Hey everyone,

I'm a software developer and music production enthusiast. Like many of you, I've accumulated tons of Ableton projects over the years with no real way to keep track of them —  filenames like beat_final_v3_REAL_final.als, no version control, no idea which plugins I used, you know the drill.

I looked for a tool that could fix all of this, but nothing out there fully matched what I needed.

So I started building [audyn.app](https://audyn.app)

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What is Audyn?

Audyn is a standalone desktop app that automatically scans and organizes your Ableton projects. Think of it as a project manager built for music production.

Core features:

- Project scanning — Point it at your working folders and Audyn will automatically read and index your projects
- Metadata extraction — Extracts tempo, time signature, key, track count, arrangement structure, plugins used, samples, and more
- Search across all projects — "Find every project in D minor at 140 BPM" or "every project using Valhalla Vintage Verb"
- Arrangement view — Quickly preview your project layout and structure without waiting for Ableton to load the project
- Collections & tags — Organize your projects into collections, add tags, track progression, filter and search however you like
- Version history — Audyn detects and indexes your project versions. You can create snapshots, roll back, and visualize changes between each version
- Quick open — Open any project directly in Ableton from Audyn with one click
- Missing plugins & samples detection — Know before opening a project that it has missing dependencies, so you're never surprised by broken sessions
- Templates — Save templates, browse them visually, and create new projects from them
- Project stats — See your most used plugins, tempo trends, track counts, and more across your entire library

Supported versions: Ableton Live 10, 11, and 12 — all editions (Intro, Standard, and Suite).

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Under the hood

For the curious: Audyn decompresses and reads Ableton save files (.als) directly. Everything is local — nothing is sent to any server. The app is built with Tauri (Rust
backend, React frontend), making it lightweight and extremely fast.

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Current state

The app is in closed beta. The core features listed above are implemented and working. I'm actively iterating based on early feedback and polishing the experience before a public release.

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What I'm looking for

I've been working on Audyn for several months now and I've reached a point where I need honest outside feedback from people who actually deal with the problems Audyn is trying to solve.

I'm looking for beta testers who:

- Work on multiple projects at a time (10, 50, 500 — doesn't matter)
- Are willing to give feedback and report bugs
- Professional or hobbyist — I want perspectives from everyone

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A few notes

- I plan to release Audyn on both Windows and Mac. However, I can't offer a Mac version just yet — it requires an Apple machine and an Apple Developer license, which I won't invest in until I'm confident there's enough interest in the app.
- I want to be transparent: I've been working on this project full-time for several months and I don't plan to release Audyn as completely free software, though there will be a limited free tier. That said, beta testers will receive a lifetime Premium license as a thank you for helping me build the app.

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If you're interested, feel free to DM me. I'm also happy to answer any questions about the app right here.

Thanks for reading!

I built a desktop app to manage and organize Ableton Live projects with Versionning and Arrangement view — looking for beta testers