LowEnd Forge 0.1.11

LowEnd Forge Community Edition is free to download and use.

LowEnd Forge now keeps its bass-transcription workflow intact while resolving optional Microsoft Store metadata from the live catalog.

• The Community workflow still imports local audio, performs bass-stem separation and onset and pitch analysis, and saves the reviewed transcription in versioned .lforge projects.
• Advanced note editing, quantization, MIDI export, and PDF export keep their existing capability boundary; bass-only and no-bass WAV practice exports remain in Community.
• StoreContext accepts only the exact durable add-on ID with non-empty localized catalog metadata, refreshes account ownership after the native dialog, and keeps restore independent.
• The bass separator returns to HTDemucs' native 25% overlap rather than the 75% maximum-overlap pass, removing two redundant inference windows from the five-second release canary while keeping the downstream quiet-note recovery and pitch-guidance stages.

LowEnd Forge 0.1.8

LowEnd Forge 0.1.8

LowEnd Forge Community Edition is free to download and use. This release keeps the core desktop workflow available without a subscription requirement.

What stands out in this release

• Bass transcription now combines official Basic Pitch onset evidence with CREPE periodicity and bass-specific reattack logic, recovering short or swallowed notes without splitting sustained tones on weak evidence.
• Portable .lforge projects can embed and integrity-check the original source plus isolated bass and accompaniment stems alongside the complete editable session.
• The practice mixer now plays the real bass and backing stems with independent gain, mute, and solo control through the shared realtime playback engine.
• Cancellation is end-to-end and race-safe: stale progress or completion from a cancelled analysis can no longer overwrite a replacement job.

Choose the right package

• Linux x64 (APPIMAGE): lowend-forge-0.1.8-linux-x64.AppImage — Portable Linux desktop package
• Linux x64 (DEB): lowend-forge-0.1.8-linux-x64.deb — Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, and compatible systems
• Linux x64 (RPM): lowend-forge-0.1.8-linux-x64.rpm — Fedora, RHEL, openSUSE, and compatible systems
• Windows x64: lowend-forge-0.1.8-windows-x64-setup.exe — Guided Windows installer

Before you install

• Source audio, separated bass, pitch evidence, and transcription state stay on the desktop during the normal recognition path.
• Keep the installer filename and checksum together when handing a package to another machine.
• Read the help center for supported inputs, workflow boundaries, and troubleshooting.
• Optional licensed features are described on the website without changing the free Community Edition download.

Full product details: https://hannes-software.com/lowend-forge/

LowEnd Forge 0.1.7

LowEnd Forge 0.1.7

LowEnd Forge Community Edition is free to download and use. This release keeps the core desktop workflow available without a subscription requirement.

What stands out in this release

• Basic Pitch onset evidence and the full CREPE monophonic pitch model work together to correct octave harmonics and recover short, high-confidence ghost notes.
• The recognition-only stem uses a true-silence timed gate, compression, excitation, and broad midrange EQ while playback keeps the untouched separated bass.
• Repeated-pitch notes split only when learned onset evidence and a real envelope reset agree, avoiding sustain fragmentation and gate-closing artifacts.
• Installers bundle the CREPE ONNX model with MIT provenance and retain the HTDemucs, Basic Pitch, and ONNX Runtime resource chain.

Choose the right package

• Linux x64 (APPIMAGE): lowend-forge-0.1.7-linux-x64.AppImage — Portable Linux desktop package
• Linux x64 (DEB): lowend-forge-0.1.7-linux-x64.deb — Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, and compatible systems
• Linux x64 (RPM): lowend-forge-0.1.7-linux-x64.rpm — Fedora, RHEL, openSUSE, and compatible systems
• Windows x64: lowend-forge-0.1.7-windows-x64-setup.exe — Guided Windows installer

Before you install

• Source audio, separated bass, pitch evidence, and transcription state stay on the desktop during the normal recognition path.
• Keep the installer filename and checksum together when handing a package to another machine.
• Read the help center for supported inputs, workflow boundaries, and troubleshooting.
• Optional licensed features are described on the website without changing the free Community Edition download.

Full product details: https://hannes-software.com/lowend-forge/

LowEnd Forge v0.1.4

LowEnd Forge Community Edition is free to download and use.

Technical release evidence

• The editing workspace keeps local audio, the waveform, and the four-string bass tab together so detected notes can be reviewed against the recording.
• Note timing, duration, string, fret, and quantization decisions remain editable instead of treating transcription output as final.
• The release refined PDF preview and export while retaining MIDI and MusicXML handoff paths for downstream notation workflows.

Product details and current capability boundaries: https://hannes-software.com/lowend-forge/

LowEnd Forge 0.1.3

LowEnd Forge Community Edition is free to download and use.

Technical release evidence

• Local audio transcription produces a bass-focused draft while keeping the source waveform available for note-by-note listening and correction.
• The editable four-string tab retains timing, pitch, string, and fret decisions so machine output remains a reviewable starting point.
• Quantization plus MIDI, MusicXML, PDF, and text handoff cover practical rehearsal and notation workflows without uploading the source recording.

Product details and current capability boundaries: https://hannes-software.com/lowend-forge/