Craft first. Accessible by design.
Taylor's Performance Environment exists to help you make the record,
not drown in endless options. A multitrack DAW with the soul of a tape machine.
Built around the flow and feel of a great mixing console.
Fewer modes, fewer menus, more music.
Craft requires access. Accessibility is not a feature. It's a foundation. Because the interface must meet musicians where they are. TayPE targets WCAG 2.2 AA throughout. High-contrast mode with 15:1+ text ratios. Every state is conveyed with shape and icon, never colour alone. Keyboard shortcuts for every action. For non-visual workflows, MCP through Claude or Codex is the primary interface - voice control included. Native screen-reader support coming in Q3 2026.
TayPE isn't a flat digital mixer. Every channel can run through a modelled preamp stage - real hardware character captured by Neural Amp Modeler and applied at the source. On the mixbus, a modelled summing engine adds console-style saturation, cohesion, and drive.
No plugins needed. The console emulation runs directly in the audio engine - shared weight tensors, per-channel state, zero added latency. Same philosophy as hardware-accelerated DSP, built into the mixer, not bolted on.
Craft first. Tone at the core.
TayPE’s arranger is deliberately lean, but it’s not a toy. Edit audio directly on the timeline with the speed and precision demanded by professional recording workflows, without getting buried under windows, dialogs and endless configuration. The focus is on finishing records, not managing software.
Record software instruments as audio while keeping the original MIDI performance attached underneath. Change notes, timing or instrumentation later if you need to. Commit to sound without committing forever.
If Melodyne is installed, pitch editing is available wherever you need it. Open any clip and start working - no dedicated tracks, plugin management or setup ritual. TayPE also includes the “Industry Standard” keybinding profile for producers whose wetware is already mapped to Pro Tools, helping experienced hands feel at home from day one.
Capture the sound that inspired the take.
Look. Listen. Adjust. Finish.
LaForgé is a finishing room and a window onto your mix. The last mile is where many records stall. As loudness comes up and the finish line approaches, stressed mixes begin to reveal themselves. LaForgé helps you reveal what is really there, stay connected to the music, and make the final decisions that turn a mix into a record.
Fully Functional Demo, No Expiry, No Interruptions.
Multitrack DAW for macOS
macOS Monterey+ · Apple Silicon Native + Intel · VST3 host
Alpha coming soon
ETA: late July.
Interest list open
Register interest for Windows.
If it's working out for you, please purchase a perpetual licence. That keeps TayPE breaking new ground, and bugs squashed.
one-time purchase
Students free. Accessibility concessions. Just ask.
concessions@ruminantaudioworks.com
Major versions (Eras) are typically released at a yearly cadence. The latest Era receives new features. The previous Era stays in Long Term Support (LTS), with maintenance and bug-fix releases. Your licence includes the current Era and the next, usually giving you 2 years of feature updates and 3 years of maintenance coverage. On renewal, existing users receive a significant discount when moving from any previous version.
Your licensed Eras remain yours. They do not stop working when support coverage ends.
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