- May Quality of Life Update + Song Converter on Web - 18 May 2026
Hi everyone! We've got a quality of life patch out today that fixes some of the issues we've been tracking since our 2D Mode release and big UE5 update. The 2D mode users will especially be happy that we finally have keybinds available for all the drums! We're also releasing a web version of our PD song converter, that's a lot more accessible than having to download the app on each platform. Keep reading for a full list of what's new and fixed:PD Song Converter on the WebWe now have a web version of the PDUtilities midi -> .rlrr song converter! You can access it here: https://converter.paradiddleapp.com.Just like the standalone song converter, you can select your midi files, audio tracks, and midi to drum mapping file, and export songs in the .rlrr format.The web converter includes a song timeline preview, where you can see all of song notes or your raw midi notes before export, and hea…
- March Multiplayer Hotfix - 24 March 2026
Fixed some issues that could result in crashes in multiplayer sessions when players were starting a song, or hitting the first note. Let us know if you continue to have any issues during multiplayer sessions.
- The New Year Update: Modding Support, 2D Mode, Performance Improvements and More - 4 March 2026
Hi all, it's been a while! We're excited to finally release this big update that's been in the works for the majority of 2025. Because of some of the infrastructural changes, we initially had it in beta for the past couple of months as we worked out the issues you reported. The 2 major new additions are modding support, and a new 2D/flat-screen mode on PC. The app has also gone through an engine upgrade to Unreal Engine 5, though you should ideally not notice much of a difference - in fact you might notice some of our performance optimizations. The engine upgrade will make it easier for us to keep updating the app with the latest XR platform features moving forward.We also have a new release of the PD Song Creator/Companion App with some feature and quality of life updates: https://github.com/emretanirgan/ParadiddleUtilities/releases/latest As always, you can switch back to the earlier…
- February Stability Patch Notes - 4 February 2025
We released a patch today that fixes a few issues that have been brought up since the December updates: Fixed custom songs crashing due to special characters in the file/folder name. Improved how really long (over an hour) audio files are handled when loading an audio file from the file menu. This issue didn't impact songs on the note highway, but only the ones loaded from the file menu. Any app freezes or crashes caused by this issue should now be fixed. (Quest hand tracking branch only) Fixed recentering messing up the hand ray position and orientation. (Quest hand tracking branch only) Fixed the menu getting stuck to the hand when closing the app and relaunching it with hand tracking on. Enjoy! - Emre
- Avenged Sevenfold Song Pack + December Update! - 24 December 2024
Happy Holidays everyone! As some of you may have already seen, we launched a new song pack and a regular update for Paradiddle last week, so here's a more detailed look at what's new. We're beyond excited to announce the launch of the Avenged Sevenfold Song Pack for Paradiddle on Meta Quest and Steam! Known for blending metalcore, hard rock, and progressive elements with their powerful melodies and intricate guitar work, the legendary Avenged Sevenfold arrives to Paradiddle as its 2nd song pack, following the King Gizzard song pack we had earlier this year. Take a tour through Avenged Sevenfold's discography with 6 songs in multiple difficulty levels, and a variety of exclusive content: a new environment, 2 new drum skins and a new pair of sticks. Lose yourself in the cosmos and dive into the band's ever-evolving sound as your surroundings react differently to each of the 6 songs. Full…
- Paradiddle - King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard DLC Song Pack - Available now! - 13 August 2024
Hey everyone! While we’re actively working on offering more features inside Paradiddle such as a more improved notation system and a 2-D mode, we’ve also been working on adding different types of content to the app that we hope the community will enjoy. We’ll be launching several artist pack DLCs throughout 2024 that bundle songs from some of our favorite artists with exclusive visuals (typically environments, drum skins and sticks) inspired by the band’s sound and style. I'm super excited to announce our first one: Known for their prolific output and genre-defying sound, the Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard is the first artist to arrive to Paradiddle in a song pack! The pack is now available for purchase on Steam and the Quest Store (in the add-ons section of the store page). We hope that you'll enjoy the long and awesome 5 new songs in our newest Gec…
- May Update Hotfix - 19 May 2024
Hey everyone! Hope everyone's been enjoying the latest update with custom songs in multiplayer and our recently added loopable song checkpoints. We just pushed a quick hotfix to address a few issues that popped up since our May update last week. Now that things are a bit more stable with this update, we've also closed the beta branch and moved everything new to be the default/live version. Here's what's fixed: Fixed the app crashing when loading any recording from File -> Load Recording. Fixed a long-standing bug with the Right Grip button that prevented it from being used for the kick/hi-hat if a song was open. Fixed non-hi-hat e-drum pads not registering as successful hits on the note highway, even though they're detected in the app. Fixed a slider bug where the +/- buttons could be used to get to slider values beyond the minimum and maximum defined. Fixed the song speed being adjuste…
- May Update: Custom Songs in Multiplayer, Loopable Song Checkpoints and More! - 11 May 2024
