Project Genesis
Version 1.1.0 · released 2026-09-17

The DAW with an AI copilot built into it.

Write, arrange, mix and master — by hand, by asking, or both at once. Every note the AI writes lands in a piano roll you can edit. Nothing is locked away behind a prompt.

Download for Windows How to install

1.3 MB · Windows 10 and 11 · Updates itself automatically after the first install

What's inside

A full studio, not a toy

Genesis borrows the parts of Ableton, FL Studio, Logic and Pro Tools that matter, and puts an AI next to them instead of in front of them.

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Piano roll that behaves

Draw, drag, stretch. Multi-select, copy, paste, duplicate a bar with one key. Velocity by Alt-dragging, shown as brightness so you can read dynamics at a glance.

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Patterns and a playlist

Write a loop once, place it anywhere. Change the pattern and every copy of it changes. That is how four bars becomes three minutes.

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AI that writes and explains

Gemini, Claude or ChatGPT — or a model that runs entirely offline on your own machine, with no account and no internet.

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Sound design in plain English

"Make the bass darker and slower to open." The AI moves the actual plugin parameters — the same knobs you'd turn yourself.

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Drums and samplers

A step sequencer, a sampler that plays any audio file you give it, and a drum kit you can build from your own one-shots.

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Mixer with real effects

Nine effects per channel plus the master bus — EQ, compression, reverb, delay and more. Drive them by hand or ask for a mix.

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Your VST3 plugins

Loads the instruments already on your machine and opens their own editor windows, exactly as any other DAW does.

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Record anything

A MIDI controller, your computer keyboard, or a microphone. Quantise it or keep your timing, mistakes and all.

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It teaches as you go

Ask why a chord works or what a compressor does and get an answer in the app, in words that assume nothing.

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You are always holding the controls. Anything the AI does, you can do by hand — and anything it makes, you can edit note by note. It is a session player, not a black box.

Getting started

Three steps

No installer wizard, no account, no licence server.

Download and unzip

Put the folder anywhere you like — your Desktop is fine.

Run MainInstall.bat

It sets up everything Genesis needs. Once, and it takes a few minutes.

Run Start.bat

That's it. Press F1 inside Genesis for the guide, or open GUIDE.html for the illustrated version.

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It keeps itself up to date. After the first install Genesis checks for new versions, downloads them in the background while you work, and installs them when you close it. It never installs over unsaved work.

Release 1.1.0

What's new

Released 2026-09-17.

### Phase 43: pedalboard (GPL-3.0) removed - clear to sell closed-source - **The one blocker to selling Genesis is gone.** pedalboard is GPL-3.0, which is incompatible with shipping a closed-source paid product. It did two jobs; both have been replaced or removed, and there is now **no copyleft library anywhere in the codebase**. - **The nine channel-strip effects are reimplemented in numpy + scipy** (both BSD, permissive) in the new `core/dsp.py`: RBJ-cookbook biquads for the EQ/filters, envelope-follower dynamics for the gate/compressor/limiter, and a Freeverb-style reverb. Same effect names, same parameter ranges, same UI and AI control - only the DSP underneath changed, so no other module needed touching for this part. - **VST3 hosting removed.** Genesis no longer loads third-party VST3 plugins (that was the other half of pedalboard). The instruments are the built-in **Sampler** and **Drum Kit**, playing the royalty-free factory sounds and any samples you add. An old project that named a VST3 instrument still opens - that track is just silent until a sampler is put on it. The "Add Track (VST3)" button and the plugin-editor window are gone. - **scipy** (BSD-3) is a new dependency; added to requirements.txt and the PyInstaller spec, which now collects scipy and no longer bundles pedalboard. - Docs updated throughout (THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES rewritten to "clear to sell", HOW_TO_USE and GUIDE no longer tell you to install a VST3). The remaining licence note is only that PySide6 is LGPL, which is fine for a closed-source app when dynamically linked - which the build does. - **17 new DSP tests** (421 total) pinning what each effect does to the sound - a high-pass removes lows, a shelf boosts by about the dB asked, the limiter caps at threshold, the compressor pulls steady level down, the reverb leaves a tail - plus finiteness over a long run with everything on. #### Honest limitation The reverb is a per-sample Python loop and is the heaviest effect; it is off by default and fine for rendering, but a very busy project with reverb on several tracks could strain a slow CPU. Optimising it (or moving it to a vectorised block form) is a follow-up. Every other effect is scipy-fast.

