Why these apps belong together in Rare Data HQ

I've been sending Quota Stems projects to my Force through my own automation for a while. Separate the song on the computer, build the set, send it to the instrument. The work was already useful. The next step was making it available without needing my personal OpenClaw setup.

That is the reason Quota HQ is becoming Rare Data HQ. I want the apps to work together in a way that makes sense when you're making music.

The instrument is one part of it

RD303 started with wanting something new to play on the Force. It grew into an instrument for COMPA, desktop hosts and the Force: patterns, accent and slide, recorded knob movement, effects, and an interface built around the controls on each device.

RD303 is free on desktop and the tested Force setup. For this first release, its source stays private and installation goes through HQ. That gives it a clear home alongside the other apps and the workflow they share.

Send the set, not a pile of loose files

Quota Stems can separate a song or playlist and turn it into a Force project with cue scenes. Quota Kits can build drum programs, Song Kits and Remix Kits. HQ now shares the device connection and destination between them, and transfers the completed export with its samples.

The practical benefit is small but important: when you reach the Force, the project is in a folder you chose, ready to open. If delivery fails, the queue keeps the job so you can retry it without doing the separation again.

Quota Voice brings the same job to your paired phone. Ask for stems or a Song Kit by voice, or tap Remix Kit and pick the song and your beat from your computer. You can use a saved song link too. Review the plan and confirm it before the job runs.

The computer still has to be awake and connected. It does the work; the phone is the remote. Voice is now free, and Stems remains free.

On iPhone and iPad

COMPA is where these ideas meet on a touchscreen. RD303 is included, along with on-device Standard 4 stem separation, kit building and dialogue sampling. The desktop apps keep their own strengths and workflows. COMPA is a separate App Store purchase and does not need HQ to install it.

Credit and continuity

Thanks to OpenMPC, sd88me's MPC VST tools, Force Shadow and MockbaMod for their work around the hardware. My earlier Force Link Audio project explored network audio on Force. Force Shadow's audio documentation credits it as a starting reference. It's good to see that work being useful beyond my own setup.

This release is another way to contribute something useful. You can try RD303, Stems and Voice for free, and decide whether the rest fits the way you work. There is room for community tools and a studio of apps with its own direction.

See what is new, explore RD303, or get Rare Data HQ. New demonstrations will be on Rare Data Network.