Imported loops keep their real tempo, and your recorded take stays in the song

Published By Veena Studio

The Veena imports and recordings update, live on 22 September 2026, makes the studio read your own audio the way you meant it. A loop you drop in keeps its real tempo, a take you recorded stays in the song when CoProducer, your personal music producer, arranges around it, and every clip stays readable however far you zoom out. It closes three days of fixes, all free on every plan.

What's in the Veena imports and recordings update

Imported loops keep their real tempo. The first audio or MIDI file you import sets the project's tempo. Veena reads your imported loop’s tempo before setting the project grid, keeping your own recording at the centre of the arrangement. Use Match to BPM in Waveform when you want to arrange it at another project tempo.

Your recorded take stays in the song. Ask CoProducer to build an arrangement around a vocal or guitar take, and the take stays on the timeline: CoProducer arranges the song without clearing your recording to make room.

Waveforms and notes at every zoom level. Zoom all the way out to read the shape of the whole arrangement and every clip still draws its waveform or its MIDI notes. Short notes keep at least a sliver of width instead of fading away.

Also this week (20–21 September)

  • New parts follow your recording's phrasing. CoProducer maps where your syllables land, and every new part it writes reads that map.
  • Loops line up on bar lines. When CoProducer spreads a loop across a section, every repeat starts on a bar line.
  • Stems are checked before they're named. After a split into vocals, drums, bass and other, CoProducer measures each stem, so it knows which ones actually carry sound before it describes them.
  • CoProducer can reverse clips. Ask it to "reverse the vocal chop before the drop".

Why it matters

Your own sound anchors the arrangement. Imported loops keep their real tempo, and CoProducer builds around the take you recorded while keeping it on the timeline. The parts it writes follow that recording’s phrasing, with every instrument ready to edit, mix and export.

Try it

  1. Drag a loop or voice memo onto the timeline, or record a take with the record button.
  2. Check the tempo in the transport bar.
  3. Drag the clip into the CoProducer panel and paste the prompt below.

Use Match to BPM in the audio import guide to place a loop at your chosen project tempo. More releases are in what's new in Veena, and every feature is explained in the Veena help centre, including recording audio and MIDI.

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Build a song around my recording: keep its tempo, add Brush kit drums that follow my phrasing, a Round Bass line and Electric Piano chords, and leave space for the vocal.

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Frequently asked questions

What changed in Veena on 22 September 2026?

Veena is an AI DAW with a personal music producer built in. Describe the song you want and CoProducer builds it with you — beats, chords, melody, arrangement and mix — as real tracks you can edit, mix and export. Free, in your browser. On 22 September, imported loops started keeping their real tempo and recorded takes started staying in the song.

How do imported loops set the tempo in Veena?

Imported loops keep their real tempo in Veena. The studio cross-checks the loop before setting the project’s BPM. To arrange at another tempo, set the project grid in the transport bar and use Match to BPM in the clip’s Waveform tab, with Original BPM set for your source loop.

Will CoProducer delete my recording when it arranges a song?

No. Since 22 September 2026, when CoProducer arranges a song around your recording in Veena, your take stays on the timeline, and new parts read where your phrases land. Every CoProducer change is also one undo step, so Ctrl+Z (Cmd+Z on a Mac) reverses any edit you don't like.

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