Dawless MPE (with/without Linnstrument)? (2026)

[simonkirby]

Just a quick update on this… the latest beta firmware for the disting NT now supports the same note being played multiple times.

[GuyaGuy]

Hello,

Well I don't necessarity consider my setup dawless with iPad DAW (Loopy Pro) as a digital mixer + bass synth + some transition audio clips:

Squarp Hapax records and plays back MPE well, but atleast at the moment MPE midi editing is limited to moving notes around. I am not sure if you can output two zones out of single midi bus like in Ableton Live.

Bunch of hardware synths support MPE well, some claiming to be compatible come with bugs such as Hydrasynth. My vote goes to Dreadbox Artemis and Audiothingies Micromonsta 2.

I am not using Loopy pros midi recording funcionalities at all, but apparently it can record MPE data aswell. Loopy pro bordelines somewhere in the DAWlessness; depends a lot on how you use it. iPad works well with classcompliant audio/midi equipment,.
---
Not from personal experience but like has been mentioned already in this thread, I've heared much good about Deluge + MPE.

Another Hapax user here. My set up is Linnstrument into Hapax, Hapax into Synclavier Regen, which supports MPE and can have up to 12 timbres, either separate or layered. I have a template set up on both so I can play 3 different patches, just switching to play each with the same Linnstrument preset by selecting the track on the Hapax. Being able to record all of the MPE info makes it easy to capture ideas or "MIDI loop" in a performance.