Music App · Bloomurian · HMA
Grove Song Architect
Turn your loop into a whole song.
$29
One-time purchase. Yours to keep, with every update.
Plenty of producers have a folder full of great 8-bar loops and no finished songs. Grove Song Architect is the step from one to the other. Your loop becomes a timeline of sections, and you can see the energy of the song rise and fall against the shape that style usually takes.
Ten lessons walk you through the decisions that make a song: hearing the map, arranging by subtraction, phrasing in 8s and 16s, building tension with risers, filters, snare rolls and a missing kick, landing the drop, the breakdown and the return, DJ-friendly intros and outros, verse and chorus, and the ecstatic dance wave. A coach checks each step, and every change plays back so you hear the difference.
Two ear games, Section Spotter and Feel the Phrase, train you to hear structure in any track. Start from organic house, world bass, a verse-chorus song or the ecstatic dance wave, bring in your own loop from Grove Loop Lab, then export every part as MIDI with a locator map for Ableton, or bounce the whole song to WAV.
What's inside
- 10-lesson step-by-step arrangement course with a coach that checks your work
- Four song shapes: organic house, world bass, verse and chorus, and the ecstatic dance wave (plus a blank page)
- Live energy curve against the typical shape of each style, with a match score
- Transitions and moves: filter sweep, riser, snare roll, kick-out, a beat of silence, fill, impact, octave lift, with real cymbal swells and crashes
- Ear training: Section Spotter and Feel the Phrase
- Bring your own loop in from Grove Loop Lab
- Export MIDI for every part with a locator map for Ableton, or bounce the song to WAV
- A 28-term glossary, every term with its Ableton equivalent
- Lumi, the AI guide, can read your arrangement and rearrange it with you
Try it free
Every song shape, the timeline and energy curve, both ear games, and lessons 1 and 2 with the coach. The other eight lessons, export, bouncing and your own loops come with the full version. No account needed. Put headphones on.
Questions
Do I need Grove Loop Lab too?
No. Song Architect comes with starting loops for every song shape. If you have Loop Lab, you can bring your own loop in with a code.
Is this a one-time purchase?
Yes. You pay once and it's yours, including every update we ship to it. There's no subscription.
Where do I open it after buying?
From My Tools on the Holistic Music Academy (holisticmusicacademy.com/tools), logged in with the account you bought it on. It runs in your browser.
Does it work without Ableton?
No. Everything works in the browser. If you do use Ableton, the export drops straight into it, and every lesson has a “Try it in Ableton” note with the matching device and move.
Who is Lumi?
The Grove's AI guide. Inside the tool she can explain what she hears, answer questions in plain language and make changes with you. Ask Lumi has a fair-use limit of 40 questions a day.
Can I try it first?
Yes. The free preview runs right on this page, with no account needed. It has the real engine and the first lessons, so what you hear is what you get.