MixSurface vs Topline Songwriting

MixSurface is a wireless control surface for the REAPER digital audio workstation. Set it up once and mix, tweak, and perform from your iPhone or iPad. REQUIRES REAPER running on your Mac or PC on the same local network, plus a small free extension. MixSurface is a remote controller, not a copy of REAPER. No REAPER handy? Tap Try Demo on the connect screen and explore the app with a simulated session, no setup required. * FADERS THAT FEEL GREAT Faders, pan, mute, solo and metering, with touch response tuned for real mixing: fast, precise and smooth under your fingers. Bank across every track, or group them into custom layers you switch in a tap. * SENDS ON FADER, INCLUDED FREE Flip the whole mixer into send mode and ride one destination across every channel, the classic console monitor-mix workflow. Pin the buses you reach for most so they are always one tap away. * BUILT-IN EQ ADAPTERS A multi-touch parametric EQ, pre-mapped to popular EQ plugins. Drag bands on the curve, pinch to set Q, and read live values straight from REAPER, with no per-plugin setup. * CUSTOM TEMPLATES Control any plugin with knobs and faders that read and write in real time, including gain-reduction metering for compressors that report it. Use the built-in templates, or map your own in seconds with listen mode: touch a control in REAPER and it binds. * GLOBAL CONTROL SURFACES Build your own pages from plugin controls, transport and one-tap REAPER actions, then make them global so they follow you into every project. * AUTOMATION AND TRACK SETUP Read and write automation from the surface, with each fader showing the automation value rather than just the trim. Name tracks, set colours, choose record inputs and set monitoring without going back to the computer. * KEEP THE VIEWS IN STEP Show only the tracks REAPER is showing, or drive REAPER's mixer from a layer you tap. Run several phones and tablets on one session and they all stay in sync. * FREE, PLUS ONE PURCHASE The mixer, track layers and Sends on Fader are free, forever. One purchase, no subscription, unlocks Channel Details, the multi-touch EQ, plugin control, custom templates and the global Control View. Family Sharing supported. Built for people who run REAPER and want a control surface that just works. Requires REAPER 7 or later on macOS or Windows, the free MixSurface extension, and a shared local network (Wi-Fi or wired). MixSurface connects over your local network only, with no account and no cloud. Not affiliated with or endorsed by Cockos Incorporated. "REAPER" is a trademark of Cockos Incorporated.

Topline is a voice memo app built for songwriting. Hum a melody, sing a line, or strum an idea, and it is saved the moment you stop. When you want more than a bare recording, attach a chord progression or a backing track and record over it. RECORD FIRST • One big record button, always within reach of your thumb • Full-bandwidth audio so vocals and guitar sound like they did in the room • Start a recording hands-free with Siri while you are driving or playing LYRICS THAT WRITE THEMSELVES • Recordings are transcribed automatically into searchable lyrics • Fix a misheard word with a tap, or swap it for a rhyme or synonym • Search every recording by title or by any line you sang AN OPTIONAL MUSIC LAYER • Build a backing progression from the chords in your key, shown with Nashville numbers • Piano or Rhodes voicings, drone, metronome, tempo, and time signature • Import your own backing track and set where it starts • Engage or silence the chords and the backing independently for the next take MADE TO STAY OUT OF THE WAY • Recordings and lyrics live on your device • Light, dark, or follow the system • Share a take as an audio file from anywhere in the app Topline is for the first two minutes of a song: the part where you need to get it down before it disappears.