MetaGrid Pro 2 Is in the Works

News & Updates 🧑‍💻From the Devs' Lab
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MetaGrid Pro 2 — public beta late October, targeting Christmas 2026
MetaGrid Pro 2 — public beta late October, targeting Christmas 20261122×1402 277 KB

Hi MetaGrid Pro Family,

Przemek here.

We’ve been quiet this summer, I know. That doesn’t mean we slowed down. It was actually one of the busiest stretches we’ve had. The 1.7 release cycle kept us on our toes, but most of our time went into something bigger.

MetaGrid Pro 2 is in the works

I’ve wanted to tell you this for months, so it feels great to finally write it down.

For a long time now, we’ve been collecting everything you’ve sent us: feedback, feature requests, the small annoyances, and the things that don’t work as well as they should. We took that list, put it next to our own ideas of where MetaGrid Pro should go, and started building.

Here are some of the highlights:

  • iPhone support. MetaGrid Pro is coming to your iPhone.
  • Multi-computer support. Connect and control several computers at the same time, with new background services in MetaServer handling the connections.
  • A new foundation for your grids. A new document-based system brings faster grid operations, smaller export files, and new ways to organise and work with layouts.
  • Auto-sync with user accounts. Your grids follow you across devices.
  • A finer 48Ă—48 grid. More freedom to size and position your controls, with several snapping options to keep everything aligned.
  • Grid variants. One grid can adapt to different device orientations and MetaGrid Pro window sizes.
  • The new Meta-Controller. Encoders and faders with powerful motion options.
  • A new Ribbon controller.
  • A redesigned UI on almost every screen in the app.

…and there’s a lot more.

Where we are

The public beta opens in late October, and our goal is to have MetaGrid Pro 2 in your hands by Christmas 2026.

Over the coming weeks, I’ll share the major changes and the decisions behind them: what we were trying to solve, which options we looked at, and why we went the way we did. You’ve shaped this version with your feedback, so you should be able to see how it’s being put together.

Watching this come together in our dev lab, one piece at a time, has been amazing. We’re getting close to beta, and I can’t wait to share it with you.

Keep your fingers crossed. The next three months are going to be good.

Greetings from MetaGrid Pro Team :boxing_glove:

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Can my iPad connect to 2 different Metaservers?
Feature Request: Fader default position and double tap to return
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What the minimum IOS ?

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Exciting times. Looking forward :slightly_smiling_face:

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Great news! Will it be a free upgrade for early supporters?

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Very happy to hear.

As others have expressed, I do hope you can get the server more robust. I constantly have to fight with Cubase 15 and W11 to get the server to work when launching. I have to close MGS and disconnect, open MGS, refresh, and almost always have to reset up the control surface in Cubase every time I launch. I do think that windows has something to do with it, but it is very frustrating. You know how much I love MG and how much you work at this. SO I hope this gets resolved with the rewrite.

Thanks!

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That is always good news but I wonder what is going to happen with life time early supporters, are they going to be limited to v.1 and v.2 will be a completely new app? like what you did with the original metagrid?

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Thanks for asking. Here’s our current planned OS compatibility for MetaGrid Pro 2:

  • MetaGrid Pro 2 on iPhone: iOS 17 minimum.
  • MetaGrid Pro 2 on iPad: iPadOS 17 minimum.
  • MetaGrid Pro 2 on Mac: macOS 14 minimum.
  • The new MetaServer on Mac: macOS 13 minimum. If you run MetaGrid Pro 2 and MetaServer on the same Mac, you’ll need macOS 14.
  • The new MetaServer on Windows: Windows 11 minimum.

MetaGrid Pro 2 requires the new MetaServer on both Mac and Windows. Existing MetaServer versions will not work with Pro 2.

Intel Macs will not be supported for MetaGrid Pro 2. We’re still validating the remaining hardware and OS combinations.

Early Supporters will receive full MetaGrid Pro 2 Premium access at no extra charge. Existing Lifetime Premium access carries forward too, including for Early Supporters who also bought Lifetime. You won’t be limited to version 1 or asked to buy Pro 2 Premium again.

MetaGrid Pro 2 will be an upgrade to the existing MetaGrid Pro app, not a separate app. We’ll share the practical upgrade and entitlement details as the release approaches.

We’ve also put these details in a dedicated post on Pro 2 requirements and Early Supporter access so they’re easy to find later.

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Brett, I’m sorry you’re still having to restart MetaServer and recreate the Cubase control surface. We already have your earlier report and the support package you sent privately, so there’s no need to resend that package.

Could you confirm your current MetaServer Windows version and build? The next time the problem occurs, before restarting MetaServer or re-adding the control surface, please check:

  • Are the MetaGrid, Cubase and Cubase Sync MIDI ports visible in Cubase’s MIDI port list?
  • Is the MetaGrid MIDI Remote surface still listed but disconnected, or has it disappeared entirely?

Please also capture a fresh MetaServer support package while the failure is present, before restarting MetaServer, Cubase or Windows MIDI Services. Send it in our existing private conversation, along with the approximate time of the failure, so we can match your observations to the logs.

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I updated MGS and MG yesterday, today was okay. Let me so how it goes for a few more days. Thanks!!

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awesome! thank you for your hard work :people_hugging: :heart: just out of curiosity, any chance that Metagrid will be available on Android too, anytime in the future? :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: