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Sampledex just shipped the notes app producers actually needed — and it's free

June 30, 2026

A focused writing, task, and MIDI-chord workspace for producers. 7.5 MB, free on the Mac App Store, and it doesn't touch your data.

The team behind Sampledex built the tool a lot of producers have been asking for: a lightweight notes app with tasks and a MIDI chord workspace baked in. It's 7.5 MB, it's free on the Mac App Store, and it doesn't phone home with your data.

What Sampledex actually is

It's a producer-first notes app. Not a DAW plugin, not a cloud service — a native Mac app that opens fast, stays out of the way, and gives you three things in one window.

Notes that don't fight you

Plain-text notes with the formatting shortcuts you'd expect, built for capturing session ideas, lyric fragments, and reference links without loading a full document editor.

Tasks tied to your sessions

A lightweight to-do list that lives next to your notes, so "finish the bridge on the Miami beat" doesn't disappear into a separate app you never open.

A MIDI chord workspace

The differentiator. Build progressions, audition voicings, and export MIDI straight into your DAW — no plugin scanning, no license server.

Why it matters

Most producer tools are bloated, subscription-based, or both. Sampledex is free, 7.5 MB, and stores your data locally. For anyone who's watched a "simple" notes app balloon into a 400 MB Electron container that syncs your ideas to a server you don't control, that alone is the pitch.

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