The peak-time trance mixing reference, live-linked to your Ableton session. Open a channel and see exactly what every macro controls, the calibrated value range that works, the listening cue at each position, and the fix when something sounds wrong.
72-hour free preview · Full Mix Lock app · No payment, just your email
The paid licence adds the Ableton template, the live bridge and the Trance Sub synth — £45 lifetime licence →
✓ 41-track Ableton template✓ Live Ableton bridge✓ Lifetime licence✓ Mac + Windows✓ Built over two years by a producer
Your mix is close but not finished. Tracks stall in the same place every time. You reach for the same plugins and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't — and you don't always know why either way. That gap between what you hear and what you can do about it is what Mix Lock closes.
45 channel guides covering every element of a peak-time trance mix. 400 encyclopedia entries, each with calibrated defaults and listening cues for every macro position. 300 documented problems with diagnosed fix paths. 13 gated mix stages from session setup to print and QC. All cross-linked, all genre-specific, all live-linked to your Ableton session.
A mono sub synth for trance. Keep note levels more even, shape the ducking and harmonics, and build distinct off-beat hits with adjustable Tail and Separation.
32 factory presets · included with every Mix Lock licence · out now on its own at £14 launch / approx. US$18.55 (RRP £24)
Own Mix Lock? Trance Sub is already in your 1.3 download. Unlock it with your Mix Lock licence key.
Watch a demo
Mix Lock at work
The macros in Mix Lock are mixing tools, not sound-design tools — deliberately subtle, designed to fit finished sounds together rather than create new ones. This is what those controls actually look like in practice.
Every mix decision, explained. Every macro, calibrated. Every problem, documented.
Most trance producers learn by trial and error — watching tutorials, copying settings, and never quite knowing why something works. Mix Lock is the opposite. Every decision has a documented reason. Every macro has a calibrated default and a listening cue for every position on the dial. Every problem has a known fix path mapped to a specific channel.
It runs as a desktop app on Mac and Windows alongside your DAW — not as a plugin, not as a tutorial library, but as a live link to your Ableton session. Touch a macro in Live, Mix Lock follows. Open a channel in Mix Lock, see exactly what every macro does at every position, what the calibrated default is, and how far you've drifted from it.
Built around peak-time trance at 136–142 BPM. 45 channel guides covering kick, sub, bass tier, drum group, music elements (lead, pluck, pads, acid), FX/atmos, returns, and a vocal subset. 13 gated mix stages from session setup to print + QC. 400 encyclopedia entries, 305 production techniques, 300 documented problems, 220 glossary terms. Every entry calibrated, indexed, cross-linked.
The template ships for Ableton Live (full racks, all macros pre-mapped). For Logic Pro, every plugin setting is documented so you can rebuild the chain natively. For any other DAW — FL Studio, Cubase, Bitwig, Studio One, Reaper — the parameter values translate directly.
Mix Lock is an independent product. Not a software company, not affiliated with Ableton, any label, or any other brand. Built by one trance producer over two years — every entry written by someone who actually mixes peak-time trance, not a copywriter rephrasing a tutorial.
Live Ableton bridge
A control-surface link reads every macro position from Live in real time — Mix Lock follows what you're touching
13 gated mix stages
From session setup to print. Each stage signs off before the next unlocks. Nothing gets skipped under deadline pressure.
Symptom-first diagnostics
300 documented problems searchable by what you hear. "Kick disappears in the drop" → channels, causes, fixes
Context-aware AI
Built-in assistant powered by your Gemini key — knows your track, your stage, and the entire Mix Lock methodology
Inside Mix Lock
Select a tab — this mirrors how the app is laid out. Click any screenshot to view full size.
Mix Lock — Peak Time Trance Edition
Scorecard — The read
Mix Scorecard 2.0
Drop your bounce in. Sidechain-aware kick/bass pocket, tonal balance, loudness, stereo field, resonance — each in plain producer language, each with a "where to look" link into the method. Available in the current app.
Click any screenshot to view full size · All modules shown are inside the app
The full gallery
Inside the current Mix Lock
Fresh screenshots from the current app. Click any tile to see the controls and guidance full size.
