Imported loops keep their real tempo, and your recorded take stays in the song
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 now reads a loop's tempo two ways and settles any disagreement before it commits, so an 80 BPM drum loop no longer turns your project into a 160 BPM one.
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
A tempo misread by half or double breaks everything built on top of it: the drums drag, the bass doubles up, and the song never locks. And the take you recorded is the point of the session, so it stays. This update makes your own sound the anchor that every part CoProducer writes is measured against.
Try it
- Drag a loop or voice memo onto the timeline, or record a take with the record button.
- Check the tempo in the transport bar.
- Drag the clip into the CoProducer panel and paste the prompt below.
If a loop still reads at the wrong speed, the audio import problems guide shows the Match BPM fix. More releases are in what's new in Veena, and every feature is explained in the Veena help centre, including recording audio and MIDI.
Try this in Veena
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.
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.
Why did my loop's tempo come out double in Veena?
Before 22 September 2026, Veena could read some loops at double speed, so an 80 BPM loop set the project to 160. Veena now checks a loop's tempo two ways before it commits. If one still reads wrong, set the tempo in the transport bar, then use Match BPM in the clip's Waveform tab to correct its original tempo.
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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