Modes
Features
Audio FX
Every layer gets its own effects rack.
- Space - Room, Hall, Slapback, Dub and Ambient reverbs, plus echo & delay
- Tone - three-band EQ on bass, mids and treble
- Character - Warmth, Tube Saturation, Compressor and Doubler
Timeline
A DAW-style timeline for your layers, lyrics, overlays and pane changes - with waveforms, beat ticks and millisecond nudging.
- Animate the layout - choreograph pane changes to the song
- Text overlays - titles, captions and lower thirds, styled and animated in and out
- Video inserts - float any layer over the picture as a second window
- Millisecond nudging - line up every take exactly on the grid
Instruments
No bass player? Lay one down yourself. Six built-in instruments record straight onto a new layer - in key, and free for everyone.
- Bass · Drums · Piano · Strings · Synth · Guitar
- Key-aware pads - pick D minor and every note fits
Share
Send the whole project - takes, layers, lyrics - as an iCloud link. It opens right in Musaic on the other side, every layer still editable.
Free & Pro
Musaic Studio
€0 - free forever
- Multi-layer recording & mosaic layouts
- Studio audio FX on every layer
- Full timeline & layout animation
- All built-in instruments, incl. the Air instruments
- Filters & video export (with watermark)
Musaic Pro
€2.99 / month or €24.99 / year
- Everything in free
- Synced, styled lyrics with auto-transcription
- No watermark
Auto-renewing subscription, billed via the App Store. Prices may vary by region.
Feedback
Spotted a bug, or have an idea?
Report it on GitHub. The tracker is public, so you can see what is already known, follow a fix, and add to someone else's report instead of writing a second one. Email still works for anything you would rather not post publicly.
Questions about recording with Musaic.
What does Musaic Studio actually do?
It records music videos in layers. You play the lead, then record a harmony, an instrument or a second camera angle on top of it while the first take plays back. Up to eight of those layers end up in one frame, each with its own audio effects - so one person can perform a whole arrangement.
Is Musaic Studio free?
Yes, and no account is needed. Multi-layer recording, mosaic layouts, the audio FX rack, the full timeline and every built-in instrument are free forever; video export in the free tier carries a watermark. Musaic Pro removes the watermark and adds synced lyrics for €2.99 per month or €24.99 per year.
Does it work on Android or iPad?
It's a universal iOS app, so it runs on both iPhone and iPad - the interface is designed phone-first. There is no Android version.
Do I need a microphone or an audio interface?
It works without one, but we recommend a microphone. Recording a second layer means the first one is playing back while you perform - over the phone's speaker that playback lands in the new take as well, so the layers smear into each other instead of staying separate takes you can mix. A headset or earbuds with a mic keeps the playback in your ears and out of the recording, which does more for the result than any effect in the app. You can also skip recording and bring in voice memos or clips from your photo library as layers instead.
Can I sing harmonies over myself without a separate DAW?
That is the whole point of the app. Every take becomes its own layer with its own effects rack - vocal in a hall, guitar dry - and the timeline nudges each layer into place to the millisecond. Nothing has to leave the phone.
Can I appear twice in the same shot?
Yes - that's Twin Mode. Record the first take, then perform a second one in front of the same locked-off camera. Musaic cuts you out of the second take - with person detection, an "incl. objects" setting so an instrument in your hands survives, or a proper green-screen key - and places that cut-out on the first take's picture. Each version of you can then be moved and scaled anywhere on the canvas. Twin Mode is marked beta in the app: everyone gets it, but its two-take alignment is younger than the other modes.
What aspect ratios can I export?
9:16 for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, or 16:9 for YouTube. You pick the canvas per project, and it applies to every layout in it.