Current interfaceChannel guidance and macro listening cues in the current app
Mix ScorecardCurrent interface · illustrated with a synthetic example bounceNEW
Channel EntryMacros, cues, and a hard warning if you'd hurt the mix
LevelsKick anchor at −6 dBFS · every channel derived from it
RoutingFix at the lowest level first · signal hierarchy
Plugin Guides5 devices · 13 channels · real controls
AssistantStep-by-step Guide me · local diagnostics · optional AI chat
Theme BuilderRe-skin the whole app · readability guardNEW
Layout CustomisationHide any nav section · editor tab · dashboard cardNEW
NotebookEverything you've pinned · grouped by channel and kind
Synth ParamsEvery oscillator / unison / phase control for trance
FX ParamsEvery compressor / EQ / reverb / delay control
Glossary220 terms · cross-linked to the problems where they show up
The Ableton Template41 tracks + 6 returns · colour-coded lanes · pre-mapped racks · every macro calibrated
App screenshots captured from the current interface using an example project. Scorecard shows a synthetic example bounce. Ableton template image retained from the existing template. Click to view full size.
This isn't for everyone.
If you mix purely by ear and it works — genuinely, that's something to be admired. Pure instinct, no system, the right decisions just happen. That takes years to develop and some people never get there. If that describes you, Mix Lock will feel like noise. You don't need it.
Same if you're happy where you are. If you have no real interest in understanding why something works — only whether it does — that is a completely valid way to make music. Keep doing it. Mix Lock isn't built for that approach and won't pretend otherwise.
for the rest of us
Mix Lock won't get you signed. It will show you why each mix decision works, so you can make it again.
Most of us hear that something's wrong and we reach for things — EQ, compression, a different plugin — and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't, and we don't always know why either way. That gap between what you hear and what you can do about it is where sessions stall and tracks get abandoned.
What Mix Lock does is close that gap — by making sure the same knowledge is applied consistently, every session. The same decisions, the same listening cues, the same workflow checks. That repetition is what builds real skill. Not passive watching. Not copying settings you don't understand. Doing it, in your own session, on your own track, with your ears.
Over time, the things you used to look up stop being things you look up. The framework becomes your instinct. That's the progression Mix Lock is designed to accelerate — not to shortcut it.
How it works
Three phases. One session alongside Ableton.
Mix Lock doesn't replace your DAW — it runs next to it. Each phase has a clear job. None of them get in the way of making music.
Phase 01 — Build
Make the track. Don't touch the macros yet.
Open your Ableton template and make music. Write, arrange, layer, experiment — the full creative process in your DAW, your way. The macros are there but you leave them alone.
The template loads with every macro at its calibrated default position and basic processing only — nothing shaped, nothing pushed. This is deliberate. What you hear is your raw production, honestly represented. That neutral baseline is the reference point the entire system is built from.
The macros are mixing tools, not sound design tools. Using them during the write to shape a sound might feel productive — but it breaks the reference. When it comes to mixing, you won't know where you started, the listening cues won't be accurate, and the context will be wrong. Leave them at default until you're ready to mix.
Template loads at calibrated default positions — leave them there
Use synth parameters and plugin settings to design your sounds
Macros activate in Phase 02 — not before
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Phase 02 — Mix
Open Mix Lock alongside the session. Work through it together.
Now you open Mix Lock next to Ableton and work through the channels. Mix Lock gives you the listening cues — what to focus on, what to identify, what a problem in that channel actually sounds like.
When you find an issue, you use the macro to address it. Turn the dial in Live, listen to what changes. The Ableton bridge reads the position back into Mix Lock automatically — you don't manually log anything. Mix Lock shows you which zone of the macro you're in (low / mid / high) and how far you've drifted from the calibrated default. Green = safe zone. Amber = working. Red = pushed.
Every macro decision should be made with the full arrangement playing. Not in isolation. Not channel by channel in silence. The listening cues are calibrated for a full-mix context — a kick EQ call made with only the kick playing will be wrong the moment everything else arrives. Context is everything.
Listening cues tell you what to hear, not just what to do
Full arrangement playing — decisions made in context
Bridge syncs macro positions automatically — no manual logging
Macro health colours show how far you've drifted from default
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Phase 03 — Export
Every dial position logged. Ready to export — or submit.
By the time you finish the mix, every macro position across every channel has been logged in Mix Lock. That is your track export — a complete snapshot of every mixing decision you made, in a format that can be read, reviewed, and used for feedback.
Keep it as your own record, or submit it alongside your audio for a Mix Lock feedback session — where the reviewer sees not just what came out, but exactly what was set when it did.
