0 Beta - Round #17
Hey everyone,
We've had a great week! The team's been heads-down on a stack of fixes and updates, and Rando 2 keeps getting better with every build.
Quick heads-up: we're closing in on the June 1st release, which means there's only one week left for beta feedback. After that, the build is locked.
So if you can find a moment this week, please load up the latest beta and put it through its paces. Make a beat, push it around, try the things you'd actually do in a session. Anything that feels off, anything that delights you, anything that breaks: tell us. Your notes have shaped this release more than you probably realize, and this is the last window to get your fingerprints on it.
One important thing to keep in mind while you're testing:
When Rando scans your samples, you don't have to wait around (!). You're free to move away from the sample processing screen, because Rando is smart and built efficiently, so it keeps scanning in the background.
Here's how it works. The first pass is a quick filename scan, the same way Rando 2.0.06 and earlier worked. On top of that we've added a second layer that digs deeper into the audio files, pulling out metadata, checksums, audio classification, the works. All of that runs quietly on a background thread, so it barely touches your CPU or GPU. We kept it deliberately light so you can start creating right away.
So once again: there's no need to stare at the progress bar until it hits 100%. Let it run in the background and get going.
Also we have removed the rescan icons. They will be back next week as it confused some users!
Thanks for being part of this. Have a great weekend, and we'll talk soon.
Dennis and the team
Things we tackled this week:
- Remove analyze and vacuum steps fb
- Display a maximum of 20000 samples in search settings list on the right
- Ignore instead of retry scanning samples that failed to scan
- Fix line below keyboard crosses glide in chromatic mode
- Fix extracting bpm from samples with non power of two number of bars
- Update slices immediately after dragging random trigger mode sensitivity=
- Multiple styling tweaks
- Fix there is always an undo event after opening Rando
- Make fx border more visible when enabled
- Recolour stop all button
- Fix potential error in AI analysis
- Remove no longer necessary refresh buttons in sample location tab, as scanning happens automatically on the background
- Improve UX of scanning sample locations
- Show locked keys in keyboard designer (edited)
Downloads:
OSX
Windows