Hey everyone! It's been a little while since our last update, but rest assured that we've been busy working on various feature requests and content additions that will be released throughout the rest of 2024. This May update finally adds some highly requested features to the app, so we're excited to finally get it out there! Here's what's new: Custom Song Support in Multiplayer You've all been asking about this since we first launched multiplayer support, so we finally delivered! Get ready to rock out with your friends to your favorite songs. You'll now be able to play custom songs with others in a multiplayer room if you all have the same custom songs preinstalled on your system. Note: If you switch to the beta branch to test this, you won't be able to join multiplayer sessions with players who aren't on the beta yet. Looping Checkpoints in Songs Practice makes perfect! Set checkpoints…
- December Quality of Life Update - 21 December 2023
Hi everyone! It has now been a month since our November 'big update' & official Quest Store launch and first of all, a huge thank you for all of your feedback and warm reception so far. We're excited to release the first update for Paradiddle post the November release, which brings various major quality of life improvements and fixes: Haptics improvements for Quest headsets (on both PC and standalone Quest versions): We thought the haptic effects on Quest headsets were too weak until now, so we completely reworked them. You should feel the clearest difference on Quest 3, however you'll feel stronger haptics on other Quest headsets as well. As always, you can tune the intensity of the haptics under Options -> General -> Haptics Intensity. Let us know how you think they compare to the haptics before this update! Fixed multiplayer cross-play issues where Steam and standalone Quest users wo…
- The Big Multiplayer Update - 16 November 2023
Big update day! We couldn't be happier to finally bring Paradiddle to the official Meta Quest Store, with a huge new update on both PC and Quest. Let's take a look at what's new: Multiplayer You can now play Paradiddle with your friends, with up to 4 players in a room! Joining is by room code only right now, but we'll make this easier in future updates with improvements such as direct invites on Quest. Each room automatically has voice chat enabled, with voice controls for each player. The main 2 ways of playing are: Co-op Note Highway Play You can play any built-in song in-sync with other players, and compare your scores at the end. Time to settle who's the best drummer in the group! Custom songs not supported right now, but we're working on it. Let us know if you'd be excited about having custom songs supported in multiplayer :) Free Play When not playing a song on the highway, each p…
- December Stability Update Notes - 23 December 2022
Happy Holidays everyone! While we're working on some new features and content updates (including some fun new instruments we're going to be teasing on the Discord soon!), we wanted to release a patch that addresses some of your most important bug reports and complaints, along with some other minor fixes. Just a reminder that if you run into any issues on this patch, you can always roll back to the previous version of the app by right clicking Paradiddle, going to Properties -> Betas and selecting prev_version. Bug Fixes Fixed a bug where users could accidentally start a lesson even without the lesson menu visible. Fixed a scary bug where the sticks would become unresponsive and would not register any drum hits until deleting the save file. Fixed the lesson text getting hidden behind the full drum kit in the 2 drum fill lessons (drum fill intro & drum fill exercises). Fixed a drum materi…
- Nominate Paradiddle as VR Game of the Year in the Steam Awards! - 24 November 2022
Hi everyone! The Steam Awards are now open for nominations, and we've come to ask you for a favor. While we're working on additional features and fixes that are going to come out soon, we'd be very grateful if you would consider nominating us for VR Game of the Year in the Steam Awards. Paradiddle V1 was the result of 5 years of work as we built the best drumming app in VR with the help of our fantastic community. Your nomination can help us show the magic of VR drumming to the rest of the VR community. The VR Game of the Year award calls for an experience that "improves on reality, taking advantage of the medium of VR and pushing the boundaries of the virtual realm" - which we believe Paradiddle fits perfectly as an app where you can learn a new skill in VR. You can easily nominate us right here at the top of this announcement. However for those of you who are interested in unlocking S…
- Nov 13 Patch Notes - 13 November 2022
Like last week's patch, this is another small patch that addresses some urgent bugs as well as some easy fixes. Here's what's fixed: MIDI bug fix: Fixed a bug with the + - buttons on the MIDI sliders that would cause them to change the MIDI note by 2 instead of 1. If you were having issues where your MIDI devices weren't triggering the drums in the app, or your VR drums weren't corresponding to the right instruments in your DAW, there's a good change it was related to this. We're now hiding the HMD model when using LIV for mixed reality/avatar recordings. Removed some unintentional double notes on some songs: The Lull Before The Storm, The Wave, Subspatial (triple note on this one). Fixed an issue where finishing a lesson wouldn't immediately refresh the lessons page and show the next lesson as unlocked, even though it got unlocked. Fixed an issue on the last page of the Lessons tab whe…
- Nov 5 Patch Notes - 5 November 2022
Fixed an issue with Lesson 4 that prevented it from being completed. We're still looking into a few visual issues with the rest of the lessons where some of the lesson text might show up behind your kit based on the player's height. We'll be addressing this issue and make some more improvements to the lesson system in our next patch. Fixed an issue that prevented the favoriting functionality from working on some drums. Added support back for the old Saved/Songs folder on PC for custom songs, in addition to our new Documents/Paradiddle/Songs path. If you're not seeing your songs from the Saved folder show up after this patch, let us know! Closing the hi-hat pedal now triggers the hi-hat notes on the highway again, like it used to. Fixed the song stats window at the end of a song always displaying "Easy" as the song difficulty. Fixed a few buggy achievements: Go Your Own Way, Subspatial -…