Track export = complete macro health snapshot
Reviewable record of every mixing decision
Submit for feedback or keep as your own session log
The four rules that make the system work
01
Start from the same place every time
Every macro has a calibrated default position. The template loads there. Don't move them during the write. The listening cues and the feedback are only accurate when the starting position is consistent — session to session, track to track.
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The template has basic processing — by design
Nothing arrives pre-shaped or pushed. What you hear at the start of a session is your raw production, honestly represented. The macros are the mixing layer. The template is the neutral foundation they operate on.
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Macros are for mixing. Not writing.
Use your synth parameters, plugin settings, and sound design tools during the write. Leave the macros alone until you mix. Touching them early breaks the reference, corrupts the starting position, and makes every subsequent decision less reliable.
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Context is everything
Every macro call should be made with the full arrangement playing. Decisions made in isolation are wrong in context. The sub EQ, the kick transient, the reverb tail — they only tell you the truth when everything else is there with them.
Mix Lock runs on Mac and Windows as a standalone desktop app — open it in a window next to your DAW. No plugins. No rewiring. No interruption to your Ableton session.
What's inside
Every tool a trance producer needs
From the first idea through to the final print — the live link to Live, the calibrated template, the diagnostic engine, the reference book, the AI. All in one desktop app.
⚡ The headline · About twice as fast in 1.3
Bounce your track in. Read your mix like a coach would.
The Mix Scorecard doesn't listen to your track — it measures it. Sidechain-aware kick-vs-bass pocket, tonal balance across the full spectrum, loudness and true peak, stereo staging, dynamics, resonance. Then it tells you in plain producer language what it sees — "solid — a couple of things worth a listen" — with a where to look ↓ link on every flagged finding straight into the method that fixes it.
The bounce lives at the bottom of the app as you work. Play, scrub, drag your own analysis window, click a band and hear only that band. Pin a note or tag an Encyclopedia fix to the exact second — it lands in your Fix Queue timestamped. Load a reference and get a real A/B comparison. Your Scorecard builds a profile across every track you score: patterns you've been carrying, strengths you didn't know you had. Its thresholds are set against more than 30 professional peak-time masters, so they come from real club records, not guesswork.
A live link between Mix Lock and Ableton Live. Turn a macro in your DAW, the value updates in Mix Lock instantly — no manual logging, no copy-pasting, no second-guessing. The session and the system stay in sync automatically while you mix.
Mix Lock shows you which zone of the macro you're in (low / mid / high), what to listen for at that position, and how far you've drifted from the calibrated default. The macro flag changes colour: green when you're close to default, amber as you push, red when you're at extreme. Honest, immediate feedback.
Live macro syncPosition-aware listening cuesHealth colour feedbackStays on your machineQuick setup, no plugin
Workflow
13 gated mix stages. Nothing gets skipped under deadline pressure.
Stage 0 (Session Setup) → Stage 1 (Skeleton) → Stage 2 (Kick Anchor) → Stage 3 (Sub) → Stage 4 (Bass) → Stage 5 (Drums) → Stage 6 (Music Pass) → Stage 7 (Music Group) → Stage 8 (FX Returns) → Stage 9 (Arrangement) → Stage 10 (Mix Integrity) → Stage 11 (Reference) → Stage 12 (Print + QC). Each stage signs off before the next unlocks. Every checklist item is genre-specific and decision-grade.
Plus Global Laws — the always-on rules that apply across every stage: gain staging, mono compatibility, headroom, the no-touch rules. The framework that holds the whole mix together.
400 encyclopedia entries. Every channel, every macro, every decision.
The Encyclopedia is the reference book Mix Lock is built on. Every channel has a full entry: signal chain in order, every macro with its calibrated default and listening cues for low/mid/high zones, problem maps, fix paths, alternative-DAW translations (Logic and generic), and cross-links to every other entry that touches the same content.
Three ways in: Browse by Channel (the 45-channel sidebar), Sounds Like / Looks Like (find channels with similar signal chains), and Symptom Finder (search by what you hear — described below).
Grounded in the Mix Lock encyclopedia, and it works offline. The assistant knows what stage you're in, what track you're working on and the whole Mix Lock method. Ask "why does Stage 3 come before Stage 4?" or "what's wrong with my kick if it disappears in the drop?" and get an answer rooted in context, not a generic web search.