This build

Version
1.1.0
Released
2026-09-17
Size
1.3 MB
Platform
Windows 10 / 11
Signed
Yes
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Legal

License

Project Genesis is proprietary software — here's what that means in plain terms.

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Your music is yours

Every song, recording, and export you make with Genesis belongs to you, completely. We claim no rights over what you create with it.

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Personal use license

You may install and run one copy for your own use. It's licensed to you, not sold — the software is rented, the songs are yours outright.

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What's not allowed

Modifying, reverse engineering, or redistributing the Software itself. The full license covers every restriction in detail.

Read the full license text
Project Genesis — Proprietary Software License Copyright (c) 2026 Sena Setoria and BluntMan420. All rights reserved. ================================================================================ 1. GRANT OF LICENSE ================================================================================ Subject to the terms below, the copyright holders grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to install and run one copy of Project Genesis (the "Software") for your own use, including the creation of musical works. Musical works you create with the Software are entirely yours. The copyright holders claim no rights over your compositions, recordings, or exported audio. ================================================================================ 2. RESTRICTIONS ================================================================================ You may NOT: a) Modify, adapt, translate, or create derivative works of the Software. b) Reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Software, or attempt to derive its source code, except to the extent this restriction is unenforceable under applicable law or is expressly permitted by the license of a third-party component (see Section 5). c) Distribute, publish, sublicense, rent, lease, lend, sell, or otherwise transfer the Software or any copy of it to any third party. d) Remove, obscure, or alter any copyright, trademark, authorship, or licence notice contained in the Software. e) Use the Software to develop a competing product. ================================================================================ 3. OWNERSHIP ================================================================================ The Software is licensed, not sold. The copyright holders retain all right, title, and interest in and to the Software, including all intellectual property rights. No rights are granted except those expressly stated in Section 1. ================================================================================ 4. NO WARRANTY ================================================================================ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES, OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. The Software loads third-party audio plug-ins (VST3) that run inside its own process. The copyright holders are not responsible for the behaviour, stability, or licensing of any plug-in you choose to load. ================================================================================ 5. THIRD-PARTY COMPONENTS — IMPORTANT ================================================================================ This licence covers ONLY the original source code of Project Genesis. It does NOT and CANNOT override the licences of the third-party libraries the Software depends on. Those are listed in THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md. One of them requires your attention: pedalboard (the audio engine and VST3 host) is licensed GPL-3.0. GPL-3.0 requires that anyone who receives a copy of a program built on it also receives the right to modify and redistribute that program. That right cannot be removed by this licence, and it directly conflicts with Section 2. Those obligations are triggered by DISTRIBUTION. They do not apply to private, personal, or internal use. Accordingly, the restrictions in Section 2 are enforceable for this build ONLY while the Software is not distributed to third parties. Read THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md before publishing, sharing, or selling any copy or build of the Software. ================================================================================ 6. TERMINATION ================================================================================ This licence terminates automatically if you breach any of its terms. On termination you must stop using the Software and destroy all copies in your possession. ================================================================================ For permissions beyond the scope of this licence, contact the copyright holders.

Who's behind it

Built by two people, not a company

Project Genesis is an independent project — no studio, no investors, just two people building the DAW they wanted to use.

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Sena Setoria

Founder. Had the idea for Project Genesis, started it with its first AI integration working, and tests every release before it goes out the door.

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BluntMan420

Lead developer. Picked up Project Genesis from its early foundation and built it into the full application it is today — the engine, the AI integration, and most of what's under the hood.