A clip launcher for
the pad grid you own.
Sixty-four pads, eight instrument columns, eight scenes. Launch clips from the screen or a MIDI pad controller, fill empty pads with new clips on your Mac or iPad, then record the scenes you play into an arrangement.
Performance tools
should perform locally.
Set-ready software runs at the venue, on the plane, in the basement, anywhere. OhmsGrid works the way a clip launcher should: press a pad and the clip comes in on the next bar. No buffering, no sign-in check, no “you're offline” modal.
A beat before anything downloads.
Six demo pads are loaded the first time you open OhmsGrid. Tap scene 01, then 02 and 03, and the song builds. Skip the clip-generation download and the demo project, audio import, mixing, arranging and export all still work.
No telemetry. No analytics. No sign-in.
Projects, imported audio and the clips you make stay on your Mac or iPad, unless you turn on Selected Project Sharing on Mac: it gives the MCP client you configure read-only names and music settings for the projects you pick, and that client may forward them under its own terms. There is no account and no ads, and Silo receives none of it. Clip generation runs on the device too, after a one-time download you approve, and that download is the app's only internet traffic.
Your pad grid is the instrument.
Plug in a pad controller and OhmsGrid maps its pads to the grid and paints each clip's state on the pad lights. The Controller panel in the Inspector names the connected device and, once you pick an LED output, mirrors the lights OhmsGrid sends to it.
Eight columns,
eight scenes.
Columns are instruments. Rows are scenes. Each pad holds one clip: a demo loop, audio you import, or a new clip written on your device. Launch a single pad, or fire a whole row and every clip in it starts together, quantized to the bar, the half bar or the beat. Need stems from a finished song first? Split it in Ohm Split, then load the parts onto pads on your Mac like any other audio file.
Try the launch rules below. This is a website simulation: it plays no audio and generates nothing. Tap scene 01, then 02 and 03. Tap a playing pad to stop it, or an empty pad to see a new clip fill in.
8×8 Clip Launcher
Built like hardware,
priced like software.
Plug in a pad grid.
Watch it light up.
OhmsGrid maps a connected controller's pads to the grid and shows every clip's state on the pad lights. Profiles are included for Novation Launchpad X, Launchpad Mini MK3 and Launchpad Pro MK3, Ableton Push 2 and Push 3, and Akai APC mini mk2 and APC40 mkII. The profiles have not yet been checked on physical hardware, so lights or buttons may differ on your unit. Other note-based grids can launch clips through a generic 8×8 layout you turn on in MIDI settings, without pad lights.
Take the grid
into your DAW.
OhmsGrid includes an Audio Unit instrument. Loaded clips sync to it, and it plays each pad from a MIDI note inside an AUv3 host such as Logic Pro, GarageBand or AUM, stretched to the host's tempo. Sketch the set on the grid, then trigger the same clips from a MIDI track in your host.
Empty pads,
filled to your project.
Tap an empty pad and OhmsGrid writes a new clip in the project's key and tempo, sized for that column's instrument. Autofill works through every empty pad in one pass and can be cancelled at any point. Generation runs on your own device after a one-time download you approve: about 10.1 GB for the Mac engine on macOS 15 or later, or 6.0 GB for the iPad engine on an iPad with at least 12 GB of memory. Each download is checked before first use.
Eight tracks of capability.
8 × 8 clip launcher.
Eight columns are eight instruments: drums, bass, lead, melody, pad, FX, vocal and percussion. Every row is a scene. Launch one clip or a whole row, quantized to the bar, the half bar or the beat. Each column plays one clip at a time.
Pad controller profiles.
Profiles for Novation Launchpad X, Mini MK3 and Pro MK3, Ableton Push 2 and Push 3, and Akai APC mini mk2 and APC40 mkII. Pad lights show loaded, queued, playing and generating. None is checked on physical hardware yet.
Controller panel.
The Inspector shows which pad controller is connected and which profile drives it. With an LED output chosen, it mirrors the pad lights OhmsGrid sends, plus the scene lights on profiles that map scene buttons.
Performance capture.
Arm Capture, launch scenes, and OhmsGrid records what you played as an arrangement. Then edit the length and order of each part in Arrange.
Scene Follow.
Let a set move on by itself after the number of bars you choose. A/B choices use the project's seed, so the same project plays the same way every time, and one switch turns it all off.
AUv3 instrument.
Loaded clips sync to the included Audio Unit instrument, which plays each pad from a MIDI note inside a host such as Logic Pro, GarageBand or AUM, stretched to the host's tempo.
Fill empty pads.
Tap an empty pad and OhmsGrid writes a clip in the project's key and tempo, sized for that column's instrument. Autofill works through every empty pad, shows progress and stops when you cancel.
Mixer and Mac tools.
Volume, pan, mute, solo and sidechain ducking on every column. On a Mac, tag sample folders by BPM, key and category, reverse, stretch or pitch-shift a clip, and export a WAV mix or one WAV per column.
Built to ship,
sized for your device.
Pay once. Own it.
OhmsGrid is a single App Store purchase for Mac and iPad. No subscription, no clip credits. One app, all features, and every new clip is written on hardware you already own.
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Questions.
OhmsGrid is a clip launcher for 8×8 pad grids on Mac and iPad. Each of the eight columns is an instrument and each row is a scene. Launch one clip or a whole row with quantized timing, record the scenes you play into an arrangement, and fill empty pads with new clips written in your project's key and tempo.
No. Launching, mixing, arranging, export and clip generation all run on your Mac or iPad, and no audio leaves the device. Clip generation needs a one-time download you approve first: about 10.1 GB for the Mac engine or 6.0 GB for the iPad engine, checked before first use. Silo receives no request or response.
Yes. OhmsGrid includes profiles for Novation Launchpad X, Launchpad Mini MK3 and Launchpad Pro MK3, Ableton Push 2 and Push 3, and Akai APC mini mk2 and APC40 mkII. Pad lights show whether each clip is loaded, queued, playing or generating, and the side buttons on the Launchpads and Push launch scenes. The profiles have not yet been checked on physical hardware, so lights or buttons may differ on your unit. Other note-based grids can launch clips through a generic 8×8 layout you turn on in MIDI settings, without pad lights.
Yes. OhmsGrid includes an Audio Unit instrument. Loaded clips sync to it, and it plays each pad from a MIDI note inside an AUv3 host such as Logic Pro, GarageBand or AUM, stretched to the host's tempo.
OhmsGrid is a one-time $19.99 App Store purchase for Mac and iPad. No subscription or per-generation fees.
Silo collects no data: there is no telemetry, analytics, or account. Projects, imported audio and generated clips stay on your device. The only optional sharing is Selected Project Sharing on Mac, which starts off: a local assistant app you connect can read the names, tempo, key and layout of up to 50 projects you pick, never audio or files, and that assistant may pass what it reads to its own provider.
Launch clips on Mac and iPad.
OhmsGrid is a one-time $19.99 App Store purchase that covers Mac and iPad. No subscription, account, or clip credits. Six demo pads play the moment you open it.
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