New in 1.3: Guide me. Describe a symptom and it takes you to the channel involved and explains what your settings there are doing. Or let it walk your track stage by stage, bringing up your Fix Queue items as you reach them. It points; you decide. Nothing gets ticked unless you tick it. Want free-form answers too? Add your own free Google Gemini key for the optional online mode.
Context-awareGuide meWorks offlineEncyclopedia-groundedOptional Gemini keyResizable panelConversation history
Plugin Guides
Ableton's stock devices — taught channel by channel.
Interactive guides for Compressor, Glue Compressor, Saturator, Echo and EQ Eight. Drag the real controls. Pick the channel you're EQ'ing — kick, sub, main bass, lead, pluck, pad, 303, lead vocal, vocal chops, stab/shot, drum bus, music bus, master/returns. See exactly what every move does on that part, in that context. Mix Lock teaches — never mixes for you.
The new Theme Builder (Settings → Customise Appearance) lets you edit every colour — surfaces, borders, three text tiers, five accents — with a built-in readability guard that quietly nudges text lighter or darker if a combo would be too low-contrast to read. So you can't lock yourself out. Start from Default Dark or Light presets. Save your own.
Layout Customisation (☰ → Customise Layout) lets you hide any main nav section, editor tab or dashboard card you don't use. The core teaching flow always stays; everything else is optional. Changes apply live.
Full colour controlReadability guardHide any section / tab / cardApplies live
And the layout side
Diagnostics
Type what you hear. Get the channels and the fixes.
The Symptom Finder is the search-by-symptom diagnostic engine. "Kick disappears in the drop", "bass sounds thin", "lead feels harsh", "drop loses energy after the breakdown" — type it in, get back the channels involved, the causes, and the documented fix path. 300 problems mapped across the kick anchor, bass tier, drum group, music elements, FX/atmos, and master. Each problem links straight to the relevant encyclopedia entries and queues the fix into the active mix track.
305 production techniques, organised by what part of the track you're writing.
Section-by-section production techniques — covering the eight phases every trance track passes through: Intro, Build, Drop, Breakdown, Outro, Transitions, Tension, Texture. Each technique is named, explained, and tied to the structural decision it solves. Not a generic tip dump — these are real, working moves used in modern peak time tracks.
305 techniques8 song-section phasesTied to arrangement decisions
Routing
Full visual routing for all 45 channels.
The routing page is a single-page visual map of every signal in the template — kick, sub, bass tier, drum group, music elements, FX/atmos, and returns — through their group buses, sidechains, and sends, all the way to the master. Click any channel to jump to its encyclopedia entry. Hover any return to highlight which channels feed it. The whole signal flow at a glance.
45 channels mappedSidechain visualisation6 returnsClick-through to entries
Macro Health
See where every macro is — and how far you've drifted from default.
Every channel macro has a calibrated default. The Macro Health view shows where each one sits right now, with a coloured flag indicating distance from default: green (close to default — safe), amber (working — pushed for a reason), red (extreme — needs a justification). With the Ableton bridge running, the colours update live as you turn knobs in your DAW.
Calibrated defaultsZone colours (low/mid/high)Distance-from-default flagsLive updates via bridge
Calibration
Target levels for every channel — peak, RMS, LUFS.
No more eyeballing. The Levels reference gives you the exact target values for every channel in the template, derived from analysis of professional peak time releases at 136–142 BPM. Per-channel and per-stage. Cross-checked against the master calibration so the whole mix arrives at the limiter at the right loudness without surprises.
15 guided steps from blank session to mix-ready idea.
The Write module guides composition the same way Mix Stages guides mixing — every step has trance-specific context, a sign-off condition, and a hand-off to the next. Key, tempo, scale work, drop design, arrangement section plan, DAW template setup, the sound-design starting points. When the idea is complete, one click promotes it into a mix track and unlocks Stage 0.
The Theory Workpad picks key and mode, lets you choose from a curated library of trance progressions, and analyses every chord — function, voicing, emotional character. Set per-chord bar lengths. Preview through a supersaw pad. Export the result as MIDI directly into your DAW. The fastest path from blank canvas to a 4-bar progression that's musically defensible.
Plan the track shape before you commit to the DAW.
The Arrangement page draws your track's energy arc — the shape of intensity across intro, build, drop, breakdown, drop 2, outro. Map bar lengths, energy levels, and section transitions visually. Spot structural problems (drop too long, breakdown too short, no tension before the second drop) before they become baked into the audio.
