MusicDevelopments has announced an update to its RapidComposer software, bringing various workflow improvements and bug fixes, ensuring smoother composition and plugin integration.
RapidComposer is an innovative, phrase-based music composition tool, offering a flexible, non-destructive workflow tailored for composers, songwriters, and musicians of all genres. RapidComposer makes it easy to turn your musical ideas into reality.
Changes in RapidComposer v5.5.6
- [Plug-ins] 256 channels (16 MIDI output buses) supported.
- [Plug-ins] Improved channel menu in the track inspector: channels organized into sub-menus.
- [Plug-ins] For channels >16, the bus index is now displayed when using {preset} as the track name.
- [Plug-ins] Fixed MIDI CC sliders in the plug-in: sliders now send continuous MIDI CC events to the host.
- Fixed various issues with velocity editing and min/max sliders in note editing mode.
- Fixed: rendering phrases with variations and voicing (voicing was not applied).
- Base URL is now automatically set when selecting AI service providers.
- Fixed MIDI CC editing in long compositions.
- Fixed possible deadlock when clicking on the master track scale.
- Fixed: CC editor height reset in the Phrase Editor.
- Fixed: duplicating a line/part did not properly duplicate MIDI CC curves.
- Simplified rendering track variations logic.
- Many other fixes and improvements.
The update is free for all RapidComposer 5 owners. New customers can take advantage of a limited time 40% discount as part of an Autumn Sale until September 14th, 2025. RapidComposer full edition orders will receive a free upgrade to v6.0 and free Melodya and MIDI Mutator licenses.
More information: MusicDevelopments