- Paradiddle V1 Release Notes - 4 November 2022
It is here! After 5 years of Early Access, we're so excited to finally release Paradiddle V1 out into the world. A huge, huge thank you to everyone who has supported us during our early access years, gave us feedback and reported bugs patiently as we continually fixed and improved the app. Paradiddle would be nowhere near where it is now without all of your help. Along with Steam, we launched V1 on Quest App Lab. If you have or know someone with a Quest, tell them to check us out! Version 1 is a big milestone in our complete vision of Paradiddle as a music sandbox, learning tool and rhythm game all bundled in one. It's content packed with 50+ velocity-sensitive freely playable instruments, 16, songs, 10 lessons, MIDI + pedal support and a whole new look. It's also a first step in our move into mixed reality with Passthrough support on Quest (App Lab version only). This is a massive upda…
- Paradiddle V1.0 Coming Nov 1st - Announcement Trailer Out Now - 25 October 2022
50+ percussion instruments, 16 songs, 10 lessons, 3 new environments and a whole new look - with unlimited replay value. Paradiddle V1.0 arrives on Steam and Quest App Lab November 1st, 2022. A huge thank you to all of our supporters on Steam whose feedback and continued encouragement allowed us to get to this milestone. Make sure you subscribe to us on YouTube and join our Discord (https://discord.gg/paradiddle) to be notified when V1 is live, and start your VR drumming journey! With V1, we'll finally be exiting early access after 5 years, and increasing the base price of the app to $25. So if you're following us on on Steam but haven't jumped on board yet, buy the app until Nov 1st to get in with the discounted price! - Emre [email protected] Join us on Discord!: https://discord.gg/paradiddle Twitter: @ParadidleVR Paradiddle drum covers Youtube playlist (your cover could be on he…
- Paradiddle V1 Demo Week - 30 September 2022
Hi everyone! It's been a while since we last posted an announcement on here. In case you're not aware, we've been posting regular sneak peeks and announcements in our Discord. We've now unlocked the V1 test branch for Steam users who'd like to test out an early V1 beta and give us feedback! Over the past year and a half we’ve pretty much updated or reworked every single part of Paradiddle, which is why this test week is important for us to make sure we catch any bugs we weren’t already aware of and get feedback on some of the major changes. Keep in mind: nothing is final, we're still actively adding/changing more stuff and there will be bugs. If you're on our Discord, you can use the v1-demo-feedback and v1-demo-bugs channels to let us know what you think. Alternatively feel free to post on the Steam Discussion Forums with any v1 demo feedback you have or bugs you may have found. To enr…
- Paradiddle April Update: Stability Fixes, Song Creator v0.5.5 - 15 April 2021
Hey everyone! This patch includes some stability improvements and crucial bug fixes for a few issues that were introduced in the note highway update. Thanks to everyone who let us know of these bugs in the #bug-reports channel in our Discord! We also put out the 0.5.5 update for the Paradiddle Song Creator - you can always grab the latest release here: https://github.com/emretanirgan/ParadiddleUtilities/releases/latest. Fixes: Fixed a MIDI bug that prevented MIDI messages for harder drum hits from going through. This was seriously affecting the MIDI out functionality in the latest update, but you should now be able to use the MIDI functionality as it was previously. Fixed a note highway bug where interacting with the highway UI or pressing the thumb sticks before the song audio was fully loaded would lead to a 'Fatal Error' message and crash. Fixed an issue where the drum autosave/autol…
- The Note Highway Update - 2 March 2021
After months of hard work and iteration, we're really excited to finally release the Note Highway Update! Our goal with this update is to make it much more engaging and easier for anyone to get started with playing music in Paradiddle. The note highway system is a highly customizable and powerful rhythm game mode built into Paradiddle, with custom song support and much more. This is a huge step for the app, as we'll now be able to take anyone across the whole spectrum of learning -> practicing -> performing all in VR. Some of you have been testing an early version of this already, but every part of the highway has undergone a rework since then. We have a whole new timing system, working customization options and improved visuals. While I'll be putting out an announcement trailer for the update soon, here is one of our early sneak peek videos to give you a rough idea of how it works: UPD…
- Announcing the Winners for Drum Cover Contest #3! - 18 December 2020
Hey everyone! We got 26 submissions for this year's contest (more than double from last year's number!) from 14 different drummers. To all of you who have submitted a drum cover - thank you so much! With your help, we're able to showcase Paradiddle's capabilities and share it with the rest of the VR community. We got some fantastic submissions this year, so I'd highly recommend checking out the full playlist of submissions, as well as the top 10. We decided to change things up a bit and get a panel of judges to pick our Top 3 this year. The full judge lineup includes some big VR personalities like Cas and Chary and Kent Bye from Voices of VR. They were all very impressed by the quality of the submissions and had a tough time making their picks, but after some deliberation, here's the top 3: 1) In Regards to Myself - Underoath | Cover by SHartwell (ShartWell on the PD Discord): https://y…