Energy arc chartSection bar mappingTension placementFormat checker
Notebook
Pin what matters. Find it again instantly.
The Notebook holds everything you bookmark across the app — encyclopedia entries you keep coming back to, fix queue items mid-resolution, free-text notes about your own track. Grouped by track so when you reopen a session, you reopen its context. Persists across sessions, exports cleanly.
Pin from anywherePer-track groupingMixed content (entries + notes)Persistent across sessions
Workflow Continuity
Pick up exactly where you left off.
Mix Lock remembers what you were working on across sessions. The header shows Resume chips for any active mix track or write idea — one click puts you back at the exact step or stage you stopped at. The Recent strip shows the last few pages you visited so you can backtrack your train of thought. Close the app mid-mix, reopen tomorrow, you're back where you were.
Chain Audit compares your current session's signal chain against the Mix Lock template, channel by channel. Spot missing devices, wrong order, swapped processors, missing macros. Catch the structural problems that cost hours at end-of-mix when something doesn't sound right and you can't tell why. Save your own chain as a custom variant if you've intentionally diverged.
Every synthesiser parameter and every effect parameter, documented with a trance-context starting value and a description of how it interacts with neighbouring controls. Built for the moment you're tweaking a filter envelope and you need to know what "key tracking" actually does to the result. A reference book inside the workflow.
220 production terms — defined for this template, this genre.
Production and engineering terms explained in the context of this system, not in generic textbook language. Look up any term, see the definition, and click through to where it's used in the encyclopedia. Available everywhere in the app — a glossary tooltip appears whenever a glossary term is mentioned in any other page.
Insights tracks how long you spend in each stage, which problems repeat, how your fix-rate changes over time, and where you get stuck. Mix-after-mix you build a personal record of how you work — and the patterns get hard to ignore. The kind of self-knowledge that's the actual unlock between competent and consistent.
Stage-time breakdownRecurring problemsFix resolution ratePer-track history
DAW Compatibility
Mix Lock works with any DAW. The Ableton Live integration is the deepest — a live bridge plus the full template. Other DAWs get the full reference and parameter values to rebuild the template natively.
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Ableton Live — full integration
The complete experience. Ships with an Ableton Live template (full racks, all macros pre-mapped) plus the Mix Lock Bridge — the live link that mirrors every macro position from Live to Mix Lock in real time. No manual logging, no copy-pasting. You turn the macros in Live; Mix Lock follows and explains. Live 11.3 or later.
TEMPLATE + LIVE BRIDGE
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Logic Pro — settings guide
A complete plugin-by-plugin settings guide for rebuilding the template natively in Logic. Every channel strip documented with matching stock device choices, parameter values, and signal chain order. Build the template once using the reference and you have the full Mix Lock workflow — encyclopedia, stages, problems, techniques — running alongside Logic. The bridge integration is Ableton-only at launch.
SETTINGS GUIDE INCLUDED
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Any other DAW — FL Studio, Cubase, Studio One, Bitwig, Reaper…
Mix Lock documents every processor setting, signal chain, and parameter value in full — enough to recreate the template in any DAW using your own plugins. The encyclopedia, problem diagnostics, production techniques, and AI assistant work the same regardless of which DAW you're driving. Native template ports for FL/Cubase/Studio One are on the post-launch build path. Join the mailing list if you want to be notified when those land.
FULL SETTINGS REFERENCE INCLUDED
🍎 Mix Lock app: macOS 12+ (Apple Silicon + Intel)🪟 Windows 10/11 (64-bit)🔒 Works offline, assistant included🔑 Lifetime licence · 2 machines📦 Download: about 160 MB Windows · about 285 MB Mac universal
Five interactive device guides, free and ungated. Drag the real controls, pick the sound you are working on, and see what every setting does — the same way Mix Lock teaches every channel.
Live now — buy aboveHidden when launch flag is "live"; visible only as a fallback if launch flag is reverted to prelaunch
System Requirements
⚠ Please check your setup against this list before buying. Mix Lock is a one-time digital purchase — once activated, refunds aren't possible if your system is below spec.
macOS (Mix Lock app) macOS 12 (Monterey) or later · Apple Silicon + Intel universal · 4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended) · download about 285 MB, installed about 615 MB · allow about 1 GB free disk space · signed and notarised by Apple. If your Mac can't run macOS 12, the Mix Lock version you already have keeps working.
