Apple has bought certain assets of Samplab GmbH, a Zurich-based startup whose software let musicians edit recorded audio as if it were MIDI. The deal came to light Monday, when the European Union's list of acquisitions under the Digital Markets Act was updated with an entry dated June 17, AppleInsider reported.

According to the filing quoted by 9to5Mac, Apple, "through a subsidiary, will acquire certain assets of Samplab GmbH ('Samplab') and offer employment to and hire certain Samplab employees." The filing doesn't disclose financial terms or how many people Apple is hiring.

Apple Acquires Assets of AI Audio Startup Samplab

Samplab pitched itself as "music production for the age of AI." Its website called the product an "ultimate audio editor for musicians" that let creators "edit audio files as if you were working with MIDI." MacRumors said the company sold a desktop app and plugins for converting audio to MIDI, detecting and editing chords, stem splitting, and editing notes in polyphonic audio without affecting the timbre of the original. The site also promised to match the tempo and key of samples so they sound good together.

What it could add to Logic Pro

Samplab's plugins worked inside digital audio workstations, Logic Pro among them. Logic Pro already has Stem Splitter, which arrived in 2024, and Chord ID, but MacRumors noted that polyphonic note editing would be new. AppleInsider expects the technology to land in Logic Pro and Apple Creator Studio, though neither Apple nor Samplab has commented.