The DAW built for how music actually happens

Stop wrestling with software that interrupts the idea. Stratum keeps recording, arranging and sound design in one fluid workspace.

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Speaks your studio's language

Open formats, familiar plug-ins, and the tools your sessions already depend on.

VST3
Audio Units
CLAP
MIDI 2.0
MPE
Ableton Link
32-bit float
macOS

Stratum is designed around flow

Everything the track needs—nothing between you and the idea.

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Stratum is designed around flow

Everything the track needs—nothing between you and the idea.

Capture before it disappears

One gesture starts recording. Route, layer and comp without leaving the timeline.

Shape sound in context

Design instruments and effects beside the music—not inside a stack of floating windows.

Arrange without friction

Magnetic edits, fast variations and clear automation keep the song moving.

Finish in the same space

Mix and deliver without exporting your creative decisions to another application.

One workspace for the whole signal path

Write, record, design, arrange and mix without changing mental gears.

Audio
MIDI
Plug-ins
Synthesis
Mixing

Sound over software

A workstation that feels calm under pressure and fast when inspiration arrives.

Tracks when the idea keeps growing

32-bit

Floating-point audio engine

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Continuous creative workspace

IN THE ROOM

Made for the moment the track becomes real.

Stratum stays quiet when the room needs your attention, then gives you every detail when it is time to shape the result.

Hands shaping a sound on a modular synthesizer in a warmly lit studio
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SYNTHESIS + RESAMPLING

Shape what has no name yet

Patch, automate and print every unstable detail while the idea is still moving.

A vocalist recording an intimate take in a dark wood-lined studio
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RECORDING + COMPING

Keep the room in the take

Capture the fragile first pass, compare every take and stay focused on the performance.

A songwriter playing an upright piano beside an acoustic guitar in a warm writing room
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SONGWRITING + ARRANGING

Follow the song, not the setup

Move from the first piano sketch to a full arrangement without losing the intimacy that made it worth keeping.

Three musicians sharing a relaxed playback moment around a studio mixing console
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COLLABORATION + MIX

Know when it lands

Listen back together, keep every decision in context and carry the shared energy into the final print.

From the first private sketch to the moment everyone hears it land, every signal arrives in the same clear, fluid workspace.

Join the first sessions

Make the next track in Stratum

Private beta seats are opening in small waves. Join the list and help shape the workstation.

Stratum

Private early access
for music makers

Request a beta seat

Occasional build notes and invitations.
No noise.

  • Unlimited projects
  • Audio and MIDI recording
  • Built-in instruments and effects
  • VST3, AU and CLAP support
  • Flexible routing and automation
  • Lossless project history
  • Direct access to the Stratum team

Stratum is being built for relationship-driven creative work: fast enough for a first idea, composed enough for a long session, and deep enough for the final master.

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