Windows (Mix Lock app) Windows 10 (build 1809) or Windows 11 · 64-bit · 4 GB RAM (8 GB recommended) · download about 160 MB · allow about 1 GB free disk space
Trance Sub (included) A plugin host: VST3 on Mac or Windows, or AU on Mac · on Mac, macOS 12 (Monterey) or later
Ableton Live (for the bridge + template) Ableton Live 11.3 or later, Standard or Suite (Live 12 fully supported). Live Intro lacks some stock devices used in the racks.
Required free plugin Caelum Audio Flux Mini 2 (free, no account) — the DUCK device used on Sub, Bass, Pluck and several other channels.
Internet Needed to activate the licence. After that Mix Lock re-checks it about once a week when you are online; offline, it keeps working for 30 days from the last successful check. The assistant, Scorecard, reference and bridge work offline; only the assistant's optional online mode needs a connection. What connects, and what is sent →
Other DAWs Mix Lock runs standalone on macOS / Windows. The bridge + template are Ableton-specific; for Logic / FL / Cubase / Bitwig / Studio One / Reaper, every parameter value is documented so you can rebuild the chain natively.
⚡ Live now. Secure checkout via LemonSqueezy · Mac & Windows · Lifetime licence · Contact
Future genre editions (Techno, House, etc.) are separate purchases — existing licence holders receive a reduced rate at checkout.
Version History
What's new in Mix Lock
Every release, every fix, dated. If you're a Mix Lock customer, your existing licence key activates every future version — re-download from your original purchase email at any time to get the latest build.
v1.34 October 2026Feature Release
Guide me, a smarter live link, a faster Scorecard, and Trance Sub included
Guide me in the assistant takes a symptom to the channel involved and explains what your settings there are doing, or walks your track stage by stage with your Fix Queue alongside. Works offline. The live link finds your rack wherever it sits, copes with duplicate and same-named tracks, and shows Ableton's own values and units. Arrangement guidance follows the track you're actually making. The Scorecard reads a whole track about twice as fast. Four interface styles, easier reading, full keyboard access, a refreshed V1.3 template, a 56-page manual, and Trance Sub included with your licence.
For existing customers: Mix Lock offers the update in the app. Your licence key carries over, and your tracks, ideas, fixes and notebook stay put. 1.3 needs macOS 12 or later on a Mac; if yours can't run it, the version you have keeps working. Trance Sub is in the 1.3 download and unlocks with your Mix Lock key.
v1.210 July 2026Feature Release
Mix Scorecard 2.0, auto-update, make it yours + content refresh
The Mix Scorecard grew up. Out of beta, and every part of the read is stronger. The analysis got deeper across dynamics, tonal tilt, stereo field and full-spectrum resonance, and its thresholds are tested against more than 30 professional peak-time masters.
The bounce lives at the bottom of the screen now. Play, scrub, drag your own analysis window, click a band and hear only that band. Pin a note or tag an Encyclopedia fix to the exact second and it lands in your Fix Queue timestamped — click the chip to jump back to the moment you heard it. Every flagged finding gets a "where to look ↓" link straight to the method that fixes it. Load a reference and get a real A/B comparison, not just a caveat. And your Scorecard builds a profile across all your tracks: patterns you've been carrying, and strengths you didn't know you had. Save a standalone quick-check to a track when it's worth keeping.
Auto-update is now built in. When there's a new version the app tells you, lets you download with a progress bar and restarts into the update. No more re-downloading from your email.
Make it yours. The new Theme Builder (Settings → Customise Appearance) lets you re-skin the whole app — background, panels, borders, the three text tiers, five accents — with a legibility guard that auto-corrects low-contrast combos. Layout Customisation (☰ → Customise Layout) lets you hide any nav section, editor tab or dashboard card you don't use.
A calmer dashboard. Your tracks are a drag-to-restage board now — Composition, Mixing, Finished & Sent — with search and tag filter. The busy screens (Tracks, Editor, Encyclopedia, Problems) open up as you click instead of dumping everything at once. Every mixing stage now links straight to the channels it's about.
The Assistant speaks the language. Producer slang goes in — spanky, farty, glassy, weedy, reese, plucky, hall kick, chest-level — and the right entries come back. Typos correct on the fly, "did you mean?" catches near-misses on channel names, and it now knows the Scorecard. Ask "kick vs sub" or "is my sub level ok" and you get a straight teaching card, not a search.
Write module, Section Tips and the guides — rewritten. The 15 write steps, the 259 arrangement Section Tips and the production-technique tips are all cleaner now — clearer reasoning, better accuracy, less "trance does this" and more "here's why this usually works". Foundational rules stay definite; stylistic and creative claims read as suggestions.
Sharper on Windows. The app read too dark and slightly blurry on Windows — root cause was a Mac-only font-smoothing switch that thins text everywhere else. Fixed at source, secondary text bumped for contrast, comfortable on both platforms now.
Fixes: Gemini API key now persists across restart, the device-info tooltip no longer clips under the header, the Track Editor "More ▾" menu opens reliably, the bounce player no longer auto-restores the wrong track on cold launch, and demo download links stay valid after upload cycles.
For existing customers: re-download Mix Lock from your original purchase email — the same link now serves v1.2. Your licence key activates the new build unchanged. Saved tracks, ideas, fixes, channel macros, custom themes, layout and notebook persist.
v1.122 June 2026Feature Release
Two new teaching tools — the Mix Scorecard and interactive Device Guides
The headline of 1.1 is the Mix Scorecard. Bounce your track in and it gives you a straight read on what your mix is actually doing — how your kick and bass are sharing the low end, your tonal balance, your loudness and true peak, even whether your sub is in tune with the track. Every reading comes with the why and a link straight to the method that fixes it. Sitting alongside it: interactive Device Guides for Ableton's Compressor, Glue Compressor, Saturator, Echo and EQ Eight — drag the real controls and watch exactly what every move does on your kick, bass or lead, with coaching tuned to each channel. It still won't mix for you, and it isn't trying to. That's the whole point — it teaches the why, so the next mix is better because of you.
The Mix Scorecard — a teaching read on a finished bounce.Device Guides — drag the real controls, learn what they do channel by channel.
For existing customers: re-download Mix Lock from your original purchase email — the same link now serves v1.1. Your licence key activates the new build unchanged. Saved tracks, ideas, fixes, channel macros and notebook persist.
v1.0.220 May 2026Patch
Clipboard reliability + bundled in-flight fixes
Fixed a silent "Copy failed" toast that hit Copy Chords in the Harmony workpad — caused by Chromium's renderer-side clipboard rejecting writes when the document doesn't have focus. All ten copy buttons across the app (bug reports, share URLs, chain audit, AI chat export, feedback reports, bookmarks, per-message AI copy) now use Electron's native clipboard via the preload bridge, with the older paths kept as fallbacks. Same release bundles in two previously-deferred fixes: duplicate-channel auto-follow when duplicating template channels mid-session in Ableton, and demo auto-activation on first run.
For existing customers: re-download Mix Lock from your original purchase email — the same link now serves v1.0.2. Your licence key activates the new build unchanged. Saved tracks, ideas, fixes, channel macros and notebook persist.
v1.0.12 May 2026Patch
Listening Cues panel now refreshes live from Ableton
Fixed a bug where the "Listening Cues" combination panel at the bottom of each channel's macro section did not refresh automatically as macros changed in Ableton. Individual dial values updated correctly, but the bottom combo panel stayed stale until the user manually touched a Mix Lock dial. The bridge update path now refreshes the combo panel as it should have from the start.
For existing customers: re-download Mix Lock from your original purchase email — the same link now serves v1.0.1. Your licence key activates the new build unchanged. Saved tracks, ideas, fixes and notebook persist.
v1.02 May 2026Launch
Mix Lock 1.0 — Peak Time Trance Edition launched
First public release. Desktop mixing system for peak-time trance at 136–142 BPM with a live one-way bridge to Ableton Live. 39-track template with 43 channel guides, 13 gated mix stages, 400 encyclopedia entries, 305 production techniques, 300 documented problems, 4-level Macro Health diagnostics, Chain Audit with deviation justification, theory + arrange + write composition tools, AI assistant, full-state notebook backup. Mac universal + Windows. Apple notarised, signed installer. Lifetime licence, 2 machines per key.
Found a bug or have a feature request? Use the in-app reporting tools (Help → Report a Bug / Feature Request) or email mixlockadmin@gmail.com. Every bug report is read personally and patched within 72 hours of receipt where possible.
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Mix Lock Techno Edition
A completely separate system built for the rhythms, textures, and compression-heavy mix decisions that define modern peak time techno. Different rules. Different workflow. Same depth.
